Re: Is there such a thing as an invert safe treatment for ICH

[Ken Ziggy]

Title: RE: Is there such a thing as an invert safe treatment for ICH

I personally would never put any treatment in my invert or reef tank.When I first cycled my tank I also had a bad case of ich.I started using coral vital by marc wiess which helps reduce the chance of getting ich in your tank and I haven't had a single speck of ich in 8 months.Most dedicated reefkeepers keep a small hospital tank about 10 gallons or so.This way you can set it up when you need it to treat infected fish until the symptoms go away.I bought one after my first case of ich but I have never had to use it yet.Cross my fingers.Goodluck with the ich problem. ----- Original Message ----- From: Sisemore, Chris To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 10:41 AM Subject: RE: Is there such a thing as an invert safe treatment for ICH First I'll start by saying this could be a controversial treatment due to stress on the fish.     My past experience with salt water ich meds. is that most don't work (invert safe or not) & if you have ich you need to find the catalyst (what is stressing your fish). I had a puffer fish years ago that often got ich even though all the other fish were fine & the only treatment that seemed to work for it was a freshwater dip. Prepare a container of freshwater with all the same parameters as your tank (ph temp etc.) minus the salt, catch the infected fish & let it swim in the fresh water for 30 seconds or so. The ich should rinse off in fresh water.     As I said before Just netting the fish causes stress, whereas my puffer was hardy & easy to catch, your fish may not be. Although some will disagree with this treatment most will agree that it is better to loose a fish than jeopardize the reef. IMHO Chris -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 10:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Is there such a thing as an invert safe treatment for ICH It is a newly cycled tank (55 G ). The fish are perculas .Inverts only include snails and hermits right now. I have a bottle of Greenex. Toss it, or use it? Tim