Damn Ich:(

[ZANYMASTER]

Ich has finished off all but one fish and with no QT,I have no plans on buying any more fish til the cycle is gone.The Exquisite Wrasse was probably the original carrier but doing fine but showing signs of it.Considering on selling it granted that it first go into QT first but that'll be another thread.

 

[straightjiggy10]

Its an ichie time of year!

 

[PolandSpring]

I have ich also :*( ..it has three more fish to kill and then im guess im gona have to wait the cycle also

 

[lazibonez]

You guys have a heaters on? During change of weather like recently alot of people forget to plug their heaters back on and that cause stress to fish from temperature swings.

 

[pmui]

Sorry to hear that, I've recently had an ick outbreak also , it kill all but 2 fish. I wait 2mo with a faLlow tank, and currently restocking. Good luck and make sure you wait it out.

 

[ZANYMASTER]

I do have one of those submersible UV lights that I bought on ebay a while back.Says to leave it on for 2 hours.Going to plug it in and see if I can zap the free floating bastards:irked:

 

[Yen]

My 2 tanks were fishless for exactly 45 days while the fish were being treated for ich. They're all healthy and beautiful now. I don't event use my UV, it's still laying around in the garage.

Keep it fallow for at least 45 days. Why let it kill any more fish. UV doesn't really help. Patience is the key.

Yen

 

[pmui]

My 2 tanks were fishless for exactly 45 days while the fish were being treated for ich. They're all healthy and beautiful now. I don't event use my UV, it's still laying around in the garage.

Keep it fallow for at least 45 days. Why let it kill any more fish. UV doesn't really help. Patience is the key.

Yen

Yen,

what do you us to treat the fish prior to putting them into your display tank?

 

[bogliman]

How come you guys don't use Ruby's kick ich? That usually does the job

 

[ZANYMASTER]

That stuff needs like 14 days to do anything and you need to shut down your filtration I think.Copper is the best treatment in a QT tank.The Hypo thing is not 100% effective either.

 

[cowfish]

I've had good success with hyposalinity. I've got one fish that has ich (probably brought in by my latest addition who of course is very healthy and shows no signs of Ich), but since it's a FOWLR I'll probably just hypo the tank for 6-8 weeks.

 

[NYreefNoob]

Before any fish goes into my system i treat with pro-cure for 15 min with an airstone running, and havent had a problem on new system

 

[ZANYMASTER]

Hey,link me to that product Noob.

 

[pmui]

i trust in copper treatment only.

 

[RaSooch]

I know when I had it in my tank the UV light helped get rid of the free floaters and my fish eventually got rid of it on there own. I would keep the UV on until all signs of Ich are gone on the fish. FYI it took about two full weeks with the UV light on.

 

[Yen]

I used Cupramin, for at least a month, even after the last white spot was seen. Actually, I made a mistake of bringing them back to the DT only after 30 days. The hippo got ich only after one week of being back. I was so mad at myself for not waiting only a couple more weeks!!! I had to bring all of them back to the hospital tank for the 2nd time, and kept them there for 45 days.

I decided to throw away Ich Attach after using it for 4 days. The hippo tang only got worse. I'm glad I switch to Cupramin in time and saved all of my fish.

Yen

Yen,

what do you us to treat the fish prior to putting them into your display tank?