I've always caused more harm that good by treating a tank for a minor parasite or problems. Tearing everything apart to catch a fish and remove it to a QT tank seems to stess everything out even worse as well. I've found that if I just leave everything alone but maybe improve my fishes diet for a few days they can get over Ick on their own if they were healthy to begin with.
Just this last week someone gave me a Vagabond butterfly to store in my massive sump because it was eating all of their coral. Within a day or two of adding it to my tank my purple tang got ick. So all I did was feed it a little more often than I normally do and slowly the little white spots have disapeard. Maybe I'm just lucky, I dont know.
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