I've tried Garlic Extreme and it didn't do much but it hasn't been very long, maybe two weeks. I've started regularly soaking the food in it. The fish seem to like the taste though. I also regularly soak the food I serve in Vita-Chem or Zoe so there should always be ample vitamins for the fish. I alternate between flake and frozen varieties of Formula 1, 2, and Pygmy Angel formula and give some seaweed on the days that I don't feed food. And yes whenever this is all over I will definately hang on to the QT tank. I won't keep it running of course but I could have it up and stabilized in several days before I plan to buy any new fish from now on. I've often read that ich is in every tank that has fish (like Jlouv said above) but why does it spread so rapidly once a fish gets infected hard with it? Does it just make such a population boom of the parasite that others can get visibly infected also? I just can't figure how my laid back clown fish who never appears stress in the least would get it before my skittish and shy Lemonpeel angel who would at least to my eyes appear to be more stressed.
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