For the first time in in 15 years!

[slammer]

For the first time in at least 15 years an Ich outbreak! What a bummer.

In the 55 in my office I noticed 2 fish with Ich. Lace Syndontis and a RT Botia. I removed them from the 55 and put them into a 10 gallon.

I set the ten up as follows...

Filter...Aquaclear 150 that was hanging on the 55 in prep for just this sort of problem. 2 sponges, no carbon.

Heater...tank is at 82 F.

Additional aeration via a small pump and airstone.

Water...6 gallons from the 55 and 4 from the tap. (properly de-chlorinated).

Medication...Quick cure. This is what we always used before but after 3 days their is absolutely no improvement. Is their a new Ich med out there better than QC?

I feel like a newbie! I have'nt had to deal with this in so long it's like I am starting over!

Slam

 

[JD_MAN]

I just had to deal with ich on my discus. I just cranked the heat up and added some aquarium salt. I did a water change a couple of days later and added a little more salt and it was taken care of after that.

 

[scottchristian]

it seems like aquarium salt is the best cure

 

[guppy]

I am also a salt guy but have not treated a lace syndontis. For other fish except corys I use 2 teaspoons salt per gallon. If you want to use meds you can try Rid Ich Plus, use the plus not the original as the new formulation is safer for scaleless fish like loaches.

 

[Jason_S]

I've used Quick Cure's Rid Ich with scaleless fish with no problem but I always treated at about 1/2-3/4 dosage. never tried Rid Ich Plus but sounds like it would be even better with loaches and such.

 

[Casey Norris]

I vote for turning the heat up a few degrees, aquarium salt and daily water changes. I know daily changes are a pain but ich meds only kill it in certain stages of its life cycle. And ich replicated in substrate like crazy, so its generally better to do a daily water change and get them before they have a chance to latch on to any fish. You should probably treat the entire tank that the fish were living in. Just because only a few fish show signs doesn’t mean that they are the only ones that have been infected, like I said ich gets in your substrate and uses it like its own personal hotel before it moves onto your fish.

 

[slammer]

I moved the affected fish to a bare bottomed quarantine tank and treated as stated in the OP. I then treated the main tank once. All seems well now but I am waiting awhile before I relax. I do 50% water changes on the "Q" tank daily. Thanks for the help.

 

[Vapor]

Botias or loaches are very sensitive to Ich medications. Raise temp to 84, lots of air, and add 3 to 4 tablespoons of salt per 5 gallons of water. Do this for at least ten days. If you change out any water add in the appropriate amount of salt.