adm's 1st tank

[plankton]

Waterlife Protozin and Seachem Paraguard are pretty good.
Do a water change before you start.
Both break down within 48 hours, so you don't need to do large water changes at the end of the course. (You can but don't NEED to )
I always suggest feeding garlic (crushed for 10 minutes) either direct or by soaking the food in it. That builds up the immune systems.

[adm]

So just a clove of fresh garlic, crushed finely and dropped into the tank?

[Martinspuddle]

So just a clove of fresh garlic, crushed finely and dropped into the tank?

Yes as @plankton says. You'll find a lot of aquarium food products have now added garlic added these days.



I use garlic enriched frozen Brine Shrimp with my fish for quite a few years now.

The Benefits of Garlic In Fish Food
Jul . 18 / 2018

In various scientific studies, garlic has been show to significantly promote growth, decrease mortality and increase antioxidant activity in fish.

Garlic is an effective appetite enhancer and the most powerful component of garlic is called allicin. Allicin is the chemical in garlic that has the power to actively and directly kill parasites and it has been shown in scientific studies to actively kill parasites including freshwater Ich, marine white spot (also known as marine Ich), and others.

When 0%, 1%, 2%, and 3% garlic supplementation was add to the food of Tilapia zillii, it was found that with the increase of supplementation, growth rate and survival rate also increased.

Source: tropicalmarinecentre.com

[adm]

Excellent. I love garlic, so have plenty of it around. I will do that now...

I clove of garlic, grated finely with a microplane grater now added - and the fish seem to like it as well.

How often would you repeat that?

[Martinspuddle]

How often would you repeat that?

I give it to them once a week, but I cannot see why it wouldn't harm in your situation to give more.

In my aquarium pesky Ancistrus always hog the stuff!

[adm]

Thank you. I will give them a clove every couple of days until the Ich has gone. And then once a week.

One question on the Ich though.....if/when the fish are back to back to normal, does that mean the Ich is completely gone from the tank, or can it kind of lay dormant and pop up again?

[Martinspuddle]

or can it kind of lay dormant and pop up again?

Your learning. ...stress, poor water quality and our friendly Theronts will jump onto the nearest sickly host.

[adm]

Thanks again. I thought it probably would. It would be all too easy if you could just kill it and be done....

[Martinspuddle]

It's the gift that keeps giving.



https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/fa006

[adm]

It's the gift that keeps giving.

I thought that was eating Kippers for breakfast and then going out on a long motorcycle ride....