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[Harif87]

I agree with lfsmarineguy. We all know this to be true. Its very common for a cleaner to stop "cleaning". Hell.. my cleaner stopped cleaning a while ago. The cleaner hangs out by my LTA and steals a part of the anem's meal whenever i feed it.... its not like the only way they know how to get food is by cleaning fish... That being said, your sole defense against ich shouldnt be a cleaner shrimp.

For future reference, you should always QT your fish and watch for signs of disease before adding them to your display. That way you will avoid problems like this in the future.

For now i would put him in a hospotal tank and treat for ich. In the hospital tank keep the temp ~82. It wont kill the fish if you acclimate it slowly to this temperature. Breezp mentioned using Garlic Xtreme which is a good alternative. You could also soak the food with freshly crushed garlic too. Best of luck with the fish.

 

[marrone]

Use all the meds, qt, tanks dosed with long live juice, and two viagra pills and it still won't make a difference if your water quality is not good... That was my first suggestion...And if your fish die from raising the temp a little, they were on their way out... Happy reefing and You should probably take advice from people who don't buy fish every 2 months... Unless they have 20 tanks..

And having good water quality doesn't mean your fish is going to make it or you're not going to have ich in your tank. As for raising the temp, well that has nothing to do with a fish making it or not. If a fish is very infected there is a good chance it's going to dead without some type of treatment.

Also Bob, lets not throw stone here, I've seen pictures of some of your fish and some didn't look that great.

 

[Bob 1000]

Also Bob, lets not throw stone here, I've seen pictures of some of your fish and some didn't look that great.[/QUOTE]

No ich in my tank for years... and I keep a powder blue and brown together...

Awibrandy, In no way was I refering to you directly...Just in general... And im not perfect... Just damn good at what I do...Just kidding..

 

[marrone]

Also Bob, lets not throw stone here, I've seen pictures of some of your fish and some didn't look that great.

No ich in my tank for years... and I keep a powder blue and brown together...
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I guess this fish doesn't count.

 

[Bob 1000]

He was a fish that I sitted for 3 months.. And none of my fish got ich from him...I'm not even sure what that was because fish don't go 3 months with ich..

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

Your pics do look like the fish has ich or velvet. Besides the eyes, you can see some dots on the whole fish too. Clamped fins, cloudy eyes are also indications of ich and probably secondary infections from it.