need help asap plz...ich can it be treated in tank with corals

[ORION411]

I have a clown fish with what appears to be ich although he's not rubbing rocks yet nor are the other fish showing any signs at all but I've never experienced this problem and have no qt tank (stupid move on my part) so my question is can it successfully be treated in the tank with the other fish and corals without killing them?

 

[tonedogz]

get yourself a qt tank pronto. Don't treat your display tank, any meds worth anything will harm your corals and inverts (ex. copper). Copper and hypo are the only real proven treatments Good luck

 

[ORION411]

That's what I thought been doing a bunch of reading since I posted lol :-\ Ty

 

[don_chuwish]

Welcome to the pain, for what it's worth!

 

[ORION411]

Welcome to the pain, for what it's worth!

lol fun fun trying to figure out the most effective qt tank for my small amount of $

 

[joy13]

Cheapest place I find tanks is craigslist or local forums

 

[bskerrichard27]

I have a 10 gallon I just set up total cost was 30.00 from Walmart came with light filter and other crap I don't need but it serves its purpose

 

[ORION411]

I have a 10 gallon I just set up total cost was 30.00 from Walmart came with light filter and other crap I don't need but it serves its purpose

Wow that's all u paid and everything u need is included heck ima have ta head to wall mart ASAP does it need to be constantly running?

 

[bskerrichard27]

I have mine up know but once I'm done ill take it down till I add new fish then ill set it up again ...

 

[bskerrichard27]

Look at my icon tread I got a pic of my setup on there

 

[bskerrichard27]

Ick tread I ment darn phones

 

[ORION411]

Lol ahhh sorry ta sound dumb but where or how do I get there kinda new to the forum use :-\

 

[bskerrichard27]

Lol its ok click on my picture then go to treads started by user and u will see it

 

[bskerrichard27]

Hears a pic

 

[ORION411]

Sweet so that's all there is to it nothing to complicated some PVC for hiding places I take it and I c some tubing for what I guess would be an air stone for better water agitation

 

[bskerrichard27]

Yep used some left over occur from my Sump build and a air stone filter with just sponge no carbon .. nothin more that way I don't have a erge to stock it

 

[ORION411]

Lol I have 2 tanks atm but want a 90g when I'm a lil better at this not ta mention the wifey

 

[melosu58]

Helpful links

An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure: A Quarantine Tank for Everything by Steven Pro

Marine Ich/Cryptocaryon irritans - A Discussion of this Parasite and the Treatment Options Available, Part I by Steven Pro

Marine Ich/Cryptocaryon irritans - A Discussion of this Parasite and the Treatment Options Available, Part II by Steven Pro
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[ORION411]

Thank u that sure is a lot to read lol