Clowns with ich

[lynixlol]

So my main display tank has recently got ich. So i took out as many fish i could. Which was only my 2 snowflake clowns. I put them in my qt and dosed mardel coppersafe. Im wondering how to eliminate the ich in my DT. Taking the fish out is not an option as I cannot catch them. Is there any reef safe medicine and how can i fully cure my clowns of ich?

 

[bigdog1428]

U need to take all fish out so the ich doesn't have anything to host

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

Can you use fish trap? Do you have corals, inverts or is it a fish only tank?

 

[Tubby116]

I have the same issue I have a clown fish left one of them died from ich his fin fell off and the side of his body was eaten slowly by the parasite. Im using mardel copper safe also i don't have any corals at all. is there a way to get rid of the parasites?

 

[lynixlol]

Yeah I have corals. My fish seem to smart for the fish traps

 

[lynixlol]

I can probably catch my firefish and manderin dragonet. But my goby and damsel will be hard

 

[guarda]

don't treat the mandarin. you will likely kill it. as for its ability to host ich, it's a numbers game. generally they are very resistant to it, even when they are weak. i would bet against your mandarin catching or hosting ich. i personally would keep him in a separate dt with no meds and no hypo.

I can probably catch my firefish and manderin dragonet. But my goby and damsel will be hard

 

[lynixlol]

Well one of my snowflakes passed away in qt =( $100 gone. Well anyways my fish seem to have died off 1 by 1 with the parasites my damsel manderin and goby are all thats left in my dt. I hope my snowflake in qt makes It through

 

[Custom05Taco]

Have you looked into freshwater dips at all? They brought my clown back from the dead with the first dip. It may have been just luck but it worked for me.

As with everything research first.

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[KathyC]

Have you looked into freshwater dips at all? They brought my clown back from the dead with the first dip. It may have been just luck but it worked for me.

As with everything research first.

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It was luck. FW dips do not reach the Ich parasite that is buried under the 'skin' of the fish.


For those of you currently with fish in QT and are using copper as a treatment - do you have a copper test kit that is telling you the level of copper you have added to the tank? Without that reading, you can overdose/underdose the tank and that makes the treatment ineffective.

Take a look at this article ion Marine Ich to learn more:
(it is a sticky in our Fish Forum)
http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/fish/111270-marine-ich-steve-norvich.html