&^$#@^$!!!! help ASAP!
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I use 100% organic ich attack but read the recent post from guppy. He solve3d my ich problems immediately. His method worked flawlessly and even in my planted tank.
I dont know how to add the link from his post so I did a copy and paste. Here it is from "Guppy"
One proven way to treat ich/ick
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I am writing this because it is something that comes up so often.
Ich is a protozoal infection that afflicts fish and can rapidly kill them, most often by damaging gill tissue.
The organism goes through a life cycle of;
a small white spot feeding on your fish,
which drops off to the floor of your tank and encysts,
while encysted it divides into up to 2000 new mobile organisms,
the cyst ruptures, releasing the mobile organisms which seek out a host.
Only the mobile stage is vulnerable to treatment by anything that will not also kill your fish.
Here is an old fashioned but very effective method for treatment.
It can be used for most fish but morymids, corys, and some pims are sensitive to salt. Because the organism infest the tank, the whole tank should be treated.
Raise the temp of your tank to at least 85-86 degrees F.
Add aquarium salt (dissolved in water) at a ratio of 2 teaspoons of salt per gallon of water in your tank.
Now wait, while waiting it does not hurt to add a powerhead or airstone to increase the O2 level.
Over the first couple days your fish will look worse but then they will clear up. about the sixth day they will look clear but because some ecystments have not yet hatched keep the treatment up for the full 10 days.
If you are not able to raise the temperature you need to extend the treatment, at 85 the ich's life cycle is quick but at 72 it can take weeks, below 70F treat for 6 weeks.
There are medicines you can use but many fish are sensitive to them, you can also try just heat at 90-91 degrees F but some fish can't take that heat and some strains of ich can survive it.
The salt and heat method is one I have used several times with sucess.
One proven way to treat ich/ick
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I am writing this because it is something that comes up so often.
Ich is a protozoal infection that afflicts fish and can rapidly kill them, most often by damaging gill tissue.
The organism goes through a life cycle of;
a small white spot feeding on your fish,
which drops off to the floor of your tank and encysts,
while encysted it divides into up to 2000 new mobile organisms,
the cyst ruptures, releasing the mobile organisms which seek out a host.
Only the mobile stage is vulnerable to treatment by anything that will not also kill your fish.
Here is an old fashioned but very effective method for treatment.
It can be used for most fish but morymids, corys, and some pims are sensitive to salt. Because the organism infest the tank, the whole tank should be treated.
Raise the temp of your tank to at least 85-86 degrees F.
Add aquarium salt (dissolved in water) at a ratio of 2 teaspoons of salt per gallon of water in your tank.
Now wait, while waiting it does not hurt to add a powerhead or airstone to increase the O2 level.
Over the first couple days your fish will look worse but then they will clear up. about the sixth day they will look clear but because some ecystments have not yet hatched keep the treatment up for the full 10 days.
If you are not able to raise the temperature you need to extend the treatment, at 85 the ich's life cycle is quick but at 72 it can take weeks, below 70F treat for 6 weeks.
There are medicines you can use but many fish are sensitive to them, you can also try just heat at 90-91 degrees F but some fish can't take that heat and some strains of ich can survive it.
The salt and heat method is one I have used several times with sucess.
i know how to treat it, but i have LIVE PLANTS. i can't take out all the plants, so i JUST need to know if the super ick cure will harm the plants.
I dont know about that product. When it comes to delicate livestock or plants, I would say its best to go 100% organic, no harsh chemicals. Check that med website or call in the morning.
you fish need a stronger immune system and a more stable temp
ich spores are in your water supply
ich does not just apear out of no where
if ich spore are not present in your tank or on your fish, its impossible for them to aquire it.
your best way to prevent it is to get up the fishes immune system and try to keep down big temperature fluctuations, such as during WC's.
ich spores are in your water supply
ich does not just apear out of no where
if ich spore are not present in your tank or on your fish, its impossible for them to aquire it.
your best way to prevent it is to get up the fishes immune system and try to keep down big temperature fluctuations, such as during WC's.
Im doing some research - so far I've only found a site that says its toxic to some plants but not to all. It isnt any more specific. I'll see what else I can find.
Why don't you just pull the plants and stick them in a bucket, put them outside in the sunlight until you treat the ich?
**edited to add... someplace called worldpetstore.com advertises the product and lists it to be nontoxic to aquatic plants
Why don't you just pull the plants and stick them in a bucket, put them outside in the sunlight until you treat the ich?
**edited to add... someplace called worldpetstore.com advertises the product and lists it to be nontoxic to aquatic plants
Okay all these sites are conflicting. 50% say its toxic, 50% say nontoxic. I wouldn't take the chance if I were you.