Deltasigpony,

I'm truly feel sorry about youre ick. Ick was one of my biggest challenge ever, but I WON!! I hate to tell what i'm about to tell you, because I don't want you to think that this is the only solution out there. But i'm telling you, I tried almost every products on the market, you name it i had it. I cured my ick ( includes already affected fishes) with UV sterilization and light off for 1 week. Ick has dissapeared like I never had it before. Why I did it this way? Because I did research about the disease called ick. I found out what they needs and whats they enemies. Ick hates dark, but i knew the high UV sterilization would destroy them. I even covered my tank with a blanket. I didn;t wanted to belive it works! I had the best results without any of those chemicals. Isn't that crazy? The reason I mentioned that I hate to say that, UVS are pretty pricey stuffs, so i don't know.. I just wanted you to know, that I won the battle against those nasty bacterials... BE LUCKY AND DON'T GIVE UP!!!!

Does your fishes try to scratch themshelves on the rocks? Ick and ich aren't the same. Ick is more dangerous than ich... but ich is usually the beginner status if ick. If you have ich only (scratches without white spots) you can quarantine the fishes for a week and cure them with copper. Ick won't harm corals, They're different type of organisms. They won't host ick.

good info headers...see we still do learn somthing new every day!!!