Treating saltwater ich

[ryanblank06]

Been doing freshwater for years but added a saltwater tank about a year ago. Added a fish and didn’t have time to quarantine it and now I got icy. I put the 2 fish infected in a quarantine tank and cranked up the temp to 85 and added medication like I have done with my freshwater when they got it. My question is usually the medication and aquarium salt go hand in hand treating it. Should I add aquarium salt to saltwater to help. I know it sounds dumb but I’m confused. Thanks

 

[LPS Bum]

First, the best place to treat Crypt is in a bare bottom QT tank. No rock, which will absorb the medication.

Second, there’s no need to further stress the fish by cranking up the temp. Normal 78-80 degree water temps are fine.

Copper is still a good choice to treat Ich provided the fish can handle it (not all fish can). I like Copper Power (a chelated version) but you can use an ionic one like Cupramine if that’s what you have. You can also use the tank transfer method on sensitive species, but it requires more work and multiple QT tanks.

If you go the copper route, remove any activated carbon from the filter. Slowly raise the copper level to 2.0 to 2.5 ppm (if using Copper Power, or 0.5 ppm with Cupramine, and depending on the sensitivity of the species you’re treating) over the course of 4-5 days. Keep it at that level for a full 30 days. You’ll need a copper test kit to ensure the level doesn’t drop below therapeutic. If you perform water changes during the treatment period, you’ll need to add copper to the make up water before pouring it into the tank.

There is no reason to add additional salt to a saltwater QT tank.

 

[fishywishy]

Salt doesn’t work for marine fish, only freshwater.

What are you using for mediation? Freshwater meditation doesn’t work on saltwater fish.

You either need to add copper to your quarantine tank or do a hyposalinty.

 

[ryanblank06]

I live in a very small town so there’s no copper treatment within 2 hours drive so I’d have to order it online which will take 4 days which is a lot of time for ick to get worse. I’ve been using kordon rapid cure ich disease treatment. It says it works with saltwater and I asked one of my buddy’s to confirm it. Worked really well for freshwater last time so we will see. I ordered coppersafe but will have to wait til that comes in so I guess I’ll just keep using this stuff

 

[fishywishy]

I live in a very small town so there’s no copper treatment within 2 hours drive so I’d have to order it online which will take 4 days which is a lot of time for ick to get worse. I’ve been using kordon rapid cure ich disease treatment. It says it works with saltwater and I asked one of my buddy’s to confirm it. Worked really well for freshwater last time so we will see. I ordered coppersafe but will have to wait til that comes in so I guess I’ll just keep using this stuff

Hypo salinity is a good option https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/hyposalinity.880546/

 

[Fenral]

As per other poster - isolate hypo salinity. Also feed them well (with quality food that has nutritional supplementation and vitamin c may help them fight it off until you can treat with copper.)