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So I killed my fish. Gill's post came bit late. I was able to catch the fish. Put him in the QT tank and it was not doing so well! So I transferred him back to the main tank. It just hung around for some time then went dead!!! Sad thing is he was the toughest fish in the tank.

 

I also read if I would have raised the tem to 86, I could have taken the ich out !!!

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I am having the same problem! I guess ill try to let it run its course too or is the temp way better? Cause two of my fish have already died and another is on its way out it will probably be dead by morning by the looks of it and the healthy ones are now covered so I dunno if all that is normal in a cycle but I'm kind of afraid they are going to die as well (sorry to ask questions on your thread upinder)

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I have wonderful luck with hyposalinity treatment. You have to catch it early though before the fish are nearly dead. It takes lots of time but there are several benefits over chemicals. Google it and tons of info will come up.

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Doesn't sound good.......i'd bet it won't make it.

 

But the upside is (if thats your last fish) you can leave your tank fish free for a few months and be sure you won't ever have to go thru that again. Treat all new fish with cupramine or hypo and QT. Then you won't have to ever worry about outbreaks again, or giving ich to someone you trade corals with.

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There are still two chromis that are still eating and my watchmen goby but that one has no signs what so ever maybe I should just qt the chromis for a couple weeks just to make sure, how long would I need to medicate new fish for before I put them in the tank when its ready

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Thanks for the info guys!

 

Yeh! I think going forward, I'll look more into rasied temperature and hyposalinity treatments! As a rule I NEVER add any chemical/meds (except Chemiclean :) ) to my tanks and let the animals fight it off naturally and have had good success with it. but this was a desparate attempt to save this guy who had already fought a few battles with Ich and established his role as a TOP DOG in the tanks! RIP!

Here are a few pics and how bad he was covered when I pulled him out of the DT.

 

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Dang thats too bad Upinder sorry to hear. That was one cool PBT

 

Seems i'm the one of the only people on this board that is all for QT and treatment of fish, but if you go thru the trouble of doing it you won't ever have this problem.

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(sad)

 

So I killed my fish. Gill's post came bit late. I was able to catch the fish. Put him in the QT tank and it was not doing so well! So I transferred him back to the main tank. It just hung around for some time then went dead!!! Sad thing is he was the toughest fish in the tank.

I also read if I would have raised the tem to 86, I could have taken the ich out !!!

 

One thing to note is that you have ick not ich (both are abbreviations) ich is the freshwater version and will respond to a higher temp, however ick the saltwater version will not respond to a higher temp.

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Seems i'm the one of the only people on this board that is all for QT and treatment of fish, but if you go thru the trouble of doing it you won't ever have this problem.

 

Agreed.

 

I used to QT and run hyposalinity on all new fish. Then i got ick in my tank from some snails or coral frags and I stopped for a while. On my new tank, I'm going to QT EVERYTHING.

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Agreed.

 

I used to QT and run hyposalinity on all new fish. Then i got ick in my tank from some snails or coral frags and I stopped for a while. On my new tank, I'm going to QT EVERYTHING.

 

Thats exactly what made me go thru it, it got into my tank from snails. Lost my sunburst anthia, flasher wrasse and spotted dragonette but i was able to save my clowns and Desjardini tang. Ever since i've gone thru it for every single thing that goes into my tank. I even QT snails now.

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Thats exactly what made me go thru it' date=' it got into my tank from snails. Lost my sunburst anthia, flasher wrasse and spotted dragonette but i was able to save my clowns and Desjardini tang. Ever since i've gone thru it for every single thing that goes into my tank. I even QT snails now.[/quote']

 

This is undeniably the best course of action. Unfortunately for me its not a practical option.

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One thing to note is that you have ick not ich (both are abbreviations) ich is the freshwater version and will respond to a higher temp' date=' however ick the saltwater version will not respond to a higher temp.[/quote']

 

Gill, Thanks for the clearification. I never knew that. I just thought both were same thing but just the way people spell it.!! Good to know for future.

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Dang thats too bad Upinder sorry to hear. That was one cool PBT

 

Seems i'm the one of the only people on this board that is all for QT and treatment of fish, but if you go thru the trouble of doing it you won't ever have this problem.

 

Thanks Miles. Yeh! this was one heck of a fish and I am sure the tank mates are going to miss him, some in good way and others Oh Well good he is gone :)

 

I guess I have learned my lesson here and the 20g is setup as permanent QT.

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