QT tank question

Sorry to hear about your fish.
Thats why I dont mess with a QT.The move from the display to the QT is pretty stressfull on a fish thats already stressed from the ick.
Just what I've noticed from helping at the LFS.But I've seen more fish die from ick in the QTs than the ones that were left in the displays.If the fish is left in a tank that its comfortable in and feed high quality foods,they usually do better.
I'm not saying to not QT fish before you add em to the tank,just saying that being snatched outta their home just ups their stress factor.

Yote,

I'm yet to have an ich problem, but I have some questions in case I do. In a reef tank you cannot use copper based treatments or other treatments that actually work. From what I understand, a QT tank is the only option that I've been told. Are there any other options that you would advise?

Never had to deal with in my tank either,but this is the advice my LFS gave me when I first started in this hobby.
In a reef tank,about all you can do is feed a high quality food with vitamins to boost the fishes immune system and do you best to limit any stress factors.
Of course it'll help to make sure that your buying healthy fish to begin with and do your best to stock only compatible species.

I would also recommend adding an over rated UV light. It has worked for me ever since adding it.

Hyposalinity is also an effective treatment for ich, and in most cases, is less stressful than copper. But you cannot use it in the display tank. Basically anything you can use in the display tank that is "reef safe" is not going to do an ounce of good against ich.

I've always been in the same camp as Yote -- I've had fish get ich, but I have never once lost a fish to it. I've never removed them. I've always just made sure they are eating garlic, vitamins and good food, and they have been able to fight it off themselves. I know this won't work for a lot of the more sensitive fish, but if you have a really sensitive fish come down with ich, quarantining it and medicating it won't always cure it either.

Thanks yote and biffer, what high quality food and vitamins do you recommed or feed your fish?

These are some good ones:

H2O Life V3 Vitamin/Amino Acids 2oz

Korallin Amino-Life

Brightwell Aquatics Garlic Power

Thanks dcantucson, what about the food what pellets or flakes do you use?

New Spectrum for pellets and Formula One for flakes.

I just feed frozen mysis soaked in garlic and selcon.
Dont use any flakes or pellets in my tank.