[snailbuddy]

Maybe I just got lucky, but when my fish got ick, I tossed a couple of extra cleaner shrimp into the tank - a couple of days later . . . no more ick! Don't use copper treatment on the mandarin - it'll kill him. They don't get ick anyway because of their skin. My sister's fish had ick, she spent $$$ setting up a QT, medications, etc. Lost all the fish. Besides, cleaner shrimp are fun!