Ruby Reef Kick-ICH for treatment of freshwater & Marine Ich. Reef Safe no copper 64 oz (about 2 liters)

This is a very popular item for treating Ich, worth to try in my opinion!!! A reef safe water treatment that controls "Ich" by disrupting the life cycle of C. irritans (marine) or I. multifiliis (freshwater). Does not contain copper.

KICK-ICH? is a scientifically developed water treatment, which was proven effective during two years of national test marketing, for stopping C. irritans and I. multifiliis infections. The KICK-ICH? formulation is specifically designed to interrupt the free swimming stage (i.e., the ?tomite? stage) of their life cycles, thereby stopping progressive infection and reinfection, without use of copper, malachite green, hyper-irritants or other chemicals that are toxic to many aquarium inhabitants. In addition, KICK-ICH? does not affect nitrifying bacteria (e.g., Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter) and is biodegradable.

During the typical ?Ich? lifecycle, a free-swimming tomite penetrates the host skin, where it undergoes metamorphosis into a ?trophozoite?. The trophozoite matures within the host skin -- forming the ?whitespot? cyst ? until it emerges from the cyst as a ?trophont? and leaves the host. The trophont secretes a thick, highly resistant mucous coat immediately upon exit from the host: the mucous coat protects the trophont as it undergoes replication and division into hundreds of infecting units, which emerge as new, fully infectious tomites upon rupture of the ripe trophont.

It is generally impractical or impossible to attack, by chemical or drug therapy, maturing trophozoites residing between dermal layers of skin. [NOTE: It is possible to cause spots to "slide off" by employing highly stressful and sometimes toxic hyper-irritants that induce sliming and shedding of dermal layers.] Similarly, it is virtually impossible to attack [or irritate] the mucous coated trophonts. However, practical interruption of the infection cycle can be accomplished by attacking the unprotected, free swimming tomites. KICK-ICK? is a water treatment that, when used as directed, can be directly and safely added to any marine, reef or freshwater aquarium to effectively interrupt the tomite stage of the Ich life cycle, without concern for the health and vigor of fish, corals, invertebrates or nitrifying bacteria.