POLL: Your Treatment of Ich

[redsea]

Hi everyone!

I know that some people quarantine and keep ich out of their systems, but I am also aware that some people let nature take its course and feed with garlic, etc.

I thought it would be interesting to have a poll between the two.

Thanks for reading!

 

[Gboy66]

Garlic for me i voted

 

[Kio707]

QT for a couple of weeks... But if it happens, hypo. Try to keep it out.

 

[tonedogz]

quarantine and cupramine for me

 

[Innovator]

QT = Short-term Formalin bath after acclimation, Long-term Formalin, short-term Formalin baths in between "rest" periods, and depending on circumstances or fish spp. copper afterwards.

 

[kelly0707]

How long do you keep the fish in the formalin bath? Doesnt that stress them out?

 

[Innovator]

Most people overestimate "stress." Their capture, transport, acclimation...it's all a degree of stress; being in an aquarium is a degree of stress. A typical Formalin bath lasts 50mins in a 5g bucket filled with 3g of sw and extra aeration. I've never lost an animal to Formalin or Freshwater baths. Long-term Formalin is a smaller % dosed every other day (50% water changes daily).

 

[FTMMWS]

Most people overestimate "stress." Their capture, transport, acclimation...it's all a degree of stress; being in an aquarium is a degree of stress. A typical Formalin bath lasts 50mins in a 5g bucket filled with 3g of sw and extra aeration. I've never lost an animal to Formalin or Freshwater baths. Long-term Formalin is a smaller % dosed every other day (50% water changes daily).

Agreed ,,and same here
Oh and i keep it out ..

 

[crister13]

Hypo salinity.

 

[ezy33]

garlic

Garlic for me i voted

I had success with garlic, mainly Garlic Extreme. IMO every time you move the fish it get stressed. Every time the fish gets stressed theres a chance for it to catch ICH, when you pull a sick fish from the display to a quarantine tank (IMO) you stress it even more. Making recovery even more difficult. Then when the fish appears well moving it again will stress it again.

I keep a bottle on hand, if I see any fish flash I add it to the next feeding or two. If I see any spots I add it to the tank once a day for four days on the fifth I do a water change.

I under stand garlic won't cure ICH but will boost the immune system of the affected fish and all of the other fish too. It's what works for me.

 

[crister13]

Yes, it will stress it, but if hypo is done correctly, there will be no ick to catch.

 

[Innovator]

Ich is always the least to worry about as it is the easiest to cure, which is why I prefer medications so I can hit multiple parasites if apparant.