Treating ich in aquarium

[Jordan Kutun]

Just noticed I have ich in my main tank and some of the fish that have it are not able to be taken out, HOW CAN I TREAT IT IN MY TANK, I NEED HELP ASAP

 

[andys]

Do you have anything other than fish ?

 

[Big G]

Hope this helps: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/ich-eradication-vs-ich-management.188775/#post-2171424

 

[Jordan Kutun]

Do you have anything other than fish ?

Corals and inverts

 

[Jordan Kutun]

Anyone have a large uv sterilizer

 

[andys]

You will have to pull all your fish and go fallow. There is no other way to safely treat your fish in the display

 

[Jordan Kutun]

You will have to pull all your fish and go fallow. There is no other way to safely treat your fish in the display

How about garlic frozen food, and prazi pro

 

[Jordan Kutun]

What about freshwater dipping the ones I can?

 

[Big G]

Some Ich parasites have been known to survive up to 68-72 days "without" a fish to feed upon. So even if you treated each and everyone of your fish, all it would take would be just one parasite, waiting, encysted (attached) to a hard surface (tank wall, rock, etc.) in your tank to repopulate the tank with Ich. Thus the "fallow" (fishless) period of 76 days to starve out the parasite. Sorry.

 

[flfireman1]

Prazipro doesn’t treat Ich

Garlic doesn’t treat Ich.

A UV sterilizer will not completely eradicate Ich and only is helpful at best when used properly.

All fish can be safely removed from an aquarium. Is it an inconvenience......yes

 

[cancun]

Some people manage ich in their display tanks, but yea to completely wipe it out you will have to remove all fish to a QT, and leave the tank fishless.

 

[cancun]

Also to the OP....what did you decide to do?

 

[artieg1]

Have learned the hard way. There is no way to eradicate in the DT without harming corals, other than going fallow.