Sick Puffer

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I know he has ich, that is rapidly getting worse, but I'm not sure how to treat it. I tried a freshwater dip for 5 minutes earlier, and now his eyes are white and he looks even worse than he did before.

I now have him quarantined, and want to know what you suggest doing.

Currently I'm soaking a clam in some garlic for him. Other than that, there's so many methods out there online to choose from, that I'm not sure which to go with. Help?

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I've had luck in the past with slowly starting to treat him and his hospital tank with copper and hyposalinity. Ive found the copper to be a bit less stressful on the fish. If go with hyposalinity, pH swings can happen easily. I think copper treating is easier. Either way he's going to have to be treated for at least 24 days, there is research that shows ich can last up to 72 days in rare cases...
 
How about prevention methods? I'm seeing early signs of ich in my other tanks (they're all connected), and I have, corals, inverts, and a ray in this system.

I just finished feeding them all garlic soaked brine shrimp and plan on continuing to do that. And I'm bringing the temp up to about 80f and dropping the salinity just a little bit. Otherwise, I'm not sure what to do to stop it from taking hold of my system


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Best prevention method is to quarantine all new fish for at least 2 weeks before going into the display tanks. All my new arrivals always get some form of medicated dip before going into quarantine as well. Some rays are very sensitive to any traces of copper, you'd have to check with KRJ on whether he knows if your ray is one of the species that can tolerate it or not.
UV or ozone can help limit the concentration of the parasite in the water column but the whole system is likely going to need to be treated. This is a good read that i've referenced for a long time: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/fish-diseases-treatments/52236-curing-fish-marine-ich.html
 
I have a large UV sterilizer hooked up to this system.
My goal right now is to keep their immune systems strong, keep the temps high, keep the salinity around 1.020, and hopefully let them all pull through it, without having to do any major treatments.

Does this sound like a possibility? Considering the only severely infected fish has been removed from the system to be treated on the side


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I'd keep my fingers crossed, if the other inhabs of the tank have strong immune systems, water quality stays excellent, diets are good, and the pathogen load stays low then hopefully nothing else gets infected.
 
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