help!!! my neon tetras and clown loach has ick

[jordan]

Glad to hear your fish are okay now Jordan.

It's an interesting discussion Kittikat (like the user name BTW).

Given your later point that UV can't 'get' everything in the tank I'm not sure how valid. I'd like to point out that my views below are those of a layman but I'm putting them out there because I find it interesting.

So here goes, if the UV doesn't kill everything in the tank then there's still a stimulus. That said, in my case my pH is 7.5 yet I would guess that in the natural environment, and in low pH water the content of ich is pretty low anyway. The issue in the tank is that everything stands the chance of getting concentrated be it ammonia/nitrate/protozoans etc. No doubt this is less of an issue in the wild for all kinds of reasons. In the case of my tank it gets no UV (ie sunlight) other than the steriliser I use which as you say can only help maintain but is almost certainly not a solution in itself once you have affected fish.

In my case treatment consisted of hoovering the sand, running a UV and treating with protozin simultaneously. My complaint was with the advice this chap has received from his local shop. I you have a ich problem why would you not run the UV you have to get it back under control, even if you thought it would only have some effect? As to running it permanently, personally, I think it's a sound idea to kill off the ich whenever you can in such a closed system.

some good info there millsn and thanks im glad me fish are ok now too sadly i lost one witch wasnt happy about but ones better then them all i surpose or half of them my uv light whent the other day grrrrr so kneed to get a new one when i can but my tropical tank is in my bedroom on the back wall faceing the window so thay still get some uv i guess from that but yep there all healthy i wont be listing to that pet shop anymore lol i was goin to go and buy a gourami the other day but i havent got a spare tank to put it in for a few weeks on its own i so wanterd it but it meant putting it stright into the tank with them all and im just too sceard of them getting ick again so i left it

[jordan]

have you all seen my pics i have put up of the neons and my clown loach

Yep, did you see me comment?

yep lol thanks kittykat

[jordan]

have you all seen my pics i have put up of the neons and my clown loach

Yep, did you see me comment?

no kittykat i didnt see yours on there only somone called raedeon