Ick problem

[jlam86]

2 of my fish have developed ick issues suddenly and have been isolated into separate tanks. I think they were from some of the feeders...anyhow, the rest of the fish seem fine but I want to play it safe. Should I add a small dosage of ick meds to my non-quarantine tank?

[Victor]

For ick, I usually treat the entire tank. Just salt and raising the temperature always works for me

[2wheelsx2]

Once you've discovered ich, it's too late for quarantine as it would have spread to the whole tank. You'll have to treat the whole tank.

[Slopster]

Salt, and slowly raise the temp...

[jlam86]

Damn! Alright! I will do that. Sigh

[jlam86]

How high should I bump up the temperature? 85?

[zhasan]

I had an Ich breakout in my old tank. Raising the temperature and adding salt did not help me maybe because It was too late for that. However, when I added an ich medicine from PJ's Pets, it worked like a charm and saved the remaining fish. I hope you caught it in the early stages!

[Vman]

I cured ich in my African tank in about 3 days. I turned up the temp to about F84,starting upping the salt(Epsom salt), and treated the tank with Seachem's (Paraguard). Also covered the tank with towels,as melachite green (main ich killing ingriedient) is light sensitive.After the 3rd day I took of the towels and all ich was gone. I've had to do this twice in almost 2 years.Paraguard is also filter friendly and doesn't kill your beneficial bacteria,available at J&L Aquatics.

[Athomedad]

Raising the temp, salt, & paraguard worked for me. I tried copper safe and super ich cure & neither worked well for me.

[ajbwrg]

I just had it in my oscar tank. With salt and raise the temp to 82 it was gone in three days, I add the salt over a period of 36 hrs in order not to shock the fish.