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06/18/2015, 03:24 PM | #1 |
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ick shield dose?
i starting to use ick shield, but i dont understand the dose
in the instructions said: 1 dose for 21 days that means, a unique dose in the tank for 21 days or a dose each day during 21 days please help me, im very confused |
06/18/2015, 05:48 PM | #2 |
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Although I highly doubt the manufacturers claims of curing or guarding against ich, I would assume its a one time dose that last for 21 days.
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It is a 1 time dose. But it is essential that there is no light on in the tank. It
Is degraded by uv light. Also, you will have to replace the amount of meds that you take out with water changes. There is no way to test chloroquine phosphate levels so you have to measure very accurately the first time. Are you using it as a qt protocol or for treatment? |
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Directions say to feed twice a day for 21 days minimum. Iirc ick shield contains CP
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Im using like a treatment in principal tank
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Is this the powder or the pellet food? Remove all snails from your display tank. They will die. I hope you don't have corals as they won't survive and neither will any algae. You will have to turn your skimmer off and keep your lights off for the entire treatment period, in which case should be 30 days not 21 for ick
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is this some kind of copper treatment
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06/18/2015, 07:31 PM | #10 |
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yeap, i dont have corals, snails or invertebrates
i dont have a big QT to move all the fish i was confuse, i sent a mail to the manufacturers and answered this: Re: New Life Spectrum Fish Food: ick shield Donna/New Life Intl (sales@nlsfishfood.com) Agregar a contactos Datos adjuntos 18/06/2015 Documentos Para: hector hugo arellano sales@nlsfishfood.com Outlook.com Vista activa 1 dato adjunto (1084.1 kB) Haga clic en Opciones Ick-Shield Powder Instructions.pdf Descargar como zip Guardar en OneDrive Hi Hector, With the powder, it’s 1 dose a day for 21 days, for a total of 21 doses. Instructions are attached. Regards, Donna Landry New Life International 31950 SW 197 Ave Homestead, FL 33030 (305) 245-1906 so, its a one time dose? thanks in advance |
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If you follow those instructions, then you will absolutely kill your fish. Don't dose
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Resurrecting this.
1 dose on day 1. No more doses. It's 1 scoop per 20 gallons, or 1/2 scoop for 10 gallons. Replace the powder if you do a water change, and MIX IT INTO THE CHANGE WATER. 1/2 scoop per 10 gallons. There is a line in the scoop showing the 1/2 scoop line.
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So did it work?
I read about CQ years ago in the Disease Forum. It sounded like an excellent alternative to Cupramine & other mess & tank transfer. It seemed hard to find and rarely hear anything about it. All accounts seemed to indicate it was highly effective. Very interesting to see it available in an easy to get product. Can anybody out there give us first hand accounts or other info on CQ use? What other diseases besides marine Ich is it useful for? Good for prophylactic use? |
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I use this as my primary prophylactic QT treatment. It seems to kill external parasites, like ich, velvet and flukes.
I follow up with 1 or 2 prazi pro treatments. It seems to work well.
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Isn't chloroquine phosphate the treatment that caused a disaster in one of the big city aquariums? I may be mistaken. Usually these ich-cures are tea tree oil or something fairly benign but useless; this one---may be worth a little caution.
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