ick with coral and anemones

[Gettie]

Can anyone tell me if Brand Seachem Meroplex is safe to treat for ick in fish and reef together ? Thanks for you advice.

 

[Stealthreefer]

Not safe to add to the tank, iffy if it's safe to add to food and then feed in a reef, I wouldn't risk it.
Get a cheap 10 gallon and HOB filter and use it as a hospital tank.
Ich is always in the water, the fish are vulnerable to it because of some kind of issue, be it stress or underlying disease.
If you have a UV sterilizer I would turn the flow down so you get long contact time in the UV chamber, that should slow down the ich reproduction.

 

[Pickle_soup]

Not safe to add to the tank, iffy if it's safe to add to food and then feed in a reef, I wouldn't risk it.
Get a cheap 10 gallon and HOB filter and use it as a hospital tank.
Ich is always in the water, the fish are vulnerable to it because of some kind of issue, be it stress or underlying disease.
If you have a UV sterilizer I would turn the flow down so you get long contact time in the UV chamber, that should slow down the ich reproduction.

Ich is not always in the water. Proper QTs get rid of ich.

 

[Stealthreefer]

Nah it doesn't.


Unless a facility has never had a wild fish ever and basically sterilizes it's water all the time there is ich in that system.
The only reason your fish get ich is because something else is wrong.

 

[Gettie]

Ich is not always in the water. Proper QTs get rid of ich.

Thanks for the info

 

[Alexraptor]

Nah it doesn't.


Unless a facility has never had a wild fish ever and basically sterilizes it's water all the time there is ich in that system.
The only reason your fish get ich is because something else is wrong.

This is simply not true.

Cryptocaryon irritans is an obligate fish parasite, it simply cannot survive without a living host. Their tomonts only lie dormant for a limited period of time after which they hatch and the free swimming Theronts only have a limited window to find a host before they perish.

If you quarantine and prophylactically treat all incoming fish for Ich, and quarantine ALL other incoming livestock and wet materials for 3-6 months, you will not have ich in your system, assuming you also keep your tank fallow during the startup period. It's simple biology.

That said, it does require extreme vigilance and discipline. Separate quarantine location is pretty much a requirement, and even slipping up once with cross-contamination, either by sharing a tool, or forgetting to wash/disinfect between tanks, can completely undo all the hard work.

 

[Pickle_soup]

This is simply not true.

Cryptocaryon irritans is an obligate fish parasite, it simply cannot survive without a living host. Their tomonts only lie dormant for a limited period of time after which they hatch and the free swimming Theronts only have a limited window to find a host before they perish.

If you quarantine and prophylactically treat all incoming fish for Ich, and quarantine ALL other incoming livestock and wet materials for 3-6 months, you will not have ich in your system, assuming you also keep your tank fallow during the startup period. It's simple biology.

That said, it does require extreme vigilance and discipline. Separate quarantine location is pretty much a requirement, and even slipping up once with cross-contamination, either by sharing a tool, or forgetting to wash/disinfect between tanks, can completely undo all the hard work.

Agree with everything except for extreme vigilance and discipline. Patience is the key. Qt new fish, QT inverts, and corals, and you're fine. Whatever tools you're using, throw them in hot water afterward and let them burn.