Cryptocaryon irritans, aka Ich. A collection of good reading and treatment.

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This thread is a collection of articles on the subject of Marine Ich, Cryptocaryon irritans. Reading the articles posted here will give the aquarist a good understanding of the life cycle of ich and the best treatments available.

As this will be a continued work in progress, should anyone have a favorite link on good information, please feel free to PM me with the info for review.

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This first collection of links is the writings of our very own ATJ. He is a regular and very knowledgable contributor to the disease forum. ATJ's collection of information is some of the best available. These article's are hosted on his site


Marine Ich

Hyposalinity Treatment

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Here are some links to pictures on fishbase.org and fishdisease.net. The first link to fishbase includes pictures of infected fish. The links to fishdisease.net are microscopic pictures.

Thanks go to oama for bringing these links to our attention


http://www.fishbase.org/Diseases/Dis...cfm?discode=14


http://www.fishdisease.net/fd/diseas...php?img_id=303
http://www.fishdisease.net/fd/diseas...php?img_id=306
http://www.fishdisease.net/fd/diseas...php?img_id=307
http://www.fishdisease.net/fd/diseas...php?img_id=569

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Here's a usefull two part series of articles by Steven Pro in Reefkeeping.

Marine Ich/Cryptocaryon irritans - A Discussion
of this Parasite and the Treatment Options Available, Part I

Marine Ich/Cryptocaryon irritans - A Discussion
of this Parasite and the Treatment Options Available, Part II

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A collection of usefull threads.

This thread had been a sticky for quite some time. As a result it has accumulated quite a bit of interesting discussion.

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Here is a list of Articles on Cryptocaryon irritans and treatment by Terry Bartelme, aka TerryB on the variuos internet boards. Terry has long been helping hobbyiest on the internet with marine fish diseases. His information and opinions are well researched and accurate.


Part 1
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...2003/mini1.htm


Part 2
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...2003/mini2.htm


Part 3
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...2004/mini3.htm


Part 4
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...2004/mini4.htm


Part 5
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...2004/mini5.htm