"Tynk" wrote in
oups.com:

The point in my disagreement with you on it working like "magic" on
Ich is that over many years, I have experienced the best results with
this particular medication.

Perhaps we only differ on semantics then.

I agree QuickCure is the fastest and most effective chemical available for
combating Ich, but it is ignorant to ignore the contributing factors to the
problem and rely only on the medication to fix the problem.

Without addressing the causes to the outbreak in the first place you are
only addressing part of the problem. Ich is rarely responsible for the
death of an afflicted fish on its own. The overriding factors that
generated a situation the parasite could flourish in the first place are
often just if not more responsible for the death of a sick fish than the
parasite itself. The parasite merely takes advantage of this weakness to
thrive. If one only relies on the medication to solve the problem they
will eventually encounter a situation where the medication is unable to
eliminate the infestation on its own.

With all due respect owed to your thirty years of fish keeping, I work in
an environment with over 200 aquariums where stock turns over regularly-
this is the perfect environment for one to encounter just about any kind of
fish disease--depending on the season and the new stock Ich can be an
almost weekly occurrence.

The only medication I have heard is as effective as QuickCure against
protozoan parasites like Ich is Tetra's Lifeguard, a chlorine based
medication, but I have yet to try it myself.