Marine Ich help please

[dsaundry]

3 more fish gone this weekend I am hoping this is getting to the end, I only have 7 fish left. If I lose all of them I will keep tank as coral only for a minimum of 6-8 months before I even consider adding any more, this really freakin{not the word I am really using}sucks!

[Myka]

Originally Posted by fishytime

there is absolutely no scientific evidence that says garlic is in anyway medicinal to fish

The ornamental marine hobby isn't supported by a whole lot of scientific evidence as a whole. I'm not sure if your claim is accurate or not, but garlic works for me.

[TimT]

I agree.

I eat a lot of Garlic but still get bitten by mosquitoes.

[daniella3d]

Well it must work..think about it, you've never been bitten by a vampire right?

In my case, it never worked for any of my fish with ick, either fresh or garlic extract for fish.

Originally Posted by TimT

I agree.

I eat a lot of Garlic but still get bitten by mosquitoes.

[dsaundry]

Yes I have cleaner shrimp, as for fish remaining 2 still look suspect, Niger Trigger and Copper Band, the 3 chromis are doing great, I small black angel appears ok, 2 wrasses seem ok and 1 gs maroon seems ok, lost one more clown earlier this am., Nitrates are a bit high as there are some corpses I havent been able to account for. Did a partial water change again yesterday, nitrates are reading about 30ppm. I think all I can really do right now is water changes and montor water conditions and feed. I cannot tear down this tank to try to catch remaining fish. I suppose if I want to sacrifice inverts I could treat with copper but that really isn't an option for me at this point. Thanks for all the suggestions and support from everybody.

Oh and the fatality count is 10 if I have counted correctly

[RD]

Sorry to hear about your fish, I'm sure that you're doing everything that you can.

Ive got stuff to say about, and I can pretty much pick apart every article RD posted..... I will do that later.....first we need to help Darryl,s fish, who BTW have "always been on garlic" and still had a bad outbreak of ick.....hmmmmmmmm.......go figure????

Just so there's no further confusion on your part, I have never once suggested that garlic can eradicate marine ich. Not in this discussion, or any other. I simply responded to your personal opinion & provided some clear & concise proof that garlic does contain various bioactive compounds that can play a role in the immune response of fish, just as many other nutrients can, including vitamin c. I can't think of a single expert in the field of fish nutrition & health that would argue that point.

[dsaundry]

Ok people, the tank has been on the recovery trail since I first posted and it is really looking good again. two wrasse's, one gs maroon clown, two indestructible chromis were the only survivors as far as the fish went. They look really happy and healthy. The pod population is very healthy and the corals look great. I went through an algae bloom as well. But it seems all the corals for the most part made it through. This was without a doubt the worst crash{s} I have ever had and I hope I never go through it again. As some of you know my tank at work had a power bar fail and I lost all my fish there too. Most of the corals went to my tank at home{in a major hurry/panic} and are doing fine. I do wonder though if it was coincidence or something I may have done when I brought the corals from work home and introduced them into the tank when the one at work crashed. As I have said previously I have had bouts with ich before but never this severe. As I have gone over this CSI style I believe I may have caused this by introducing all the corals from the other tank so rapidly. The water perameters may have been stressed with all the chemicals and this may have affected the fish and their abilities to fend off the ich. I am only speculating as I did not change anything else and at the time was only having a minor algae issue on a couple of small rocks. I would be interested in any thoughts you all might have about this. But for now although its a long way from totm material I am happy with the recovery so far. I will try to post some pics soon.