Subj : Re: Battling ICK on clown
To   : All
From : Computer Prog
Date : Wed Jan 14 2004 03:10 pm

I used Maracide because 6 months ago I had a similar outbreak of ICK
after adding new fish to a tank that had a 10 year old Pleco.  I was
shocked to see ICK because in 15 years of keeping fish I never saw it
before.  I tried to treat that round of ICK with Rid-Ick but it was
not helping.  I then tried Coppersafe.  The 10-yr old Pleco died. 
Some of the added fish survived the ICK but came down with some other
sort of really bad infection.  The book that came with Coppersafe
recommended Maracide for infection so I got some of that (but it was
too late).  Everything died.  I took the entire tank down, washed
everything, and started over.

Fast forward 6 months and I am now in this thread.  I figured that the
Maracide would help with infection while treating with Quick Cure.  I
only added two ½ dose treatments over the past week so I do not think
I did any damage.

The water looked pretty clear last night.  I lowered the tank temp a
few degrees in the evening down to 82 and this morning the clowns
looked good.  They have very few spots on them and they looked active.
 I plan on doing a small water change tonight and adding another half
dose of Quick Cure.

Can MelaFix be used at the same time as Quick Cure while treating for
ICK?
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