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MADJABJOE
09/10/2007, 03:26 PM
I bought a Butterfly Banner Fish and it has developed 2mm white balls on all of its fins. I have been running coppersafe for 2 week and that did not help. I tried 2 fresh water dips no luck and now I have been trying Mardel Maricide with no luck. Can some one help me. The fish look strong still but I know that at anytime it could turn for the worst so I need to ack quickly. I may be wrong on the Ick but because the ball started out small like little pimps on the fins but they have grown to about 2mm. Please help!
192clark
09/10/2007, 03:49 PM
you need to put that fish and any other you have in a Quarantine Tank for 6 wks. This tank needs to be bare and run with hyposalinity. The display needs to be fallow or empty for that same 6 wks that is the life cycle of ich. Do a search on hypo and ich. From what I have read hypo is the only real cure. Copper is good also but from what I have read it is a bit harder on fish.
192clark
09/10/2007, 03:53 PM
look on main forums page and go to fish disease forum there is a good article there
frozenapple22
09/10/2007, 03:59 PM
there is a product called ruby reef kick ick it works really well i hear
bertoni
09/10/2007, 04:12 PM
None of the medications for marine ich seem useful except for copper products, which shouldn't be used in a display tank. I'd go with a hospital tank and hyposalinity.
stuccodude
09/10/2007, 05:37 PM
garlic extreme worked for me, good luck
customcolor
09/10/2007, 05:50 PM
get a skunk cleaner shrimp. it took ick off my coral beuty
itsthesong
09/10/2007, 06:48 PM
A picture would be nice. It may be viral, and if it is, can only be cured with good diet and excellent water quality. If it is viral, then copper which you are using, as well as hypo won't do anything.
itsthesong
09/10/2007, 06:49 PM
Oh...while some have claimed success with cleaner shrimp and kich ich products, I wouldn't rust them. They are not failsafe options and until I see a scientific paper showing some evidence that they work, I don't think that they do.
ariel47
09/10/2007, 07:09 PM
A picture would help, could be lymph
bertoni
09/10/2007, 07:12 PM
I agree that this might be lymphocystis. Interesting thought.