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Thanks Jay C! Will do. I think the ich lives in the substrate so it will probably take a few follow up treatments to get rid of it all. But with this treatment it works within a couple of days so that's not too much trouble. I wish I had the knowledge to dose the Nitrofurazone and malachite properly but I don't so I'm going to have to pay the ripoff prices. ?‍♀️ Edit: Thank you again for editing your responses with all of that helpful info!! I greatly appreciate the details as it helps me learn for future treatments or additives. I've done some digging, and the Super Ick Treatment from API seems to be the fastest way to get them off your fish (or I guess technically out from under their scales.. ?). So I'll be putting them in a small quarantine tank to treat them for 48 hours. Directions also say there needs to be aeration so I'll have an air stone in there with them just for treatment. I also want to make sure the ich is gone from the tank, so instead of waiting until the fish are re-infected to treat again, I also found out that Kick-Ich from Ruby Reef is shrimp/snail safe so I'llbe following up with that when the shrimp babies hatch and become juveniles. Suggestion is to use it with Rally, also from Ruby Reef. It takes up to 2 weeks to treat for the first cycle, then the second cycle to be certain. The biggest note using Kick-Ich is calculating the dosage. If you don't account for displacement, you will end up killing everything in your tank. It also can kill some of the beneficial bacteria + algae but I have plenty of that to spare. Also need to remove the carbon filter and sponge filter so the treatment isn't caught there.

Ah ok. That's just largely salt, a bit of antibiotics in nitrofurazone, and malachite green. BTW, this product is a rip off. You're paying a lot for what is just salt and a bit of malachite green. My comments above still stand. Not safe for shrimps. The salt content is not good in the shrimp tank. Nitrofurazone is ok with shrimps. Malachite green is okay for short periods with shrimp, but not with berried shrimps. Best to treat the fish separately in another container or tank.

Any idea what the active ingredient is? <edit> nevermind, I see it in the fine print. Benzaldehyde Green. Which is a Malachite Green reduction in the presence of aldehyde. So API's Super Ick Cure is just malachite green. Not sure if it has any other active ingredients like Formalin, but it doesn't say on the fine print. API is charging you extra for what is just essentially Malachite green. Formalin Malachite Green will kill inverts. It works as a stain that penetrates the epidermal cell layer. You need malachite green levels high enough to kill the ich swarmers as they cyst on the fishes skin. Think of it as a force field, as the free swimming ich tries to latch onto the fish, they have to go through the malachite layer which kills them. But having that level of malachite green where it kills ich might also be harmful to inverts - more lethal to snails than shrimp. However, you have berried shrimps. So this med will impact the shrimps and eggs negatively as well. So conclusion is ... Not safe. Separate the fish into a temporary container/tank with an airstone, and treat them there with malachite green. Keep them out of the main tank for at least a week or two to let the ich die out naturally before adding the fish back in. Good luck.

When I went to buy a new tank recently, I also bought the most adorable chili rasboras. Unfortunately they have what I suspect is ich - tiny white spots. The API treatment "Super Ick Cure" says saltwater inverts might be sensitive to it, so I'm wondering if it would harm my neos? I have berried females so I want to be extra careful.

Thanks Simon! I was amazed at how quickly they noticed the copepods and ate them. Literally seconds after I added them to the tank, I saw them eat their first victims. I can't even describe how satisfying that was!! They were kept at the store in a tank with juvenile shrimp, so they caught a few and gave them to me for free. I haven't seen the rasboras bug them even slightly. The only time the two interact is when a shrimp is soaring across the middle of the tank (about to molt) and bumps into a fish. Pretty hilarious to see, and that only happened the first day or two. The shrimp hops back, then proceeds. No big deal. Unfortunately, I think they got the ich from my tank. Specifically my albino bn pleco I got from Petco. S/he being pure white, I didn't notice the ich but now I see it. ?‍♀️ Big chain pet stores strike again. At least it's something that is easily treated! I got them just in time, too. My detritus worms population has exploded, and I see flatworms in my moss ledges. I've watched the rasboras suck worms up like spaghetti. So thrilled with them, and they're so darn cute!!

Thats good to hear, maybe it was the rasbora that ate my seed shrimp infestation then! Sorry to hear that the fish have ich and I hope you get to sort that out, luckily ich shouldn't affect the shrimps so follow JayC advice and you should be ok? Simon

Took me a sec, but I found this: https://apifishcare.com/pdfs/products-us/super-ick-cure/api-super-ick-cure-safety-data-sheet.pdf

Just wanted to give an update, I added 4 chili rasboras and they immediately went to town on the copepods seconds later. They have reduced their numbers drastically and don't bother the shrimp. Plenty of hiding places for babies and ground covering plants, so I am very happy with the addition. I also got a 60u UNS and am working on scaping it soon, then cycling with the Storm system. Another trip to Orange County for seiryu is in my near future. I'll post on a separate thread when I get that started. ?

I appreciate that, however she just became berried the same time as the others. I just got them about a month ago. I was told they were all female. The one male I was told was just a juvenile female. Now that I know more about them I understand why they were wrong. The orange was the first then the red then the red and clear last. Do you have any pictures of berried female that have blue eggs ready to hatch? I watch them frequently and never seen eggs on her any other color. Is why I ask. Plus I wasn’t looking to breed but now that they are I don’t care the color. I like all of them no matter the color.