Ich

[achubley]

Just started my first reef tank. LOVE LOVE LOVE it! Its been up an running for about 8 weeks now. Everything has gone great. Cycle went well fish and inverts doing great. I bought a green bubble tip anemone about 2 weeks ago. He was doing fantastic until he met my powerhead. Theres on oh crap moment. So I've had to do a major water change and came home from work today and my 2 tangs, Purple tang & Blue Hippo tang are covered in ICH. I have been feeding them with extreme garlic for about a week now. Have read this can help. Any other suggestions? Don't want to treat with copper as I have a few corals going.

 

[ritter6788]

Quarantine. I always QT and treat if needed before adding to display. I don't let a fish touch my display unless observed for 3-4 weeks minimum. If disease shows up I treat and don't let in the display for months. I've had to break my tanks down twice for ich and I swore I would never do it again.

How big is your tank?


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[ReeferBob]

Safest bet is to quarantine them to treat them and leave your tank fallow for 6-8 weeks for the ich to die out. Any less and you risk losing everything in the tank.