Whats the best way to treat ICH!!

[mr.sneakysnacky]

I have clownfishes that have ich right now and honestly I just want to cry because I am looking the BEST way to treat this ich?

what are also some great ways to treat ich preventative?


MUCH APPRECIATED!

 

[redsea]

I am currently battling ich also, I know how you feel.
There are two ways that people treat for ich, dosing copper, or using the hypo salinity method. For the copper method, you will need a copper test kit, and be careful not to overdose. I hear the best way is to use the hypo method. In order to execute the hypo method, you will need to lower the salinity slightly over a set period of time.

Best of luck to you!

 

[mr.sneakysnacky]

Red sea thank you so much for responding back! Honestly it really makes me sad to see these fish sick. its like my own babies are sick hahaha but...

Copper method? I have heard of this but I have no idea how to do it.

For the Hypo method, is that something I can do by just changing the salinity? is that all or is there more to it?

So far I am looking at the Garlic method. Where I crush up fresh garlic and mix it with my the fish food.

I'm also looking into some products such as:

- Hikari Prazipro
- Selcon
- Garlic extreme

any comment on this? or what I am doing?

 

[redsea]

Here is an in-depth article on hypo.

Treating Marine Ich with Hypo-Salinity

 

[mr.sneakysnacky]

Thank you so much redsea!

 

[huma-huma]

Speaking from experience, go the hypo route. Yes it takes about 6-8 weeks to completely rid your tank of ich but its well worth it. Chems are just bad news. Not to mention using copper is the equivalent of dropping a nuclear bomb on your inverts... hypo all the way

 

[mr.sneakysnacky]

so I am just a little confused, Do I need a seperate tank in order for this to work? so I get the idea that you want to keep the ph the same but I want to lower the salinity by 0.002 everyday until I hit 0.009 correct?

 

[huma-huma]

You want to place the fish into a spare tank and hypo it...leaving your display tank empty for 6-8 weeks. Ich is a parasite so without a host it'll die

 

[mr.sneakysnacky]

gotchya. So what if I am trying to get these fishes into a bigger tank per say... How would that go about? cause I am going from a 10 gallon tank to a 29 gallon tank

 

[Hinds04]

your slowly moving into zacheyp territory...

 

[SwimsWithFish]

your slowly moving into zacheyp territory...

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[Rutrag]

gotchya. So what if I am trying to get these fishes into a bigger tank per say... How would that go about? cause I am going from a 10 gallon tank to a 29 gallon tank

So are the clowns in a 10 right now and you're in the middle of upgrading to a 29 or are you talking "down the road?"

 

[melosu58]

Moved to SW sick fish forum.

Read these on info about the parasite and treatment.

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


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

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

 

[mr.sneakysnacky]

im up grading my tank from 10 to a 29G tank.

 

[Rutrag]

Then use your 10 as a quarantine tank and treat the clowns there with hypo salinity treatment while you're cycling the 29.

 

[mr.sneakysnacky]

Thanks rutrag