Fish have ICK. Please advise

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I know this thread doesn't belong here but I posted already in the sick forum and no anwsers yet. could anyone advise on what to do?
This is what I posted:

My fish might have ICK..What's the best course of treatment
I have a 75gal FOWLR, Sailfin tang, 2 triggers, 2 small damsels and a goby. The Sailfin looks to have some small bumps. 2 other fish are showing signs also. What would be my best course of action?

I read a method to treat is by lowering the salinity level over a course of 3 - 4 days. Are there any meds i could use?

Should I treat, wait?

Thanks
 
I already read that thread. I just wanted to get others opinions in case there are other methods.


Thanks
 
This is how I do it. My fish had Ich. only two times and I cured all of them with no casualties. I do it the easy way, no medication, no nothin' ... just raising temperature to 90F for around 5 days. You gotta increase the oxygen level because the higher the temp, the lower the dissociation of O2 in the water. The high temp stimulates the immune system of the fish so they can work it out on their own. The intermediate stages of this parasite are sensitive to high temps. You should also perform a couple of water changes to keep as free as it gets from ammonia/nitrites/nitrates but do it in low quantity not to stress the fish too much. You should see improvements in a couple of days. Good luck.
 
This is what I do an I never had a problem, aquarium salt or epson salt and turn the temp up to 82-85degrees and bye bye ick. ITs always worked for me =] Although I am not the biggest fan of using salts. Make sure you do the 10-20% water change everyday before adding the salt. I always treat my tanks for 2 weeks to make sure I get it all as Ick tends to hibernate in tanks.
 
You say to use salts. These fish are in a salt water tank. How would I go about using the epson salt?

Thanks
 
got this one from yahoo answers.......

"Yes, it's possible for your fish to get ich, but this is a different parasite (Cryptocaryon) than the ich that freshwater fish will get. The treatment can be the same medication (preferably malachite green and formalin in combination), but this could harm any invertebrates if you have these in the tank.

Another option is to put invertebrates (or the fish ) in a separate tank and treat them. One method of treatment is to lower the salinity to 1.020, which invertevrates (like the parasites) don't handle as well as the fish. Because of the other fish, you may want to lower the salinity slowly. It's doubtful that the seahorses and pipefish would be as susceptible, since they have the armor-plated bodies, giving the parasites a harder time finding a place where they can attach.

Since you might come into contact with other diseases/conditions of marine fish, I'm attaching a link by it's index page - go to the section on ich (or any disease name) in red, and click on it to open a link to a new page with more specifics and photos on each condition with information on how to treat: http://home2.pacific.net.ph/~sweetyummy42/disease.html"

Another article about freshwater and saltwater ich:
http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/Aquarium_Ich.htm

u can also try http://www.bestfish.com/saltich.html


 
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