Whole tank has ICH, what now?

[Guest vatbrew]

What should I do. All my fish except the clowns have small white spots on their fins. The hippo has alot, everyone else has just a couple.

[wolfman]

go to reefcentral.com there is alot of information on ich

[Sugar Magnolia]

Ugh, so sorry you have to deal with this. Your best bet is to get everyone into a QT tank and treat with copper. Rule of thumb is to leave the fish in QT for AT LEAST 6-8 weeks and treat them accordingly while leaving the display empty of fish for that entire time. It takes 4-6 weeks for the ich and any larvae in the system to die off, although it is said that ich is always present in our systems. Hopefully others who have dealt with this will chime in.

 

Good luck!

[jamesbuf]

also get a good UV sterilizer to prevent future outbreaks

[Guest vatbrew]

Getting all of my fish into a QT is impossible. I have 5 fish that are affected. They all sleep in the 130+ lbs of LR that I have in the tank.

[jamesbuf]

Sounds like you should do a hyposalinity treatment in the main tank for a few weeks. You'd have to pull out any inverts and the hospital tank would be just for your inverts. I know inverts can't stand the hyposalinity treatment, but I'm not sure how it affects the bacteria and corals. I only had softies (zoos and a couple frogaspawns) back in my 125 when I ran a hyposalinity treatment and I didn't have any troubles with my corals. I only went down to 1.010, but it definitly got rid of the ich for a while.......until the next outbreak. After losing hundreds of dollars in fish I broke down and bought a sterilizer. Haven't had any problems since.

[rrubberbandman]

Did you buy any fish from MARU pets on rt 208?

Edited March 5, 2007 by rrubberbandman

[Boxxr]

Getting all of my fish into a QT is impossible. I have 5 fish that are affected. They all sleep in the 130+ lbs of LR that I have in the tank.

 

Vatbrew,

 

I am sorry to hear about your fish. You are not alone. I am battling the same thing, but with the addition of velvet. I removed my remaining five fish into a hospital tank last night and treated with copper. I took about 2 hours to capture all of mine.

 

Getting them out is the best option. It could be only a matter time before the other ones have it. My remaining fish already show signs of improvement.

[Guest vatbrew]

Some fish did come from Maru Pets.

[rrubberbandman]

Some fish did come from Maru Pets.

In the late 90's almost every fish i got from, except a sailfin tang, died from ich......

I am sorry for your losses and frustration...i do clearly know what your going thru.

Bryan

[jstlsn]

Here are the links to a few helpful articles

 

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-08/sp/index.php

 

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-10/sp/feature/index.php

 

I had to remove all of my rock to catch my Yellow Watchman Goby. Hugh pain in the butt. Both of my fish have been in quarantine for 4 1/2 weeks now. There are no fish in my main tank. I haven't seen any signs of ich in about 4 weeks. I plan on keeping the fish in quarantine for another week and a half.

 

Good Luck

Brad

[Guest vatbrew]

what do you all think of this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-JEBO-UV-36-WATTS-U...1QQcmdZViewItem

[ReeferMan]

I would never buy from a place that doesnt do a spell check. You get what you pay for. IMO Jebo is junk. Coralife and current USA are good choices but are going to cost more. I hear T-5 with removable quartz sleeve is the way to go. I am however no expert of UV's

[Lee Stearns]

Chip (flowerseller) has been running UV for years and is a good contact for info on the best systems.

A small neon gogy is aslo a good addition, at least mine cleans my tangs several times a day- neat to watch. Esp active just after lights come on. Way better than the cleaner shrimp who in my tank will clean occaionally but is hunger dependent IMHO. Interestingly the anthias will go to a cleaner shrimp but I have never seen them hold still for the Neon goby- so I guess having both in the main tank is a help.

Edited March 5, 2007 by Lee Stearns

[jamesbuf]

Don't ever buy anything made by Jebo. I've read so many bad reviews of their products, I would never use anything made by them. Why chance losing your setup to shoddy equipment?

[rioreef]

One of the best is the AquaUV brand. Check out there main web site also.

[steveoutlaw]

If you can't move your fish I would:

 

1. Go get a UV sterilizer from Johnny at BRK

2. While you are there pick up some cleaner shrimp and neon gobies if he has any

3. Start soaking all of your food in garlic

 

I only used the garlic method when my tangs got it in my FOWLR and it worked. Not guaranteed but couldn't hurt!!

[BeltwayBandit]

I know it stinks, but trust me I've been there, done that, got the T-shirt. Your best bet is to pull all of the fish and run a Q-tank. I know it stinks but in the long run it is your best option. I dealt with recurring ICH outbreaks and did not finally 'cure' my tank until I finally broke down and pulled everyone and ran them through the q-tank. Everything else is just a band-aid, IMO. You have to eliminate the source, and that source is in your main tank. Allowing it to lie fallow long enough to break the life cycle, while killing off the parasite in your current fish is the best long term solution.

 

It took me about 3 days, and removal of about 60% of my rock to finally catch all of the fish in my tank when I had to do the same thing. Trust me, I feel your pain.

[Guest vatbrew]

I'm using that Kick-ICH product. Does anyone have experience with this stuff? It made my tank cloudy?

[luguboris]

I'm using that Kick-ICH product. Does anyone have experience with this stuff? It made my tank cloudy?

Yes, I've used the kick ich, but be prepared to use more then you think, go ahead and purchase the larger dose. It will work and has never compromised any of my hard or soft corals. They do recommend turning the skimmer off for a while. Monitor your system and if you do a water change do it before you start the treatment. Research the cycle of the parisite and you will understand that it might take a little longer to over come it but you can. I went down that long painful road once and I had cut short my quarentine from six weeks to four and I paid the price.

[BeltwayBandit]

I'm using that Kick-ICH product. Does anyone have experience with this stuff? It made my tank cloudy?

 

I tried it first, but it did not work and I was leery of running it higher than the recommended dose. I might have ended up shorting the dose due to my own fear of overdose, thus I ended up running a quarantine.

 

BB

[YBeNormal]

Slightly OT but WELCOME to WAMAS luguboris!