Fry with Ick?

[ellonnic]

I just did something really REALLY dumb.

My 30 gallon aquarium had ick pretty badly yesterday morning, so I took out the filter cartridge (had carbon) and treated the tank. Later that day, I saw the cartridge and placed it in directly into my 5 gallon, which contains newly hatched cichlid fry. I did this so that they could feed off it. I took it out 10 minutes later realizing that I just introduced ick into the fry tank!

What are the odds that some of my fry now have ick?
Could ick have been trasmitted via a cartridge?
Will the fry eat the free-swimming ick?
Will heating the aquarium to 86 degrees alone prevent a full outbreak?
Will chemicals harm the fry, snails, or shrimp that live in the tank?

Thanks,
~Dan

 

[JoeFatFish]

Wow, thats a tough one. Maybe someone has had experiance with this, otherwise you may just have to wait and see if there is an ick outbreak? Many years ago I did have betta fry about 14 days old get ick. They all died but becasue I added too much salt to the tank...I think. Try raising temp as you mentioned. I would NOT use meds, as they probably kill the fry. Many ick meds use formalin and that can be very agressive, and disolve the fry's tissue. Try a little sea salt, not too much, and raise the temp.