Best Treatment for Ich

[Whoyah]

I believe Dory has a touch of ich. I know they that blue tangs are prone to to so I have been keeping an eye out for it. What does every one recommend. I have some Aquatronics Greenex.

[peregrinus]

soak you fish food in some garlic. it seem to do the trick. it might take a few feedings.

[dakar]

Whoyah, she's in the tank with tithe other two clowns right? Any other fish in there? Unforutnately chances are if Dory has had the parasite long enough for the cysts to hatch any other fish stand a better chance of picking it up as well, though clowns seem to have a slightly higher resistance. Best remendy i know of is a hospital tank, and using a 6 week hyposalinity treatment. Ich, lifecycle is genreally 28 days, but varies depending on othe conditions like temp and such it can be shorter or longer. The lower SG is kind of like the benz for the ich cysts, they burst if the SG gets too low. I've got a good article on it stored somehere...... I'll dig it up, it outlines methods and stuff very well.

here ya go hyposalinity treatment

Unfortunately validates a good reason for a QT.

[Whoyah]

Update:

Dory is looking almost Ich free now. I noticed at lunch that most of the spots were gone. Tonight there is just one or two "scars". Yesterday the spots were like a grain of sugar. Now whats left is very smooth. I am wondering if is recovering on his own. I am wondering if it was just the stress of acclimation and being under feed at the LFS. He has been eating like a horse. He seems to really dig the hair algae. His tummy is alway little plump.He had a small chunk missing from the dorsal fin when I got him which has almost completely filled in. I think at this point I am going to leave him be. Thanks for the great link Dakar. Makes a lot of sense.

Whoyah

[dakar]

Only other advice I'd toss at you other than the continued monitoring that you will undoubtedly do, add a note to your calendar for about 28 days from now (the length of the parasaite's cycle) and be sure to give all of your fish a real good looking over daily.

[Reptoreef]

IMO, the best defense is a good offense... setting up a quarentine tank is probably the best method possible, IMO... of course, you can call me a hypocrit right now cuz I don't have one... but nontheless, still the best method, IMO.

[Grandmaster_Toad]

I have found best biological defense is a cleaner shrimp. They will serve your tank well, and look cool doing it.
:-D GT

[Reptoreef]

All natural... I like!!!

[davejnz]

I agree with Perigrinus,I cant explain how and it might not of actually worked(could of been the fish's immune system),but within days after eating the garlic flake(just cut a clove up and add it to the flake)the ich was gone.

[Whoyah]

Regular garlic??? I have some chopped garlic in a glass jar from the store. You suppose if I soaked some fish food in the juice that would work the same?