HELP!!! My Fish have gold dust on them

[abiddle]

Several of my fish have a gold like dust complely covering the outside of thier bodies. My Oscar has been very sick for several days, but I thought it was bloat.

Can someone identify the gold dust disease, and recommend what I should do, including disposing of the diseased fish if necessary. Not all of them have it yet.

Here are some very poor pictures that may help.

Thanks!

 

[GOOBERFISH]

I dont see him anywhere

 

[abiddle]

Here is an updated pic of my Severum with the gold dust on him.

 

[DonVitto123]

that could be a really bad case of ick

 

[jfoxx81]

hard to tell looks like you have a bad case of ich maybe

 

[abiddle]

I am very sure it is ich.
I looked on Wikipedia and there is a picture of a cichlid with the exact same thing.

I ran to Petsmart and got some salt and malacite green. The guy there said he also feeds/adds crushed garlic to help protect the fish's coat. I also ran the temp up to 84 as recommended on Wikipedia. I will continue the treatment process and see what happens.

Thanks for the help!

 

[haynchinook334]

Just Bump the temp to 88 degrees and add the salt.

 

[Trimackeeper]

If it is ick,..thats the worst case i've seen,..

 

[xiahaolong168]

increase temperature, add salt, add coppersafe...and results will show in a matter of days.

 

[abiddle]

increase temperature, add salt, add coppersafe...and results will show in a matter of days

This is what I am doing.

I did have to dispose of some of them. It was unbelievable how bad they were. My remaining fish only have a mild case and some have nothing visible.

Thanks!