I battled ich for over a year and it came back even after breaking down my tank and storing the LR for 12 weeks and treating the fish with copper. Eventually I coppered my tank with cupramine for 2 weeks and am finally rid of it. Thats why IMO that you should do a FW dip on all new fish and QT and treat with copper for 2 weeks. I've got a 120 FOWLR tank and hundreds of dollars worth of fish and its not worth risking the whole tank because of a non QT and treated fish. This is also why I dont use live rock any more. I use dry reef rock and let it become live.
Cupramine can be removed from your tank with sea chems copper resin and charcoal and switching to reef crystal salt which has a heavy metal chelator in it which will bind to the copper. _________ 75g reef with Nova Extreme 8 bulb HO T-5 lighting, refuge, Remora skimmer, DSB, Seio powerheads, Acro's, LPS corals, assorted zoo's & mushrooms, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown, Blue Cleaner Goby , Cleaner, Fire and Sexy Shrimp, Coco Worm, T.Crocea Clam, Derasa Clam
120g FOWLR, 260w Orbit power compact lights, Remora Pro skimmer, 30g DIY Sump/Refuge, DSB,Seio Power heads, Powder Blue Tang, Purple Tang, Flag Fin Angel, False Eye Puffer, Copperbanded Butterfly and a Moorish Idol  |