ICH still present after 10 days of medication

[Eniram]

Hey reefers,

After dosing medication for 10 days and doing a 20% water change and ICH is still present in the system what do you do next?

Continue the medication for the next 10days?

Keep changing water?

Try to catch fishes infected and give them a paraguard treatment?

pls advice....very tired of this ich issue

[mopiko]

Hey reefers,

After dosing medication for 10 days and doing a 20% water change and ICH is still present in the system what do you do next?

Continue the medication for the next 10days?

Keep changing water?

Try to catch fishes infected and give them a paraguard treatment?

pls advice....very tired of this ich issue

bro dosing medication will not get rid of itch. there is no cure for itch and the most effective way to treat and stop itch cycle is dosing copper or hypo the fish. you can find out more of these 2 types of treatment in the threads here. do a search.

[[V]tEc]

Hey reefers,

After dosing medication for 10 days and doing a 20% water change and ICH is still present in the system what do you do next?

Continue the medication for the next 10days?

Keep changing water?

Try to catch fishes infected and give them a paraguard treatment?

pls advice....very tired of this ich issue

i used to be bothered by ich issue, but now as long as the fish is feeding, i juz leave it alone.

[Eniram]

bro dosing medication will not get rid of itch. there is no cure for itch and the most effective way to treat and stop itch cycle is dosing copper or hypo the fish. you can find out more of these 2 types of treatment in the threads here. do a search.

i used to be bothered by ich issue, but now as long as the fish is feeding, i juz leave it alone.

Yea thought of dosing copper but am thinking of all the precious mushies! will do hyypo....thanks

yea thats what happen the 1st time when i just left it alone and almost all my fishes were wiped out....first to go was the clowns.....thanks again for the advice....will do whatever necessary to solve this issue

[Eniram]

Will it affect my RBTA and mushies?

[Digiman]

Will it affect my RBTA and mushies?

Pls do not carry out hypo or copper dose in your main tank, all inverts including your mushies and rbta will perish and crash your tank!

[LaW]

as long it is still managable, i would advice you to leave it. by buying a good UV set, it will decrease your ick as well. i always trust my trusty coralife 36W.

basically, if your tank is stable with good flow, you wont have that big problem of ick too. i recommend adding bacteria.

all the best.

[Eniram]

as long it is still managable, i would advice you to leave it. by buying a good UV set, it will decrease your ick as well. i always trust my trusty coralife 36W.

basically, if your tank is stable with good flow, you wont have that big problem of ick too. i recommend adding bacteria.

all the best.

Bacteria? what type of bacteria?

[Eniram]

Pls do not carry out hypo or copper dose in your main tank, all inverts including your mushies and rbta will perish and crash your tank!

No not gonna do hypo.......

[Eniram]

Hey reefers out there...thanks for the advice and comments....will do my very best to solve the ich problem or should i say control it and keep all the mushies, RBTA and livestock alive and well......

[FuEl]

Do water changes daily, it will help.

[yikai]

i used to be bothered by ich issue, but now as long as the fish is feeding, i juz leave it alone.

yah. i cant be bothred with it until now. since day 1 i have heard nothing but horror stories about ich. but yet to have any casualties from this disease yet. cause me alot of uncecessary stress. if ur fish feeding, healthy, it will fight them off.

[Eniram]

yah. i cant be bothred with it until now. since day 1 i have heard nothing but horror stories about ich. but yet to have any casualties from this disease yet. cause me alot of uncecessary stress. if ur fish feeding, healthy, it will fight them off.

Yea thats provided they eat pellets or flakes....my fishes eat nothing but brine shrimp.....its not even nutritious!

[[V]tEc]

Yea thats provided they eat pellets or flakes....my fishes eat nothing but brine shrimp.....its not even nutritious!

if they eat brine shrimp, chances of them eating mysis is pretty high....try mixing ur food together. example, mysis, brine, pellets.....feed them together....

[LaW]

hi again,

bacteria as in those nitrobacter involves in the nitrogen cycles. any will do but i personally uses zeovit's, rowa and prodibio

adding bac helps to stablise your tank more, so its indirectly helping.

[RockyBoy]

Water tank matures, fish eat alot, ich gone...

[Eniram]

hi again,

bacteria as in those nitrobacter involves in the nitrogen cycles. any will do but i personally uses zeovit's, rowa and prodibio

adding bac helps to stablise your tank more, so its indirectly helping.

I think one possibility is that the sponges on my live rocks are dying and i read they are actually very strong anti bacteria agents....therefore i think thats why...

[FuEl]

I think one possibility is that the sponges on my live rocks are dying and i read they are actually very strong anti bacteria agents....therefore i think thats why...

Keep changing water. Your fishes are stressed by ammonia spike, which is why after 10 days of medication your fish are still not recovering.

[jackywongto]

Keep changing water. Your fishes are stressed by ammonia spike, which is why after 10 days of medication your fish are still not recovering.

agree... dosing medication will not help if the cause of stress is still there.

[LaW]

same sentiments as towards fuel and jacky

[Eniram]

Thank you so much guys for the advice and tips.....lucky on leave cane change water and monitor fishes

[jackywongto]

reefkeeping article on ich.

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-08/sp/index.php

[mopiko]

reefkeeping article on ich.

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-08/sp/index.php

beside regular water change, dosing bacteria and UV as bro law mentioned. ozonizer might be good to help maintain good water quality

[jackywongto]

Try to eliminate the stress factor. Saw your posting on some of your fishes pickering, If fishes in your tank are being bullied, they will be more stressed and more susceptible to disease. good luck and keep us posted.

[Eniram]

Try to eliminate the stress factor. Saw your posting on some of your fishes pickering, If fishes in your tank are being bullied, they will be more stressed and more susceptible to disease. good luck and keep us posted.

Thx bro,

Manage to trap the twin terrors and now Coral Beauty is swimming freely plus the ich it carried is no longer visible....so i hope its recovering well........Bought 2 bags of NSW and doing a water change tomorrow......

Yes will keep everyone posted on the ich situation and thanks to all reefers out there who gave very valuable advice..... again!!!