Ich now in Display Tank

nyc_love · Nov 10, 2023

Hi everyone, I have the dreaded ich in my display tank :( It first showed itself about a week ago (after I introduced a couple quarantined fish) and it's now almost on all the fish (16 total fish). The fish overall seem to be doing fine and are eating well but some of them are completely covered in the ich. I can't take them all out because I have a lot of rock work and the only way to get them out would be to take all the rock out and drain the tank (the tank is 42" in height). I've done all the research and I know taking all the fish out and going fallow is the only way to get rid of the ich completely but unfortunately that's not possible for me so I think I need to go the management vs eradication route. I don't have any corals--only fish and a CUC. Does anyone have any recommendations on what I can do at this point? I'm running a UV, I've added garlic into the food for the last 6+ months, and the fish overall don't seem to be behaving differently. Two fish did die this week so I know things aren't looking great :crying-face: Any tips would be recommended. Thank you

Spare time · Nov 10, 2023

You can take the CUC out into a separate container or tank and run hyposalinity in the display.

vetteguy53081 · Nov 10, 2023

nyc_love said:
Hi everyone, I have the dreaded ich in my display tank :( It first showed itself about a week ago (after I introduced a couple quarantined fish) and it's now almost on all the fish (16 total fish). The fish overall seem to be doing fine and are eating well but some of them are completely covered in the ich. I can't take them all out because I have a lot of rock work and the only way to get them out would be to take all the rock out and drain the tank (the tank is 42" in height). I've done all the research and I know taking all the fish out and going fallow is the only way to get rid of the ich completely but unfortunately that's not possible for me so I think I need to go the management vs eradication route. I don't have any corals--only fish and a CUC. Does anyone have any recommendations on what I can do at this point? I'm running a UV, I've added garlic into the food for the last 6+ months, and the fish overall don't seem to be behaving differently. Two fish did die this week so I know things aren't looking great :crying-face: Any tips would be recommended. Thank you

Bring salt to 1.009 for 5-8 weeks and increase aeration. This low salinity method can and may affect/stress certain occupants and can be a risk though. general cure will be milder than copper based product however not invert safe