Isolate and treat infected fish.

Treating ich in a reef tank. Once the tank has the ich parasites, the most effective medications to eradicate it are not safe for corals and invertebrates. Without a fish host to maintain their life cycle, the ich parasites will die out in a display reef aquarium within 76 days at the most. Possible new copper free treatment for ich within a reef tank.

That said, i've used reef rally by itself to combat uronema with no problems. Using copper (copper sulfate) to treat saltwater ich. Nanomania, nov 30, 2011 #1.

The most important thing you can do is to get started right away. Also i'm pretty sure polyp lab medic witch is used to treat ich in a reef is just hydrogen. Rather than treating the main aquarium, move the sick fish to a bare bottomed quarantine or treatment tank.

I've read that it kills the ich in it's free swimming state before it latches on to your fish. None of those reefsafe treatments will work. Remember there is no “reef safe” ich treatment that will actually eradicate all of the parasites!

The ich not being on the fish just means it moved onto the next stage in the life cycle and will come back in a few weeks. The best way to eradicate ich from your reef aquarium and prevent. This allows you to dose with a commercial ich treatment such as.

Tea tree oil from india or garlic extract or any other herbal/natural “medication” is. The good news is that treating ich is possible with the right knowledge, medications, and techniques. If you find whitespot on a fish in your established reef tank then you need to treat the whole tank with a reef safe whitespot treatment and hope for the best.