Help on treating ich

[Gripenfelter]

None of the reef safe treatments work in my opinion. I've tried them all and nothing worked. The only thing that works 100% is to set up a quarantine tank and dose with copper.

I did eventually rid my tank of ich but it was from installing a UV sterilizer. As soon as I installed it I saw the ich breakouts decline. Doesn't cure ich on your fish. Decreases or eliminates future breakouts. Currently ich free.

[Sumfingwong]

Originally Posted by Gripenfelter

None of the reef safe treatments work in my opinion. I've tried them all and nothing worked. The only thing that works 100% is to set up a quarantine tank and dose with copper.

I did eventually rid my tank of ich but it was from installing a UV sterilizer. As soon as I installed it I saw the ich breakouts decline. Doesn't cure ich on your fish. Decreases or eliminates future breakouts. Currently ich free.

Well.. I hope the UV sterilizer does its job.

[Sumfingwong]

Heres a small update.

I cam home yesterday to find the ich gone from most of the fish, puffers looked better, the dogface puffer still had ich on him.All fish ate except the puffers (Again)

I added the UV, and dosed the tank again for Day 2 of treatment.

This morning, I woke up and went to check on the tank, fish looked good, all of them ate (havent fed the puffers yet). I added day herbtana for day 3 of treatment. Most of the ich is gone, I still see some on the foxface. both puffers are out more swimming around. The pocupine doesnt have that much ich on him anymore. I will be defrosting some krill and brine and will be soaking it with garlic guard.

I dont know if its the ich running its course, but it seems like herbtana is working. A promising sign is that most of the fish I have that sleep on the sand is showing improvement and the ich has fallen off their body. Even the guys in the sump are looking better.