Ich treatment suggestions?

[John-Solo]

I’m looking for invertebrate safe ich treatments.

 

My tank (28 gal biocube) has been running for about 9 years never had a single of ich at all. My friend is getting out of the hobby for a while so I added a Coral Beauty from my friends tank about 3 weeks ago. I did not notice anything on the fish when I added him but about two weeks ago I’m noticing some Ich looking spots. He’s eat just fine and seems in affected, no other fish are showing signs. Iv tried all garlic and ginger oils with turning the temp up to 85 but the spots are still there. I don’t have expensive corals I’m just looking for a treatment that is safe for my pistol shrimp.
 

I have two clowns, watchman goby and pistol shrimp. 
 

mushrooms and toad stool leather for coral 

[phlynamjax]

There isn’t any inverts/corals safe ich treatment. Your two options are treat them in a quarantine tank or live with ich. It is hard to tell from this picture, but I am not seeing anything fatal.

Edited November 12, 2024 by phlynamjax

[John-Solo]

I was afraid of that but glad you don’t notice anything threatening. I read of a few medication that state they are “reef/invertebrate safe” but have polarizing reviews so I’d figure I’d ask here. Thanks for the input.


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[YHSublime]

Yup, either a prophylactic quarantine, or live with it. FWIW I only know maybe 2 people that actually do a 100% QT on anything that touches their system. The average hobbyist most likely has it in their tank, like a cold. 
 

garlic, higher temps, and ginger oils are old wives tales or snake oils, so is anything you buy that might say otherwise (invert safe/reef safe, etc.)

[DaJMasta]

You think it's ich and not lymphocystis?  The latter happens primarily as nodules on the fins and can often be a sort of stress response for more sensitive fish.

 

But yes, the treatments I know of are not invert safe (except for tank transfer method, but that's not for a whole tank, it's for individual animals).  For treatment, you would remove and treat the fish (probably all together), then I would crank the heat a couple of degrees to reduce the fallow time and wait out the reproduction cycle of the cysts in the DT.