Ick

[oxide30]

Hello I thought once and for all to get rid of the ick. in my tank, I only have gsp and zoas. I could put a product like paraguard or cupramine without losing my gsp and zoas

 

[SteveEreef]

Is the tank fallow?

 

[oxide30]

Fallow?

 

[SteveEreef]

No fish

 

[Crabs McJones]

No you cannot dose in the tank. Corals, even soft corals cannot handle copper. In order to eradicate ich in your display, the tank must sit fallow (without any fish) for a minimum of 76 days.

 

[oxide30]

Impossible for me,12-14 fish

 

[Crabs McJones]

Impossible for me,12-14 fish

Unfortunately there is no other way to 100% eradicate ich in your tank. Only thing you can do is manage it. But in my experience there are no reef safe products that will eliminate ich or velvet.

 

[HotRocks]

Unfortunately there is no other way to 100% eradicate ich in your tank. Only thing you can do is manage it. But in my experience there are no reef safe products that will eliminate ich or velvet.

That is correct. Paraguard is pretty worthless IME.

You could easily QT the fish if it’s the route you wanted to go. I have helped a friend with velvet before that blew up in a 180. Several fish and some were larger tangs.

All went into a 55g we got from Craigslist for under 100 bucks. Didn’t lose a single fish. They all stayed in the QT while DT went through fallow period.