ICK in tank

[Chucky]

Having Polyps, 2 doz hermits, and snails in a 100 gal, what should I do for the ICK on my cobate Tang, and Achilles? The clowns are OK.

I was thinking a bath for them, but I'm wondering what's the best medication, for how long, and will the fish bring Cu back into the tank anyway???

I know that freshwater Ick needs light to reproduce, but salt Ick isn't nearly the same thing, is it???

Thanx for the help.

 

[ChrisRD]

Once you have it in a stocked reef tank there's not much you can do to treat the system. That's the main reason quarantine is so important - especially with species like tangs that are prone to ich. At this point, leaving the system fallow (no fish) for a couple of months is probably your best bet if you intend to eliminate the parasite from the system. Without a host for a long enough period it should die off.

That said, IME healthy fish in a low stress environment will usually fight off a mild case on their own. If it's a serious case I would setup a separate treatment tank and do hyposalinity. Copper is also very effective, but is more risky IME and I prefer to avoid it unless absolutely necessary. If you do a search here you should find plenty of recommendations for using hypo and/or copper treatments.

HTH

 

[Chucky]

Thanks for the advice!

sorry, what does IME mean??

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the advice!

sorry, what does IME mean??

In My Experience.

 

[Anonymous]

Best product I have used, and have heard LFS reccoment to people is "kick-ich". Non-copper based medication, safe for reefs and inverts. It worked awesome a year ago when yellow tang developed it.

2 week program of low dosage. Kills the free-swimming cycle of ich as well. Never had another outbreak, nothing was damaged by the treatment, ich was gone.

Link to one site that carries it, sure you can find it on most sites:

http://www.marinedepot.com/aquarium_med ... ?ast=&key=

 

[monhall]

I agree. Kick-Ich seemed to work OK. My regal tank got ich and then another fish got it also (a gramma). I removed the regal, since it is so prone to ich. But after treating with kick-ich, the main tank has done well...the other fish did not get any.