Best ICH treatments

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realized this morning my puffer is starting to get white spots on his fins. Put him in a QT tank and currently dosed kick ich and rally pro. Has anyone has good luck with this? Should I not waste my time and go straight to copper? I’ve heard mixed reviews and I really don’t want to lose my fish due to the treatment not working
 

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realized this morning my puffer is starting to get white spots on his fins. Put him in a QT tank and currently dosed kick ich and rally pro. Has anyone has good luck with this? Should I not waste my time and go straight to copper? I’ve heard mixed reviews and I really don’t want to lose my fish due to the treatment not working
Rally does nothing for ich but rather velvet and takes longer to treat. Kich-ich is more of a tonic and if you look at bottle, it specifies " does not treat ich" hence the name of product.
Coppersafe or copper power is best/safest but puffers may or may not treat well with use of copper but rather using chloroquine phosphate and even hyposalinity at 1.009 salinity level.
 

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realized this morning my puffer is starting to get white spots on his fins. Put him in a QT tank and currently dosed kick ich and rally pro. Has anyone has good luck with this? Should I not waste my time and go straight to copper? I’ve heard mixed reviews and I really don’t want to lose my fish due to the treatment not working

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

If you post a picture of the puffer, we can confirm that is has ich, and then, how severe it is.

Kick Ich and Rally Pro have failed to treat ich for most/many people. I would use either Coppersafe at 2.5 ppm, or hyposalinity.

Jay
 

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