Ich management with ozone?

[Frag_mad]

Hi all. So just to give a bit of back ground I added a yellow tang a few months ago and then a month later moved tanks cue ich outbreak. To be expected as I only practice management & not QT due to space & time constraints. My mimic tang has maybe 10-15 spots around his scalpel. To manage this I have a big uv which I’ve just changed the bulb & manually calibrated the flow. I’m currently dosing hydrogen peroxide which is helping & reduces the numbers as the weeks pass by. My question been can I use ozone to take over this for me? I work full time as does my other half & staying up until midnight when you have 3 children & full time jobs is taking it’s toll...

 

[mmorriso]

I know multiple reefers who’ve managed ich outbreaks with UV and good husbandry alone, I don’t think either ozone or peroxide are required.

 

[Frag_mad]

I know multiple reefers who’ve managed ich outbreaks with UV and good husbandry alone, I don’t think either ozone or peroxide are required.

So can ozone be used to replace peroxide dosing?

 

[mmorriso]

In the sense that both will help breakdown organics and can sterilise pathogens, then yes.

Neither are a silver bullet for Ich and ozone can be quite complicated to implement.

 

[Frag_mad]

Ok thanks. Never expected it to be a silver bullet as such just trying to avoid having to strip the system down & QT all my fish. Looks like I’m not going to be able to

 

[Jekyl]

Feed healthy and diverse food.

 

[mmorriso]

Ok thanks. Never expected it to be a silver bullet as such just trying to avoid having to strip the system down & QT all my fish. Looks like I’m not going to be able to

As I mentioned I know a lot of reefers with large, established tanks that were too big to feasibly break down, who manage Ich on an ongoing basis just through husbandry and large UV units.