Ick Problems

[tropicana]

Think of it this way. The silverside is the equivalent of a "dead fish" in your tank, every other day, and half of one the other days. If all are eating well, I'd lay off the dips, but that's just my opinion. Fish get ich from stress, and a FW dip is just that...

Hes doing a heck of alot better since i did a fw dip. Me personally, I dont think its stress, I think its a parasite that when stressed the fish cant fight it off. I think that if they werent stressed, they could possibly fight it off better but they would still have it from what i have read. Since the FW dip the Lionfish is doing WAY better, he started eating and moving around alot more. He stopped eating so the fw dip was my best bet and I felt I did the right thing. The ich on the Tang is down to just a few spots and hasnt hit like that since. I think they are finally fighting it off. Ill keep you guys posted.

[erikharrison]

Keep doing water changes, and IMO a UV. FW dips are not a solution, but rather a band aid.

[MissT]

That's a heck of a lot of food

[crossxfire2]

Freshwater dips have proven effective in my experience. I have had a hippo tang in the past with a bad case of ick, And I stuck him in freshwater for about 3-5 mins, and he got better each time I did that. I thought it worked good. I would keep doing fw dips, but not too often because your pet might get stressed and die if its overdone.

[goodiebag]

Freshwater dips are definately frightening.

Although I agree with Erik on the UV, I think the quarantine might be too-stressing.

I have only had one real success in quarantine; saltwater or freshwater in many years after an icky situation.

Go easy on the water changes.(although definately you need to change 40%)
go slow over a few days)

Something stressed them!

Also get 2 cleaner shrimp immediatly.
I am not an expert, this just works for me.