My tank has ich. What now?

Spartanman22

Spartanman22

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Hey everyone,

I just unfortunately noticed some spots on my clowns and scarlet wrasse. I have a four fish all less than two inches: potters angel, scarlet wrasse, and ocellaris clownfish pair. I understand QTing would have prevented this but I didn't have the room at the time for a dedicated QT system. My question is what method would you recommend at the moment. The only spare tank I have available to me is a 5 gallon, and I think that is too small for all my current fish to be treated in at the same time. I do have some spare float valves and an RKE that I could run an ATO to run a hyposalinity treatment. Which method would be best copper or hyposalinity? From what I understand, angels often struggle with copper and are particularly sensitive. Could I just use a plastic bin for my QT setup to give some more space for the fish?

Thanks,

Adam
 
Man that sucks . Good luck with whatever you choose , im doing copper now and have since I lost last fish . I tried hypo but never any luck with it and lost the fish in treatment. And imo 5 gallon is too small for a qt .
 
Spartanman22 said:
Hey everyone,

I just unfortunately noticed some spots on my clowns and scarlet wrasse. I have a four fish all less than two inches: potters angel, scarlet wrasse, and ocellaris clownfish pair. I understand QTing would have prevented this but I didn't have the room at the time for a dedicated QT system. My question is what method would you recommend at the moment. The only spare tank I have available to me is a 5 gallon, and I think that is too small for all my current fish to be treated in at the same time. I do have some spare float valves and an RKE that I could run an ATO to run a hyposalinity treatment. Which method would be best copper or hyposalinity? From what I understand, angels often struggle with copper and are particularly sensitive. Could I just use a plastic bin for my QT setup to give some more space for the fish?

Thanks,

Adam
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Where do you live in Naperville? I deliver in downtown Naperville and have a 20 gallon lying around you can borrow for a QT till your fish are better if you're interested. You'd have to come meet me down here though
 
Wrasses are very sensitive to copper also. You can use cupramine, which is easier on the wrasses. "Poidog" is selling his if you want to buy from him, he is also selling his copper test kit, which is a must if using copper. Get that 20 gal tank. If you have some live extra live rock from your tank you can use, use them as dedicated QT filtration.
 
If you order $49 of stuff from Dr. Foster Smith, you get free shipping so you don't burn the gas and it will arrive in 1-2 days usually. I've used Cupramine and it's a great product. I hope you get it all sorted.
 
Aqua Pro-Cure or QuICK Cure works too. You can get QuICK Cure at pet supplies plus. I use this stuff for years.
But once your fish are cured, you still CAN NOT put them in your DT, it takes 3 months for the ick to die in the DT.
 
If you don't get the 20G from MikeyB I would recommend a large plastic container (Rubbermaid, et al.) for a QT; 5G is too small.
 
Thanks for all the advice everyone I have found a spare 20 gallon I didn't think I still had which I'll use and I will look into some of the medications you guys have mentioned.
 
meds are cool and all, but you gotta focus on water quality in the DT. there are a hundred ways to cure ich and a lot of them work great, but if your water quality sucks in the main tank, they will inevitably get sick again. Sterile DT's are a myth, so don't worry about going fishless for months on end. And qt'ing BEFORE you put the fish in is the way to go... good luck, and don't forget to feed the fish, they need the extra calories to get the immune system into top gear
 
i have a bottle of suppose to be reef safe fish vet no-ich treatment never used will trade or sell it $20 work in crystal lake and live in rockford if this works otherwise garlic works magic for ich
 
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