[reefcouple]

I had an issue a couple weeks ago and the following worked great. I have a reef tank so I wanted to be careful

I had a bowl of freshwater (RO). NO SALT

And a bowl of Saltwater treated with RX.

I put the fish in the freshwater for about 30 seconds. Then directly into the RX treated saltwater for 15 minutes.

I did this about 4 times leaving a few days inbetween each dip..

I hope this helps any with the 'ick" issue.. And I am sure there are other just as effective treatments.

[pogodzib]

Treating fish for ich using several treatments in a bowl can work as long as each treatment kills all of the ich parasites present on the fish during the treatment. A good spacing would be to treat the fish 4 times on a every other day basis. The problem with this method is killing off ALL of the ich and catching the fish in most tanks. I'm not sure what chemicals are in RX, but is says that it "Product can be used with most invertebrates by experienced persons, with caution." which tells me that it doesn't contain copper. Besides for hyposalinity, copper is the only method that has been proven to kill ich 100% of the time if dosed correctly, so I would be leary of the RX product. My guess would be that the combination of the FW dips and RX treatment probably knocked back the ich parasite quantity a lot and it may have been enough for the fish to fish of the ich on its own. Either way, congrats on beating the ich battle.

For other methods, look at ATJ's Marine Aquarium Site - Reference - Marine "Ich"

[reefcouple]

What a great link pogo, thanks !!!! I wish I had seen some of this prior to my experience.. and funny, i must have spoken to 6 different LFS owners or workers and they didn't know a thing, never once mentioning either of those proven methods..

Thanks pogo!!

Randy