Questions on Ich medication, clown loaches

Hello everyone. One of my clown loaches is ill, and it appears to be
Ich, since the other loaches in the tank all have a dot or two. The
infirmary tank is already setup and the temperature is stabilizing.

A while back, there was a suggestion that Aquarisol + MelaFix helps with
clown loaches' Ich [1]. I'm definitely dosing this in my 5gal infirmary
tank, and will try some of the other suggestions (though I don't have a
UV filter). Sick dude will be moved tonite.

The question - what to do about the main tank? In particular, I have a
few shrimp in there, so the Aquarisol would be a bad idea. MelaFix
doesn't have a similar warning on it, and it doesn't appear to contain
copper - is it safe for everyone?

Of course water changes and temperature (though see my next post about
the Marineland Dual-temp heater...)


[1] http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...a66bd311de89ef specifically, though the thread is interesting before the flamewar.

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