Ich

[kquang]

Hello everyone,

My fish are starting to show signs of ich (white spots) and I am going to set up a quarantine tank to prepare to treat them with copper if needed. I am going to leave my display tank free of fish for 8 weeks as I have read it is effective in getting rid of ich. I was wondering if I needed to remove my mandarin dragonet from my display tank as well since it is resistant to ich -- will it being in the display tank allow the ich to prolong its life cycle?

Thanks in advance!

Kevin

 

[tigerslacrosse4]

Its resistant not ich proof just because its better at fighting it off I would not risk it by any means they are gorgeous fish I would be careful...

 

[snowmaker]

I never treat for ich anymore. Feed the fish well and they will come out of it on their own. Has worked a few times for me - never lost a fish.

 

[Sherri]

My fish in my 180 got ich. I did not treat them in a QT. I tend to kill fish in QT. I lost both of my cleaner gobies who were very big. I am not sure what happened as they looked the worse, then were improving but I went on a trip and when I came home they had disappeared. Everyone else recovered just fine -- 3 tangs, rabbitfish, clown, mandarin, bangaii, scott's fairy wrasse -- they all look great. I just fed them lots of vitamins and supplements. I bought dried mysis because it absorbs the supplements better than frozen.

 

[kquang]

What vitamins and supplements do you recommend I soak my fish food in to help with ich?

 

[snowmaker]

Dry mysids or krill hydrated in (my recipe) 3ml tank water mixed w/ 1ml Selco / Selcon.