Ich in reef tank

[naesco]

Originally Posted by mattr

Got a fish with some ick on it and I saw that now another fish has signs of it.
I am wondering if a uv sterilizer would do the trick.

I have been feeding them with garlic soaked food that has been vitamin enriched and the stuff is still there...

It is a reef tank with corals and lots of inverts.
Taking the fish out and putting them into a quarantine tank is not a option

Thanks for the suggestions!

If taking the fish out is not an option here is my recommendation.

Immediately purchase some Garlic Extreme from a LFS or garlic extract from a health food store.
Soak dry food in the garlic. Dry food because it absorbs better than other foods.
Feed only garlic soaked food and feed very very often.
The idea is to get as much garlic into the fish as possible.
Also add some selcon as well.
Good Luck

[daniella3d]

oh my..I just looked at the definition for bumb, ..definitly not what I meant! I meant bomb

I think once the ick in the tank you have 2 options, let it be and not add any new fish for a very long time, as it is said that with time ick will exhaust itself after like 10 generations or so, not sure if it is true.

Other option is to remove the fish and treat in a QT. What is anoying with ick is that it can be mild infection and the fish go through it quite easy, but once in a while I can read about some strain of ick that are very bad and virulent and kill most fish in a tank.

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

LOL,.. Daniella...don't know if that was a keyboard slip, or English/French translation thing,... but I needed a good morning laugh...

I totally agree with you, though, on hypo QT, as the preferred preventative control on ich. But once you have ich in your DT, not easy to achieve a successful outcome.