Ick thread**ongoing treatment

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From Marine "Ich"
http://www.petsforum.com/personal/tr...marineich.html

Are freshwater dips effective?

Freshwater dips are generally ineffective in the treatment of marine "Ich" infestations.

Infected fish are less able to cope with a sudden and drastic change in the ionic concentration of their environment. This is likely to cause further stress to the fish which will impair their ability to acquire immunity to the parasite.

Bev, I can agree with you on this one....

as its definitely NOT a treatment of riding Ich. I just hate doing FW dips too because it is something that is hard on the fish & stressful to watch. Temp & PH can be hard to match & I think the stress alone is more damaging then the little bit of ich that might fall off. I did find it only worked to rid very little ich, if the ich had surfaced and was mature enough that it was ready to fall off. Although every little bit helps I figure. I do agree there is pro's and con's to FW dips though and try to stay away from them unless worse case.

Good point Bev!