freshwater dips

[zee119]

anyone ever dipped a fish with ick and have succsess? the fish in question is my gold rim tang . he 's had on and off battles with it ,but today it's real bad. But he is still eating good, so to dip or not to dip that's my question...

[ccCapt]

A freshwater dip will force some of the cysts to drop off the fish, but that's not a cure. You must get the fish into a quarantine tank along with any other fish in the tank, and CURE them with either copper or hyposalinity treatments. Those are the only 2 scientifically proven methods to kill cryptocaryon irritans (saltwater ich). You must also leave the main tank fishless for 6-8 weeks. If the parasite doesn't have a host fish, it will die in the 6-8 weeks with no fish in the main tank.

Ich is such a simple problem to avoid. All it takes is not putting a new fish directly into your main tank. Take 2 weeks to watch it in a qt tank and treat if necessary.

[cthegame]

ccC has you covered.

[Mtrueblood]

I had the same problem with my blue hippo tang. I tried the fresh water dips but it just seemed to stress the fish out and the fish ended up with more spots on it. I ended up using hyposalinity and a product called paraguard by seachem. I took all my coral and inverts out because if you dont they will not make it. My tank cleared up in about 4 days and I havent seen any sign of ick since. I would not recomend the fresh water dips some would but they just seemed to make it worse in my situation.

I also went out and bought a cleaner goby and a cleaner shrimp because they can help control the problem in the future.

[RyanG]

For Ich you just NEED to minimize stress, it is just as important or more than any meds or QT or anything, lower stress and feed garlic

[hibye]

i had ich once and cured it and my fish survived then a couple months later they gotit again but i could save em but it wasnt ther fault it was mine i shouldnt have kept a yellow tang,sand goby,clarkii clownifish,and a yellow tail dameselfish in a 30 gallon. but the first time i had to save em i put in dead rock in a styrofoam box and had a heat floresent bulb on top and i had salinity at 1.019 and put in copper.

[dustin_P74]

wait hibye you had ich. that sucks did you dip your food in garlic when you ate

[hibye]

yes i had ich three times cured twice lost once. no i dont like garlic but i put it on my skin in the summer somtimes to keep the bugs away lol.
but i didnt use garlic just frozen brine shrimp.also u could try these to help ward off ich this helped me the third time i had ich and it saved my fishes but it was really early like only 3-4 spots on the fish.http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...26&pcatid=8126
ps. i got the pellets