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Hi John,
One place you can find the imformation about the optimal temperature for Cryptocaryon irritans to reproduce is in Dr. Edward Noga's book. I can't recall the name of the book at the moment and I don't feel like going out to my car to get it right now. I think it is called "Fish Disease and Diagnosis." It is probably available through Barnesandnoble.com, Amazon.com, or Borders.com. Just do a search for Dr. Edward Noga. Dr Noga is recognized by many as one of the leading aquatic medicine specialist in the world.
There are probably a dozen treatments that are claimed to cure Ich. Copper and Hyposalinity are the only two scientically tested methods that have proven to be consistantly reliable. I have to disagree that feeding garlic does not work. There are just far too many people now that have had success with it to discount it. I am not saying that it is as effective as copper or hyposalinity, but it still seems to have a good success rate. So far feeding garlic to the fish is the only REEF SAFE method that shows any real promise.
Best wishes,
Terry B
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