Ich outbreak overnight?! PICTURES!!

[Oscarsdad608]

Good luck. I had a lion fish get ich like that a long time ago. It was so bad it ate the fins right down to the needles. It look horrible, But after about 6 month it was even noticeable.

[Stupidsreef]

I've dealt with Ick a few times myself. I have used a product by Kent Marine called Rx.P once. I liked it cause you can treat with fish in the main display and it's safe for coral's and inverts. But it's not recommend for Lionfish.

I don't know if this really worked or not, I've only done this type of treatment once. But I bought whole clove's of Garlic. I took 1 and cut it up and placed it in a filter sock tied to the main drain pipe into my sump. Then I took 1 and blended it with RO/DI water to which I then scooped a T-spoon into my feed bowl ( a plastic bowl that I keep frozen fish food in ) each time I made fresh food up. The third clove I placed into another filter sock and dropped it into the main display. I fed with the blended Garlic clove until it was gone. And I left the other 2 cloves, 1 in the sump & 1 in the main display for 3 weeks. My fish that had Ick no longer had Ick at the end of the second week.

I was out of selcon and the RxP at the time. Like I said I don't know if that really worked or if the fish were able to defeat the Ick on there own. I had a LFS owner give me the Idea, he said he did it with the fish at the store. Just thought I'd share the Idea.

[sen5241b]

A little note: PVC pipe tends to have some greasy industrial residue on it. You may wish to run it thru the dishwasher without soap. That worked for me.

[Veilside0Three]

Okay today everyone is acting about the same.

The lion is sitting in the sand for the majority of the day, but does get us and swim around a bit, still not eating.

The sleeper goby sits very still mostly, but tweaks every now and then and goes on a feeding frenzy.

The firefish is acting normal, besides being stressed about having no rock.

Scooter blenny is a little more still than usual, but seems okay.

Today the dandruff look of the lion seems a little better, but on closer inspection, it looks almost like a slime hanging off of him. 1/2 to 1" long. Is this a symptom of ich?

[Veilside0Three]

Maybe I am digging way too deep into this, but I found this website:

http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/ich...s/a/newich.htm

Is this real? or is it just a page setup to sell some sort of miracle drug? This sounds exactly like what my lion is doing. It is completely covered in a nasty slime, and i really dont know what to do for it.

[daugherty]

i bet that is true that drug is used in people for malaria and has been around for a long time. also look into marine velvet to see if that could be the reason for the slime

[Veilside0Three]

Here are some new photos from this morning. I'm not sure if the copper is removing some of the slime, or if its just getting so bad, its falling off because it has nowhere to hold on...

[Veilside0Three]

Lionfish just went down the toilet. Can anyone give me some advice on this slime? Sleeper goby will be flushed any minute.

[Oscarsdad608]

Sorry for your loss. My only advise is don't put anything into that tank for along time.

[yote]

Maybe this will help
http://peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=16+2160&aid=2420

The ick may have caused a fungial infection.