Ick is a completely pain to deal with. When my Royal Gramma came down with Ick back in February, I tried various remedies in the hopes of not having to set up a hospital tank. Kordon's Ick Attack was reef safe, but so reef safe that it had absolutely no effect. Garlic supplements did nothing - there is some controversy about whether the active ingredient actually ever gets to the skin of the fish. FW Dips with Methylene Blue only seemed to weaken the fish. At that point, I removed the fish and put it into the hospital tank with a JBJ UV Sterilizer thinking that would do the trick. The result was also absolutely no effect on the ick. Finally, I went with the old fashioned method and dosed the hospital tank with Cupramine. The ick was finally gone after 1 month. I resisted copper as long as I could, but in the end, it seemed to be the only thing that worked. It seems silly now after spending hundreds on other remedies and UV sterilizers that had little to no effect. As with many things in this hobby, I think there comes a sense of comfort with adding technology that one hopes will solve a problem, but in reality does nothing of the kind. I know I did and have an empty wallet to show for it!
Originally Posted by slowdog
Ick is a completely pain to deal with. When my Royal Gramma came down with Ick back in February, I tried various remedies in the hopes of not having to set up a hospital tank. Kordon's Ick Attack was reef safe, but so reef safe that it had absolutely no effect. Garlic supplements did nothing - there is some controversy about whether the active ingredient actually ever gets to the skin of the fish. FW Dips with Methylene Blue only seemed to weaken the fish. At that point, I removed the fish and put it into the hospital tank with a JBJ UV Sterilizer thinking that would do the trick. The result was also absolutely no effect on the ick. Finally, I went with the old fashioned method and dosed the hospital tank with Cupramine. The ick was finally gone after 1 month. I resisted copper as long as I could, but in the end, it seemed to be the only thing that worked. It seems silly now after spending hundreds on other remedies and UV sterilizers that had little to no effect. As with many things in this hobby, I think there comes a sense of comfort with adding technology that one hopes will solve a problem, but in reality does nothing of the kind. I know I did and have an empty wallet to show for it!
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