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So tank has been up for a little over a month and already went through its cycle. had a pair of ocellaris clownfish. everything has been looking great in the tank even last night before i went to bed. This morning when i turned their light on the black and white clownfish was dead and being eaten by the hermit crabs and had white spots on him so I removed him and the other clownfish has the same spots (only on 1 side, and not that many).

Did as much reading as I could on ICH and I am almost 100% positive with pics i've seen and the spots on him that it is ICH. Now its not bad, just the 1 side of the clown has some of those spots and I used some garlic extract in his food which he LOVED.

Went to LFS and pick up a product that had good reviews on multiple sites and the LFS uses as well called Ruby Reef Kick-Ick & Rally Combo Pack. Did my 1st dose today and clown seems to be swimming more and back to himself. Will do a full 2 cycles of the product. Only bad reviews I saw where when people had a REALLY bad outbreak and lost fish, I mean nothing is a miracle product.

Big question is has anyone used this product before or have any other suggestions?

SG 1.023 PH 8.2 Nitrite and Nitrate 0, Ammonia 0, water temp 79 degrees.

Also after this I will be getting a QT tank set up, a 15Gal long for future additions to the tanks.

I used this product years ago but it did not help. But I had that ich that resist to just about every kind of treatment, until I added a UV. Things started to turn around afterwards. I finally over came the ich outbreak in my marine tank years ago. Oh and since you have a clown, a good flake food should also help with boosting his immune system. Some good flake and pellet foods would be Nutrafin Max would be a good flake food and New Life Spectrum Thara+A would be a good pellet food. I have seen a huge difference in how my fishes heath was after using these. Getting their immune system up and strong is the goal when fighting disease's and keepin future break out's away, imo...

As far as i can tell i caught it early and approx 6 hours after does the clown is acting like his normal self minus the white spots on his left side. I hate how many articles there are on ICH yet none of them seem to be an actual cure. Out of all the forums i'm on I will always come here first regardless if its puffer related or not because i've found the best help here and knowledge. I pray and hope this medication works since i seem to have caught it in the early stages from what i've seen and read on.

On a different note my F8's have been doing amazing in my 55 gal (4 of them). Literally had no problems with them for the past 2 months, they have been loving their home and eating like pigs. PICS to come in the near future, but for now i gotta focus on the marine tank since it is having problems. Happy to say though the puffers are doing very well, I just wish my saltwater tank was doing better.

As several people suggested I have ordered a bakpak skimmer as of last week (shipping takes forever from amazon), but will not add it on the tank till i am done dosing for the ICH.

Like I said if anyone has any other knowledge or input on ICH treatment with what i'm using please feel free to chim in. I may be new but i've read as much as I can and only want to do what is best for ANY fish I keep. Also thanks again, you guys are always on point with advice!

Ich is a FW parasite. Best cure for Crypt is hypo in QT & leave the main tank fallow for 8 weeks, to starve out the parasite.

Thank you PP!