Any Suggetions?

[i_love_fish]

I need ick meds and i need a really good one anybody know a great ick med that works well?

[i_love_fish]

BUMP

[greenterra]

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20681

[i_love_fish]

i tried that it didnt work out well its really bad

[Nova 8]

Salt and heat
ICKAWAY and heat

[CHOMPERS]

Quick Cure
or
Jungle 'Lifeguard'


The Lifeguard is expensive but it is gentle on the fish.

[Tongue33]

Buy a UV sterilizer for 100.00 ..

Personally I use salt and heat.. My tank sits at 86-88 degrees till ich is LONG gone.. And a grip of salt :) Usually don't need allot of salt just the suggested regular dose .. As I only use the medication dose if I really have issues...

But always works for me.. But I don't get ich that often.. Like once every couple of years or so... Except last year!! twoce once in two tanks!! But I had moved to a new house and the water difference was considerable :)

[i_love_fish]

I have my heat at 86 and i have salt added and i put medication in the water the fish looks horrible

[vtnamezeboi]

i use quick cure and removed all my rocks/gravel outta the tank

[i_love_fish]

do you have to get new rocks?

[i_love_fish]

does anyone know anything else about this? like do i have to replcae my rocks

[vtnamezeboi]

no, just boil them or place them in really hot water and put them back later when the ich is gone. b/c i treated ich for nearly 2 months and they kept coming back. so i decided to take all my rocks/gravel out and it worked

[i_love_fish]

Why did taking the gravel out help?

[CHOMPERS]

I dunno. I didn't take my rocks, etc. out; I just treated the whole tank. After that, I started using aquarium salt at every water change to prevent their return.

[i_love_fish]

yea i had the salt in, i guess it didnt help i empyed my tank now and refilled it with clean water im treating it now cuz i think theres still ick on the rocks

[fish head )'>]

The eggs are unaffected by the meds, that is why you bump up the temp- to speed up the incubation time of the eggs. They are throughout the whole tank and, in theory, could be protected and plentiful in the rocks/substrate. so pulling them would help.

[i_love_fish]

****, that sucks for me i dont have any money for new rocks so i gotta keep these i hope the treatment im doing works

[Tongue33]

The ich in a Salt and Heat treatment will Get WORSE before better..

Heat increases the speed of the life cycle of the ich..Hence it looks HORRIBLE after you start the treatment.

The salt helps keep the fish less stressed and when the ich eggs hatch or burst the salty and heated water is not suitable to sustain the new life , so it dies.. This can take more than a week sometimes two to be completely done..

It hasn't even been 48 hours. Be patient and stay the course. Heat and Salt.. It is all the same when it comes to the gravel the ich will hatch and DIE... You do not need to replace it :)

It is a process..

[i_love_fish]

Alright heres the deal i have the empty tank right now, i treated it onece already(30 drops of quick cure) the people at lfs said you can u use like that 3 times,every 24 hours,For 3 times, (confusing!) should i do it for more or what, AND i added the correct amount of salt. for my 30 gal tank
:feedback:

[vtnamezeboi]

treat for the 3 days
then do a water change, you should see no ich after you do a water change
but like i said, the ich can still stay within your rocks

[greenterra]

when i have used meds like ickaway . I have dosed for 3 days.After 3 days I do a 25% waterchange and then dose the tank again.On the 6th day I do a 50% water change but still keep the temp up another couple of days.The bottle you have should have the directions on it.If you only dose once , i doubt you will rid your tank of it.This is why a lot of people keep getting outbreaks because they do not treat the ich longer than its life cycle.
On a side note I have never taken out my rocks,gravel or anything in my tanks for that matter and have never had a secondary outbreak.

[ewurm]

I rarely use meds, only a temp of 86 deg F and aquarium salt. I keep plenty of loaches and if it works for them it works on just about all fish.

[i_love_fish]

what should i do

[i_love_fish]

how do i know when the icks gone i have no fish in the tank cuz the ick was so bad

[greenterra]

Did the fish die?If so and you have no fish in the tank.Just don't stock it for a couple of weeks and keep the temp up.Ich needs a host to survive.You can strip the tank down,boil contents,disinfect the tank for a real quick fix but then you are back to square one with cycling the tank.Not worth it IMO.
If you moved the fish to another tank,you have now simply infected another tank and still need to treat.The longer you leave it to take action ,the heavier the losses will be.

P.S.In the future set up a smaller quarrantine tank and keep your new stock in there for atleast 2 weeks to make sure you don't infect your exhisting fish.
If you don't introduce ich to your tank you wont have an outbreak.( new fish, feeder fish and plants from lfs are the quickest way to infect a perfectly healthy tank.) If you notice ich in your your new quarrantine fish,It is easier to treat in a smaller tank.Do not use any equipment e.g gravel cleaner,hoses,nets,algae magnets or even allow your hands to go from the quarrantine tank to your other tanks.Keep seperate equipment for your quarrantine tank.:)

[i_love_fish]

so your saying if i have no fish in there, the ick doesnt have anything to eat so it dies?

[greenterra]

As long as there is nothing live in your tank ,yes.Just keep the temp up and don't stock it for couple of weeks.What did you do with the fish though?Did they die or did you move them?

[i_love_fish]

the ick had the best of them :rip should i treat the tank still for a few more days? :confused:

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