OIIIIIO Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 It might be. Hard to tell from the pic. Just make sure the params are in check before deciding on treatment. I've never had to treat SW fish for it so I can't help out on what to treat with. I know in FW-land, we jack the temp up a little for a while and add some salt. I guess the second step wouldn't be needed though, huh? If you have a quarantine tank, I'd definately recommend that. Link to comment
300ZX Posted April 25, 2006 Author Share Posted April 25, 2006 It might be. Hard to tell from the pic. Just make sure the params are in check before deciding on treatment. I've never had to treat SW fish for it so I can't help out on what to treat with. I know in FW-land, we jack the temp up a little for a while and add some salt. I guess the second step wouldn't be needed though, huh? If you have a quarantine tank, I'd definately recommend that. don't you see those little white spots on one of the clowns? Link to comment
Tony Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 All raising the temp does is speed up the ick life cycle. Maybe just give it a little fresh water dip and put it back in the tank. If the clown goes in the anemone, the anemone could sting off the ick or so I've heard. Link to comment
OIIIIIO Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 don't you see those little white spots on one of the clowns? I can see the spots, but it's not clear enough to say for sure that it is ick. There are other parasites that can resemble ick. Do the spots look like salt crystals? If so, it is most likely ick. Link to comment
300ZX Posted April 25, 2006 Author Share Posted April 25, 2006 All raising the temp does is speed up the ick life cycle. Maybe just give it a little fresh water dip and put it back in the tank. If the clown goes in the anemone, the anemone could sting off the ick or so I've heard. well i've done a little research and it looks like lowering the salinity will slow down the onslaught. i hope the lowered salinity doesnt kill my anemone Link to comment
Gross111 Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 get a six line wrasse and a cleaner shrimp decrease salinty increase temp done . oh yea , try to soak food in garlic too. it works, have had great success in this method Link to comment
Helfrichs Chick Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 IMO I would not do anything, Ick is like the flu, when were stressed out our immune system can not fight it off, same with the fish. Its a new fish so he is a bit stressed, going from diffrent waters and such, I would just watch him. Will proballyclear up in a few days or so. All damsels clowns included are pretty hardy, it is a bit hard to tell if it IS actually ick. Brooklenella (sp) is pretty common in clownfish, it usually looks slimey, not like little white dots. FYI look up on the fresh water dip if you decide to do it, its not a "fresh water dip": its a low salinity dip. Link to comment
rleon3003 Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 wats soaking ur food in garlic got to do with ich? haha im confused Link to comment
Helfrichs Chick Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 some people say it works because its in the blood or gives off some chemical, kinda like when skeetos dont like ya if you smoke (not sure about that one either lol ). I havent ever tried it but heard it works. Also you could just try some vita chem to help boost the immune system. Link to comment
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