Purple Up and Kordon's Rid Itch

gussy · 09-02-2005, 08:08 PM

Has anybody ever tried PurpleUp or Kordon's Rid Itch? I'm only considering Kordon's Rid Itch, because it says (and their tech support says) that it will not harm live rock or anything else. Sorry, I can do a hyposalinity because I can catch all the fish withou dismatling the tank.

Just curious, every fish that I put inside the tank will get itch for a couple of weeks and then disappear. Whenever I add a new fish, they are the only ones that get itch after about a week, but then it will also disappear in about a month.

cheeks69 · 09-02-2005, 08:11 PM

Those products are useless and will not get rid of Ick and there's no such thing as reefsafe medications IMO. What happens is that your fish that are established if they survive will buildup immunity to the parasite but since the parasite is in your tank any new additions will become infected usually because of a weakened immune system from the netting and transportation, although some are more susceptible then others.

Travelin Reef · 09-02-2005, 10:17 PM

just bought purple up. this week. says could take a few months! so we will see. i'll post results

Mad Mike · 09-03-2005, 12:42 AM

The ich rid will kill off your pods. Reef safe my A...

The other thing I learned was to read and compare percentages on most products. Purple up is calcium ( you got that covered right?) Iodide, in yer salt mix and one or 2 other things. So really it just seemed to me like a trace supplement. I took a pass and left it on the shelf.

rckmtl · 09-03-2005, 03:31 AM

Yeah, if you read the purple up lable really close..or maybe it was the website... it basically says that it works better because the solution is chemically aligned to be 'attrached; to the rock..in thoery allowing the calcium, ect to be absorbed directlly by the corilline algae and not other stuff... but I would think that either the algae would absorb it slow enough that it would end up mixing with the water before hardly any was absorbed... or that it is allready in enough of a solution that it is no diffrent the adding trace supplements.

But I'm not a science major... it just seemed more like hype then a needed product

gussy · 09-03-2005, 03:19 PM

It it takes a few months...I don't need it. I was hoping for a few days!

09-02-2005, 08:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
gussy Torch coral Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 579 View Gallery Karma Komment	Purple Up and Kordon's Rid Itch Has anybody ever tried PurpleUp or Kordon's Rid Itch? I'm only considering Kordon's Rid Itch, because it says (and their tech support says) that it will not harm live rock or anything else. Sorry, I can do a hyposalinity because I can catch all the fish withou dismatling the tank. Just curious, every fish that I put inside the tank will get itch for a couple of weeks and then disappear. Whenever I add a new fish, they are the only ones that get itch after about a week, but then it will also disappear in about a month.

09-02-2005, 08:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
cheeks69 Wannabe Guru Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Northeast Posts: 7,386 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Purple Up and Kordon's Rid Itch Those products are useless and will not get rid of Ick and there's no such thing as reefsafe medications IMO. What happens is that your fish that are established if they survive will buildup immunity to the parasite but since the parasite is in your tank any new additions will become infected usually because of a weakened immune system from the netting and transportation, although some are more susceptible then others. __________________ Robert My Cube “A spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe—a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.” Albert Einstein

09-02-2005, 10:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
Travelin Reef Star Polyps Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: newton, nj Posts: 160 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Purple Up and Kordon's Rid Itch just bought purple up. this week. says could take a few months! so we will see. i'll post results

09-03-2005, 12:42 AM	#4 (permalink)
Mad Mike Pistol Shrimp Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: LI, NY Posts: 272 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Purple Up and Kordon's Rid Itch The ich rid will kill off your pods. Reef safe my A... The other thing I learned was to read and compare percentages on most products. Purple up is calcium ( you got that covered right?) Iodide, in yer salt mix and one or 2 other things. So really it just seemed to me like a trace supplement. I took a pass and left it on the shelf.

09-03-2005, 03:31 AM	#5 (permalink)
rckmtl Serpent Star Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Aurora, Illinios Posts: 231 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Purple Up and Kordon's Rid Itch Yeah, if you read the purple up lable really close..or maybe it was the website... it basically says that it works better because the solution is chemically aligned to be 'attrached; to the rock..in thoery allowing the calcium, ect to be absorbed directlly by the corilline algae and not other stuff... but I would think that either the algae would absorb it slow enough that it would end up mixing with the water before hardly any was absorbed... or that it is allready in enough of a solution that it is no diffrent the adding trace supplements. But I'm not a science major... it just seemed more like hype then a needed product __________________ -Ellen- Where did all the water go...

09-03-2005, 03:19 PM	#6 (permalink)
gussy Torch coral Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 579 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Purple Up and Kordon's Rid Itch It it takes a few months...I don't need it. I was hoping for a few days!

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