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CCMASNORY
05/03/2012, 05:57 PM
i got ich in my tank and i here you can but your temp on 82 for 2 weeks to kill off ich my thing is if my coral and carpet anemone well be ok in that temp any one know help

AquaReeferMan
05/03/2012, 06:26 PM
Raising the temp to 82 not kill the parasites. It will only speed up the life cycle. Its been documented that the temp needs to reach 85 for the parasite to stop infecting fish and 86 for it to stop reproducing.

I would never willingly raise me temp in a reef tank over 80, let alone 82 plus. Sorry for the bad news.

Only way to completely remove the parasite is to move your fish into a hospital tank and leave the main display fishless for 8 weeks. During that time you can treat the fish in the hospital tank.