fowlr........ich

fishfreak2407 · #1 05/02/2006, 09:41 AM

is it"easy" to treat a fowlr for ich, I know for the reef its really a mess, but the fowlr is it cut and dry?

danorth · #2 05/02/2006, 11:25 AM

good food, good water, sturdy fish to begin with......not too much intervention needed for a mild case. A lot of ick, no UV, lot of fish.....you better act quick.

fishfreak2407 · #3 05/02/2006, 04:08 PM

at this time no visiable ich.......but fish are flashing from time to time?

mitzel · #4 05/02/2006, 04:35 PM

what do you mean by flashing ? my triggers flash all day long . my niger goes from a deep blue to a peach color .

But just in case you do have an out break . My sugestion is treating with chem marin's stop parasite. I have used it in my main tank as well as in QT with excelent results .

fishfreak2407 · #5 05/02/2006, 04:54 PM

by flashing I mean rubbing against the substrate or rocks every once in awhile.i guess I better just keep an eye on them so I can nip it in the bud.

michindi · #6 05/02/2006, 05:29 PM

some fish flash. just watch them and look for spots.

sean48183 · #7 05/02/2006, 07:10 PM

Try to feed twice a day for 2 weeks and get proper diet for each fish(angels=sponge, tangs=greens, etc...). Keep ph really steady during this time also. Worked for me.

danorth · #8 05/02/2006, 07:23 PM

I had a banana wrasse that ALWAYS flashed, for the many months I had it. I gave it to a lfs, still very healthy. Never had anything on it, just liked scratching.

Petstorejunkie · #9 05/02/2006, 08:10 PM

i have a green bird wrasse that scratches on the same rock, and only that rock every day and he is fine. excessive scratching is a sign of trouble, but the occational itch is no biggy

fishfreak2407 · #10 05/03/2006, 08:52 AM

o.k.Ill watch them

emperora · #11 05/03/2006, 09:15 PM

my lunare and huma "flash" all the time both have their own rocks they like to scratch on .if you don't see any spots you probably don't have any ich .

fishfreak2407 · #12 05/04/2006, 09:17 AM

well I guess this a marine fish trait, I will keep an eye for any signs of spots on fins ect, it drives me nuts when they do it because I assume something is wrong

, but hopefully not

Don424 · #13 05/11/2006, 02:26 AM

soak your food in garlic

Ironsheikh · #14 05/11/2006, 11:13 PM

buy a neon goby or cleaner shrimp to eat parasites--better yet both cuz my neon goby would eat off the other fish but no one could eat off him so the parasites were always around