Dang Ich!

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2004exrider

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I'm usually pretty good at treating ich but I am stumped this time! I have a tank with some cardinal tetras that are getting ich (nothing else has it yet), usually id turn the temp up to 82 and add salt and Quick Cure. But here's the problem, I have some ghost shrimp in there (cant use ich meds now) and i have cory cats (cant use salt now!) and i dont have a quarenteen(SP?) tank. Will just leaving the temp at 82 and doing gravel vac's be enough? I'd try and remove the infected ones and get rid of them but it's a planted tank so it'd be kinda hard and im afraid of stressing out my others and infecting them! Any help will be great.

Thanks,
Jimmy
 
The higher temps make less oxygen dissolved in the water. Fish can live, but the ich in it's free swimming stage will suffocate (ich gills are not efficient). High temps will also make the life cycle of the ich speed up.

I have a brother that just saved some Pacu by turning up to 85 degrees for 7 days (no meds or salt). Pacu are tough enough to withstand 85 though. I am not sure about what your creatures can tolerate.
 
I don't know about your fishes, but my big CA's tolerated 90 degrees farenheit for a couple of weeks just fine. I also used salt to treat the ich though. I know salt is no good for you, but do some research and see if your fishes can tolerate higher heat. From what I've read here, ich cannot reproduce above around 85 degrees.

Check out this sticky in the Fish Disease and Health section here...
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20681

Good luck and I hope this helps and everything turns out ok.:)
 
where did you hear you can't use ich meds with ghost shrimp? i'm using quick cure in my cherry shrimp now with no probs.
 
phaedraeos;1423247; said:
where did you hear you can't use ich meds with ghost shrimp? i'm using quick cure in my cherry shrimp now with no probs.
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Really? I tried it before in a different tank that had shrimp and they got this cloudy haze over their whole body. I know most meds they say not to use in tanks with crustacians.

Jimmy
 
I just treated some silver dollars for the last two weeks and the ich has cleared. I have the temp at 89/90 no salt and no meds. I have a bubble wand on full blast. and as much surface agitation as possible.

I agree high temp is the key, above 86 I've read somewhere.
 
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