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06/01/2011, 09:05 PM | #1 |
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i have a 125 gallon reef tank and my blue jaw trigger has ick. how can i get rid of it without a uv sterlizer or trying to catch him. please help me
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06/01/2011, 09:11 PM | #2 |
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normally, a UV sterilizer and a cleaner shrimp work as a good band-aid, i cannot disapprove against copper treatment in QT, and 8 weeks fallow DT, but not everyone has that option, if you have no inverts you could dose copper into the DT, but this would leech into rock and silicone, ect. If you do go this route make sure you mention it when you sell the rock or tank, as that would be a pretty horrible buy if looking to add a CUC or any other inverts. Definetly not my first choice.
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06/01/2011, 09:14 PM | #3 |
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i bought a cleaner shrimp and he has not done anything if i use the medican for ick will it kill my corals
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06/02/2011, 05:23 AM | #4 |
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Please read this STICKY..
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1985626 and post #10 here.. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1786183 They both have lots of info to help you make the best decision for your tank.. if you of course.. have more ?'s.. Ask Away!!! Good Luck!!
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UV Sterilizer or cleaner shrimp will do nothing, if you really want to treat you will need to remove all fish and treat with either copper or hypo, which isn't really that hard to do.
I'm sure there will be others jumping in here soon telling you to just leave him, and that you'll just stress him out more and to feed with garlic. Up to you...
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I would take a wait and see approach. Ich is NOT an immediate threat or death sentence for your fish. There is always time to "yank and treat" if it comes to that. Keep your water params good. As long as the fish is swimming and eating normally, it stands a good chance of fighting it off. Of course other opinions will soon follow, I'm sure. Good luck.
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06/03/2011, 07:36 PM | #7 |
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thanks for all the comments yesterday he looked bad today he looked good and can i use medication for ick in a reef tank
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06/03/2011, 10:58 PM | #8 |
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The over the counter Ich medications are useless. Don't waste your money. Just keep your water params pristine and as long as everyone else is healthy and eating you should be ok.
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06/03/2011, 11:05 PM | #9 |
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unless u gonna take the fish out and QT it and use hard meds like cooper it will not work in DT. dont waste ur money in med for reef tanks. feed it lot more and keep ur water parameters good and feed garlic in ur food to it. hope for best.
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i would suggest metronidozole made by seachem ive had good luck using as a food soak ime it does help expecially in a tank with a cuc or inverts and even lps and soft coral IME i have also had luck feeding garlic soaked food and keeping stress down the only real prob i see if the blue jaw stops eating like steelhead said
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06/04/2011, 09:17 AM | #12 |
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i fresh water diped him last night for 5 min and i was luck to catch him. today he is swimming around and he has been eating good. my tanks params. are ph-8.0 ammonia-0ppm nitrite-0ppm nitrate-0ppm calcium-400
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06/04/2011, 10:46 AM | #13 | |
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