ICk...

[inkblue]

i have a damsel with icK, unfortunately he came that way from the store i was just too stuPid to believe it. aNy suggestions what to d0 ?

 

[DEEPWATER]

well taking him out will help if you can ,,if not ,cleaner wrasse ,shrimp,or try uv sterilizer ,,,,and if nothing else helps ,,only one thing you can try that i think wont hurt anything ,aside from star fish and lion fish ,,Kent Marine RXP ,,thats only if all else fails

 

[DEEPWATER]

for next time ,save yourself the headache ,if you have to think 2ce QT the fish ,,or dont buy it ,,,IMO

 

[inkblue]

hmmm... am waiting for your shRimp

yeaH, next timE i woNt doubt what i see... my bad

 

[2kids]

if it eats it will fight it off, if not hyposalinity is the right way to go, now that the tank itself will have ick.

 

[inkblue]

how do i treat the tanK?

 

[marrone]

First you need to id that it is ich before you start to treat as hyposalinity only works against ich. Also if you have a reef tank or a tank with live rock or iverts you can't do hyposalinity unless you take everything out of the tank, otherwise they'll die. The best thing to do is get the fish out of the tank and if it's ich treat using hyposalinity in a quartine tank or container. If it's not ich get yourself so copper and start to treat the fish. You should always quartine all your fish as it's better that the fish dies in a quartine tank then in your tank and kills off all your fish.

Here is a link with good dieases ref:
http://www.petsforum.com/personal/trevor-jones/fishdiseases.html

Michael

 

[2kids]

how long has fish been in the tank? ick will drop off the fish and live in the rock and substrate making fish look like its cured, then it looks for another host. Iam facing the same thing, unfortunately for me I have inverts tha wont tolerate hyposalinity, if the damsel is the only thing you have now,then i say do hyposalinity on the entire system. i tried kick ich "reef safe" didnt do jack for me, some reported good things.think ick has 30 day cycle... good luck.

 

[DEEPWATER]

if you cant get it out .
you can also use Garlic Extreme in the food ,it will give your fish a boost
alsohelps prevent your fish from getting ich ,kidda make them strong ,like if you ate garlic ,but it does have a Kick to it ,so dont inhale to strong ,

 

[marrone]

ick will drop off the fish and live in the rock and substrate making fish look like its cured, then it looks for another host. Ick has 30 day cycle...

Actually ich live on and iin your fish and works it way through the body, what you see on the body is the theronts which is the last stage before the ich falls off and start to mulitple in your tank. Usally from the fish being first effected to the white spot falling off is a 5-7 day cycle. Once the spore is in the sand bed it could last for up to a month before it dies off, that why you need to treat for about 4 weeks but some time you need to treat longer then that. Also another sign of ich is clouding or white film on the eye which unless treated could cause the fish to lose the eye or damage it.

If your going to use a copper the best that I've used is a product called Copper Power, very strong and you can treat a higher dose. Also you don't want to treat your main tank with copper as you'll never get it out.

 

[inkblue]

after almost stressing out aLL my other fishes, i caught the sick guy... (resting)

hyposalinity is it for now i guEss :arg:

 

[2kids]

that trick you have to show me....especially a damsel, wow! quick net action.LOL!

 

[inkblue]

argh, i had to disturb everything eLse though:headache:

besides when i red about the iCh cycle, i had to do iT...

 

[jhale]

I hope there were no theronts that fell off the fish, other wise as Michael stated the tank will be infected. then you would have to take the fish out for ten weeks to make sure you break the ich cycle. it's no fun

always quarantine, it's much easier then the painful alternatives.