Anything you can add to prevent ich ?

Rscott · Aug 23, 2019

Hi everyone. Is there anything you can add to your tank that is Coral safe to help prevent Ich?

Thanks!

Crabs McJones · Aug 23, 2019

Nope. Best bet is to quarantine everything before going in the main display tank. Coral and inverts for 76 days and fish for 30 day copper treatments (or 2 weeks if you do the transfer method)

Rscott · Aug 23, 2019

Crabs McJones said:
Nope. Best bet is to quarantine everything before going in the main display tank. Coral and inverts for 76 days and fish for 30 day copper treatments (or 2 weeks if you do the transfer method)

I pay nearly twice retail for fish from my LFS only that are already QT that I usually witness over the course of weeks before s purchase so I know it’s happening and I don’t mind the price increase for quality

I was just asking because I recently purchased an expensive fish and trying to do what I can to make his life long and happy regardless of expense

Someone needs to get on that whole making a preventative product!
They would be rich!

Crabs McJones · Aug 23, 2019

Rscott said:
I pay nearly twice retail for fish from my LFS only that are already QT that I usually witness over the course of weeks before s purchase so I know it’s happening and I don’t mind the price increase for quality

I was just asking because I recently purchased an expensive fish and trying to do what I can to make his life long and happy regardless of expense

Someone needs to get on that whole making a preventative product!
They would be rich!

The issue is finding something that kills off the ich but not corals or inverts. To my knowledge no such element exists at this time

Don Lidtke · Aug 23, 2019

Time to start using the Large Hadron Collider for some real work!

Crabs McJones · Aug 23, 2019

Don Lidtke said:
Time to start using the Large Hadron Collider for some real work!

Don Lidtke · Aug 23, 2019

We do know how to have fun here! After life is too short to take too seriously.

Halal Hotdog · Aug 23, 2019

Rscott said:
I pay nearly twice retail for fish from my LFS only that are already QT that I usually witness over the course of weeks before s purchase so I know it’s happening and I don’t mind the price increase for quality

I was just asking because I recently purchased an expensive fish and trying to do what I can to make his life long and happy regardless of expense

Someone needs to get on that whole making a preventative product!
They would be rich!

The issue is every known medication for ich will kill inverts and corals. Most fish will be fine with it. Finding a specific drug that only affects cryptocaryon or the other parasites will have to be relatively specific for each parasite. Not sure if that will be possible. IMO medicated QT is the only way to go. Not sure how well your LFS QT fish, however I have NEVER seen one that does it correctly without cross contamination.

Wallace180 · Aug 23, 2019

Crabs McJones said:
The issue is finding something that kills off the ich but not corals or inverts. To my knowledge no such element exists at this time

I have had success with using Artemis

Rscott · Aug 23, 2019

Does a UV filter help this?

Crabs McJones · Aug 23, 2019

Rscott said:
Does a UV filter help this?

Uv filters will help, but you'll never get all the free swimmers

melanotaenia · Aug 23, 2019

Putting a preventative medication in the tank would likely just stress the fish and ecosystem out; better to treat what appears in quarantine and try to keep any and all unnecessary chemicals out of the reef tank. I mean, if the fish is not sick in quarantine, I don't recommend medicating them either; just watch them and treat only what shows up.