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stephensturman - I did the garlic thing for about 6 weeks, and IT WORKED for all those non-believers. I just put 3 drops of garlic in a bowl with about two TBS of tank water, put in a brine shrimp cube. Let it thaw and stew for 10 minutes, and then just put it in the tank. It confuses the new ich because it makes the fish not taste like a fish, and this is what they are looking for. It is COMPLETELY reef safe, and for the risk to all of the rest of your tank with those "reef safe meds", what's the hurt? If you have a loop for a chiller or anythhing like that, it wouldn't hurt to add a UV sterilizer to kill the free swimmers. I did all of this, didn't lose a fish or coral, and have been ich free for 3 months.
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