*sigh* - Ich!

[Zoe]

Right, so, I got a fish this weekend and it developed ich today. Greaaat.  Anyway, it's a shrimp goby, and I don't have a QT tank set up, so I'm not sure what to do now.
Following someone's advice I did a FW dip.  I think he survived it although he wasn't lookin too good while he was in the FW :S
But with the water itself being infected, I can't see how that will fix the problem in the long run.

What do you think, would getting a UV sterilizer help?  Even if the affected goby dies, to at least bring down the ich population in my tank?

[xenon]

The only sure way to solve ich is to remove all fish, place them in a qt tank and lower the salinity to 1.09 for (6weeks - 14weeks) depending on how much patience you have.

You can drop the salinity quite fast (24-48hrs) but when your done the hypo salinity process you can only increase salinity .2 per day.

Good luck!

[Zoe]

Jebus, I'm not set up for that
Is this something I must do or all fish will develop Ich?  Or does Ich only infest unhealthy / stressed fish?

Zoe

[beertech]

Do you have any cleaner shrimp?  My yellow Tang had a couple of bouts with ich in the past, and the cleaner shrimp actually took care of it within a few days each time.

[Alchemist]

Recently saw this when I was browsing....says it's reef safe...might be snake oil though..perhaps worth trying:

http://www.jlaquatics.com/phpstore/store_pages/details/medicine.php?product_ID=cm-sp08

It's on sale too!

[dan2x38]

Right, so, I got a fish this weekend and it developed ich today. Greaaat.  Anyway, it's a shrimp goby, and I don't have a QT tank set up, so I'm not sure what to do now.
Following someone's advice I did a FW dip.  I think he survived it although he wasn't lookin too good while he was in the FW :S
But with the water itself being infected, I can't see how that will fix the problem in the long run.

What do you think, would getting a UV sterilizer help?  Even if the affected goby dies, to at least bring down the ich population in my tank?

Zoe if you like I can loan you a 25w in tank UV sterlizer.

Can you return the fish? Could they QT him for you? sounds obivous I know just throwing it out there...

[xenon]

All you need is a used 20g tank, heater and power head. Make sure your refractometer is calibrated and keep salinity between 1.009-1.010