reefer_smitty
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
If you do a little research on UV Sterilizer's you can find out what I am talking about with the different flow rates to kill different organisms. I can't remember right off the top of my head though.
I wondered about it killing pods...
You should take it back and get your money back, there are no safe ick medications that do anything. Hypo or copper in a separate tank, with all the fish, leave the main tank fish less for 6-8 weeks, that is the only ways to get rid of ick. Sorry know it is not what you want to hear but it is the truth. Yes it is a lot of work to get rid of ick, thats why it is so important to quarantine all new specimens for 6 weeks to make sure that are not going to introduce anything into your main. Good luck
reefer_smitty said:I will guarantee you that most tanks have ich in them already. If the fish isn't dying, then leave it. You will only stress it out more trying to catch it increasing its chance of dying. soak your foods in garlic or selcon and most likely you will be alright. Most healthy fish will fight ich off. Ich isn't a death sentence after all. Also, when you go to catch a fish to place it in a QT, you are going to stress the other fish out as well, they stand an increased risk of getting ich as well.
Gboy66 said:Smitty hit it right on the head. +1 man. Ich isnt somthing that is gone for good
and if the fish dont eat how will garlic work???
With the right quarantine procedures no tank has to have ich.
They will once they learn the hard way like me.reefer_smitty said:This is absolutely correct. But, how many people do you think actually QT a fish before introducing it into their system? That is why we always see threads like these lol
david.h said:well what do you suggest todo since you dont believe in the garlic?? and whats your suggestion to a proper QT tank??
david.h said:and also if I move the other unaffected fish to a different atnk to let the other sit for 6 weeks will it cause the same issue??