Ich Treatment In Reef Tank
Reef tank 11 years ago 46,135 views
My Purple Tang was placed in a quarantine tank for approximately four weeks. Three days after being placed in the 75 gallon reef tank, my Purple Tang showed symptoms of Ich. There was no way I could get him out and back into QT for copper treatment. I decided to attack this problem using several remedies. I utilized Kordon Ich Attack, Marine Vitamin C, Kent Marine Garlic Extreme and raised the temperature of the water to 82 degrees. After day two of the treatment in the display tank, the Ich disappeared. After two months, the Ich has never showed back up. In this video, I go over how I treated the Ich and go over the stages of the Ich's life cycle.
It doesn't harm the corals but they will close and the anemones will probably move.
It works very effectively on tangs I found.
Every breakout I remove the effected fish if I can and treat with copper, then use Melafix in the main tank to stop it spreading. I believe it kills the free swimming spores, but not if its left too long and allowed to settle.
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Thanks
I'll watch that vid now.
good thing :)
-increase appetite in fish
-improve the fishes immune system
-may reduce the cause of ich
bad things :(
-increases the bio-load
-may increase "bad algae" growth (hair algae, red slime algae etc) if over dosed
steps to use =
-Melt frozen cube in a cup of aquarium water
-rinse then use a strainer to remove all excess microscopic foods
-while leaving 1% to 3% of water, add 1 or 2 drops with 1 cube of food
-soak the garlic in a cub for 15-20mins
-feed fishes limited amount for a period of time not allowing the food to settle at the bottom
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