So confused..ich or not??? Help

Coralgurl · #1 09-27-2011, 04:34 AM

Well I've just dosed with the herbtana and no ones gone in the qt. We are heading out of town and if things don't look any better when we get back, will remove all fish and try hypo. My daughter can look after tank while we are gone to continue treatment. Here's hoping!!

Coralgurl · #2 09-27-2011, 04:40 AM

Corals are not liking this.....oh my....

Coralgurl · #3 09-27-2011, 02:17 PM

Well first dose seems to have gone well and everyone is doing ok. Corals did not like this treatment but all are open and look good this morning. The anenome looked the worst, it's tentacles got really thin and it's body puffed up but today looks good. The snails completely retracted into their shells, actually could hear and see them falling into rock and sand, but they are back to grazing as well. No change with the fish, actually noticed spots on my flame angles body which I hadn't seen before. That said, everyone came out to eat. Mixing up a new batch of food, feeding them smaller portions more often. I hope we can get this under control!

Proteus · #4 09-27-2011, 02:58 PM

Just remember you don't need to see it for the fish to have it. It will infest there gills first which is the heavy breathing you

Coralgurl · #5 09-27-2011, 03:24 PM

I can see it on everyone except the cardinals and the chromis. I'm sure that this is a massive outbreak and have no doubt all fish are affected. If I was not going away tomorrow, I would break down my tank to catch everything, put in the qt and hypo them but bec I'm leaving and my daughter is not comfortable with the maintenance, this is the best I can do. I will run the full 10 day treatment and see how things are from there. There are no plans to add any more fish to this tank and will be a long time before adding any corals, but we are set up going forward. Deep breath...

Gripenfelter · #6 09-27-2011, 04:06 PM

Soak their food in Selcon or Garlic extract.

Coralgurl · #7 09-27-2011, 04:12 PM

Soaking food in both selcon and garlic.

Gripenfelter · #8 09-28-2011, 08:26 PM

Most Reef safe treatments, in my experience, do not work.

You have two options.

1) Quarantine the sick fish and treat with Cupramine.

2) Soak food in garlic and selcon while providing pristine water conditions hoping it will blow over.

Personally I soaked the food and added a UV sterilizer. Ich is like the common cold. All tanks have their own form of it. Untreated, over time some fish get used to it while the touchier fish die.

I've had an 18 W UV sterilizer on my 120 gallon for 4 months. My blue regal tang used to be covered in ich sometimes and sometimes only have a couple of spots. Since adding the UV I don't see a single solitary spot. It doesn't cure ich but it prevents re-infection.

If you keep the skimmer off, keep an eye on your water parameters and do water changes as necessary.