Help! Not sure if ick...

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Ok so a few days ago I saw a couple white spots on my new red spot sevs and my initial thought is ick...so I raise the temp to 86, add salt to the tank and put a small dose of malachite green in there. Now here we are 3 days later with the white spots covering their body progressively getting worse??? Is this not ick? Should I be treating for something different? The fist pic is the present condition, the second is how he looked when I saw the first couple spots, one on his side and one on the tail fin...


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I should also add that they are becoming less and less active, but are still eating, and the breathing is more rapid than before but that could be the higher temps?


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Some strains of ich are resistant to meds and heat, althought very rare some strains of ich have reproduced at over 90 degrees. I read this in an article while I was doing research about my own tough to kill ich. After 7 days of normal treatment I raised the temp to 91 and did a full treatment of malachite green. I lost 2 fish in the process but the ich was gone with in three days though my tank was horribly stained.

I am by know means an expert and just sharing my experience take it with a grain of salt.

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I would either treat with heat and salt or treat with meds but not both. It really depletes the oxygen in the water.


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I have two air pumps running 4 bubblers on the tank for oxygen, and I have heard some people say to use both heat and meds and others say don't, my concern is that if I remove one or the other at this point that the ick will overrun the tank completely. I would turn the temps up higher but can sevs handle temps over 90??


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Do a 50% water change, keep temp at 86 and add salt, I agree with countryboy don't do both salt and temp or meds and if using meds remove carbon from your filters
 
Thank you for the input everyone! I did a 50% water change, and I'm going to just do the salt/heat treatment. What I still don't get is that I Have been treating for 3 days now and it's still progressively getting worse. Any other time I have has fish get ick they things would have started clearing up by now or at least stop things from getting worse...


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The heat speeds up the life cycle. The parasite can only be killed when a swimming organism. When swimming the high temp. will kill them.


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