one clown down, the other sick

[csg148]

Over the weekend the larger of my two false percs faded in color, developed white spots and died. Everything else looked fine. Now my other clown is looking similar and two of my chromis are starting to develop white spots. I assume this is Ich. Any suggestions?? I thought about getting a Ich medication but I dont know which is good, especially when they all warn about use with inverts.

[jojo22]

I use ich attack. Worked great and it is reef safe (100% organic). I also got some formula 2 pellets the have garlic already in them so that helps too.

GOOD LUCK


Joe

[dakar]

If you have a hospital tank you can set up the best treatment is out of the display using a hypo-salinity regimen. Saves dumping chemicals and stuff (organic or other) in your display tank that may cause problems later. Obviously you are aware of the negative effects of copper use on inverts and coral.

Here's some hypo info and a howto;
http://www.captivereefing.com/lexicon.php?letter=Hyposalinity%20Treatment

[SDW]

a couple of my fish had Ich, and I added a couple cleaner shrimp which really seemed to help. I also fed them with some "greens-for omnivores". My fish, granted, were not too bad with it and were still eating well. The shrimp seemed to help the most. fyi

[davejnz]

A few yrs back,my female Tomato Clown got a mild(10% of body had white dots)case of ich.She was in a reef tank and i didn't want to break it down to put her in a hospital tank.What worked for me,was feeding various kinds of good(read the label on your foods;look for lots of vitamins,minerals,spirulina algae,etc..)foods 4-5 times a day.Another thing i wanted to try(i heard mixed reports about garlic being effective)was this garlic food treatment.i took a fresh clove of garlic,chopped it finely,then mixed it into some quality flake food which was one of the 4 foods i fed daily.
Within 3-5 days the fish seemed to shake the "white dots" and has been healthy ever since(i've had her 4yrs now)Its purely anecdotal evidence if the garlic played a factor in her treatment.Personally,I think it was the multiple feedings that she recieved boosting her immune system.

[KG]

Here's a link you might find helpful:

KG

http://www.petsforum.com/personal/trevor-jones/marineich.html