HELP!! Possible ICH??

leilani908 · Apr 27, 2020

My clownfish isn't looking good and I'm thinking it could be ich. How do I treat it???

Euphyllia97 · Apr 27, 2020

Hi! You can treat ich by placing your fish in a separate tank and put it in hyposalinity and copper treatment. Tank should be left without any fish for 76 days so that the parasite has no host and will die in your tank. A lot of goos articles here on r2r about the treatment.

leilani908 · Apr 27, 2020

Euphyllia97 said:
Hi! You can treat ich by placing your fish in a separate tank and put it in hyposalinity and copper treatment. Tank should be left without any fish for 76 days so that the parasite has no host and will die in your tank. A lot of goos articles here on r2r about the treatment.

I only have another small tank. I have 4 fish total, but only 1 seems to be affected. It's currently super late at night and I won't have those supplies till morning. Would a fresh water dip be okay? Or would that make it worse? Help...

Euphyllia97 · Apr 27, 2020

leilani908 said:
I only have another small tank. I have 4 fish total, but only 1 seems to be affected. It's currently super late at night and I won't have those supplies till morning. Would a fresh water dip be okay? Or would that make it worse? Help...

Most of the time when you have ick in your tank, it will only be noticeable if there is some kind of stress involved. All your fish will have Ich by now, but their immune is still strong enough to not show any signs.

I would not freshwater dip your fish and would just leave it alone in order to not stress it out more. Keep him well fed and don’t play around too much in your tank.

Ich is not the same as marine velvet so don’t worry too much. You will have to treat the fish in order to get rid of the parasite, but it is not likely to die so quickly.

Get a good rest and go get some supplies whenever you have time to set it all up and start the treatment like it should be done. You could also go the ich-management way. In that case you leave the parasite in the tank and just pay extra attention to your fish nutrition and diet.

I know people who have had ich in their tanks for years. Don’t worry!

Have a read:

Ich eradication vs. Ich management

Ich eradication vs. Ich management The purpose of this article is to discuss the pros & cons of ich eradication and ich management, and present the best methods for implementing each. Ich eradication - Simply put, this method means doing everything possible to keep ich out of your tank. That...

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leilani908 · Apr 27, 2020

Euphyllia97 said:
Most of the time when you have ick in your tank, it will only be noticeable if there is some kind of stress involved. All your fish will have Ich by now, but their immune is still strong enough to not show any signs.

I would not freshwater dip your fish and would just leave it alone in order to not stress it out more. Keep him well fed and don’t play around too much in your tank.

Ich is not the same as marine velvet so don’t worry too much. You will have to treat the fish in order to get rid of the parasite, but it is not likely to die so quickly.

Get a good rest and go get some supplies whenever you have time to set it all up and start the treatment like it should be done. You could also go the ich-management way. In that case you leave the parasite in the tank and just pay extra attention to your fish nutrition and diet.

I know people who have had ich in their tanks for years. Don’t worry!

Okay. Should I move the clownfish back into the normal tank? Or keep him by himself in QT?

Euphyllia97 · Apr 27, 2020

leilani908 said:
Okay. Should I move the clownfish back into the normal tank? Or keep him by himself in QT?

If it’s already separated, leave it in there. That way you don’t have to stress it out anymore by moving it again and trying to catch it later on. It’s good that it can get used to its new temporary home before being placed unser hypo and copper.

leilani908 · Apr 27, 2020

Euphyllia97 said:
If it’s already separated, leave it in there. That way you don’t have to stress it out anymore by moving it again and trying to catch it later on. It’s good that it can get used to its new temporary home before being placed unser hypo and copper.

Okay... Thank you. I'll try to get sleep. She seemed fine this morning, but now isn't.

Euphyllia97 · Apr 27, 2020

leilani908 said:
Okay... Thank you. I'll try to get sleep. She seemed fine this morning, but now isn't.

If it is really ich and not velvet (can’t see a lot on the picture and its white body). It could well be that you don’t see any white spots anymore when you wake up. Could be behaving completely normal.

leilani908 · Apr 27, 2020

Euphyllia97 said:
If it is really ich and not velvet (can’t see a lot on the picture and its white body). It could well be that you don’t see any white spots anymore when you wake up. Could be behaving completely normal.

Here's a video. Hopefully you can see it.