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ich in saltwater tank

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Question
what does feeding garlic do?  will the fish eat buy just dropping in the tank?  how long do you have to leave fish out of the main tank before its safe to put them back in?

Answer
Hey Chris

Feeding garlic kills the parasites, ich cant stand garlic. all you need to do is peel the garlic, mince it, and throw it in, they will eat it themselves. you have to leave the infected fish out of the tank for a week after you stop seeing the parasites

another good option is a freshwater dip, you just get RO water, net the fish, and place the fish in the freshwater for 3 minutes, they usually act fine and arent bothered from it. within seconds, the ich literally falls off. after that, you can put it back into the quarantine tank and continue treating