Very Tired of dealing with parasites...

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by fkshiu

One solution is to turn your display into a QT - yank all the live rock and let it cook in a rubbermaid for a few months, then nuke the display with cupramine.

If my memory is correct, you've got an acrylic tank so there's no risk getting copper embedded into the silicone. You'll sacrifice your corals but since they're softies, I believe, they should be easily replaceable.

Cupramine was the thing that finally destroyed the ich cycle when I first got my hippo tang after going through all that other crap like hypo, garlic, cleaner shrimp, UV, witchcraft etc. etc. Going hypo may make you feel all warm and fuzzy, but darn it, do what human beings have always done when faced with an annoyance: stomp the living daylights out of it with harsh chemicals!!!

LOL...your post made me laugh!

I can't use copper with my puffers. They are scaleless and cannot handle copper. My tank is actually glass too, so I prefer not to use copper in it!

I also don't want to loose my corals...I have a decent amount now and they are just starting to grow. I could move them to a holding tank, thats easy enough.

The thing is that the fish that can tolerate copper are not the ones really showing ich at all. Its mostly the puffers.

Thanks for the ideas though!