Another ick topic

mikesilverado8888 · Oct 7, 2015

So my royal got ick bad again don't look like he's going make it down on the bottom in the back in between wall and a rock any ideas on how to help him. Thanks

saltysilverado · Oct 7, 2015

Pictures?

twilliard · Oct 7, 2015

QT will be your best friend
Not sure of the condition but if he has ich then all the other fish are exposed to it.
Please read up on the fish section or ask @Humblefish what steps to take.

mikesilverado8888 · Oct 7, 2015

Tomorrow I'm going get that reef save stuff

Breakthecycle2 · Oct 7, 2015

mikesilverado8888 said:
Tomorrow I'm going get that reef save stuff

There is no reef safe medicine that works..zero. The only way to get it out of your system is to take ALL the fish out, treat them with copper in QT and leave the main tank fishless for 76 days.

melypr1985 · Oct 7, 2015

^^^ Too True

Humblefish · Oct 7, 2015

Breakthecycle2 said:
There is no reef safe medicine that works..zero. The only way to get it out of your system is to take ALL the fish out, treat them with copper in QT and leave the main tank fishless for 76 days.

^^This. Treatment options for ich are listed here: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/how-to-treat-ich.191226/

If ever a reef safe ich medication comes along (that actually works), I'll be out of a job!

robert · Oct 8, 2015

Yet neither ich nor velvet should ever be fish killers...we set up our tanks with inadequate flow and filteration and insist on treating the symptom rather than the cause.

Eliminate dead zones with little or no flow...particularly where fish bed down to sleep. Add micron filteration and turn your water hard for a few hours every day...keep filters clean and operating properly... then ich, velvet and many other parasites will not be a threat to your tank and livestock even if inadvertanly introduced.

Sorry about your fish...

Breakthecycle2 · Oct 8, 2015

robert said:
Yet neither ich nor velvet should ever be fish killers...we set up our tanks with inadequate flow and filteration and insist on treating the symptom rather than the cause.

Eliminate dead zones with little or no flow...particularly where fish bed down to sleep. Add micron filteration and turn your water hard for a few hours every day...keep filters clean and operating properly... then ich, velvet and many other parasites will not be a threat to your tank and livestock even if inadvertanly introduced.

Sorry about your fish...

Sorry but I beg to differ about Velvet. I just a dozen fish to it. It is deadly no matter what you do.

robert · Oct 8, 2015

Velvet is more agressive and once its established much more lethal - but it is held in check, just as ich is, with sufficient flow and filteration.

See my comments: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/diatom-filter-for-treating-external-parasites.212429/