Ich defense

[thegrilledcheesus]

So I've been reading up on marine ich, and I read that ich attach to fish only at dark, so wouldn't a 3 day cycle of full on light force the tomites to not jump onto the fish, and thus within a couple days kill the ich in its larval stage?

 

[pickupman66]

I've never heard this....

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[thegrilledcheesus]

I've never heard this....

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A couple of websites say that ich tomites only attach themselves at night when a fish is sleeping, so I got to wondering

 

[.AcroKiller.]

The best thing to fight ich is feeding your fish and keeping then healthy they will fight it on their own

 

[thegrilledcheesus]

The best thing to fight ich is feeding your fish and keeping then healthy they will fight it on their own

Yeah I'm just reading up just in case something bad happens, now that I'm going to be putting in an ich magnet soon.

 

[meintn]

Apply quinine sulfate in a QT for 10 days before going into display tank and your fish will be ich free.

 

[MaidOfDishonor]

Yeah I'm just reading up just in case something bad happens, now that I'm going to be putting in an ich magnet soon.

What's an ich magnet and where do I get one?

 

[thereeferdude]

What's an ich magnet and where do I get one?

This is an ich magnet unfortunately...

 

[jmann124]

Cheesus, I wouldn't put that fish in a 55. The ich magnet will likely turn your tank into an ich factory once it gets some size to it.

 

[ccajigas07]

i just lost my powder blue to ich today quite a pricy loss

 

[bgruchow]

The best thing to fight ich is feeding your fish and keeping then healthy they will fight it on their own

I agree I have tried everything possible in the past. Most treatments just caused everything else to get stressed and kill off coral. The last time I had a ich outbreak I just feed them with food soaked in garlic 4-5 times a day. I did loose the fish that showed signs of ich first but everything else survived.

 

[thegrilledcheesus]

Cheesus, I wouldn't put that fish in a 55. The ich magnet will likely turn your tank into an ich factory once it gets some size to it.

Lol I would never put a regal in a 55, Ive got a kole. tangs are generally called ich magnets.

 

[.AcroKiller.]

Ok I have 4 tangs on my 185 and one of them being a white cheeks tang which is label just like the powder blue about ich. The others are a regal, yellow and sailfin and yes they do get ich every now and then but they fight it off. The way I kept the white cheeks from dying was I would spot feed mysid until he ate
I believe is all about feeding.

 

[thegrilledcheesus]

Ok I have 4 tangs on my 185 and one of them being a white cheeks tang which is label just like the powder blue about ich. The others are a regal, yellow and sailfin and yes they do get ich every now and then but they fight it off. The way I kept the white cheeks from dying was I would spot feed mysid until he ate
I believe is all about feeding.

I thought that would leave the ich in your tank?

 

[ccajigas07]

Well I just lost 2 cole yellow eyed tangs so we are at 3 fish in one day

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[thegrilledcheesus]

Well I just lost 2 cole yellow eyed tangs so we are at 3 fish in one day

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Did you QT or anything?

 

[ccajigas07]

Yes but I have a yellow tang that was given to me for fathers day that kept harassing my powder blue stress him out and he got it and spread the joy around

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[thegrilledcheesus]

Yes but I have a yellow tang that was given to me for fathers day that kept harassing my powder blue stress him out and he got it and spread the joy around

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I would remove any remaining fish, and wait 6 weeks for all the ich tomites to die, and in the mean time does copper to the remaining fish

 

[pickupman66]

Wow..... ich magnet or not the protozoa that causes it effects all fish. The! Ngs more so. The only sure fire way is to never introduce it by quarantineing your fish.

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