HELP!! Possible ick outbreak

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castintotheopensea5

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I have an oscar, a pacu, african brown knife, 3 tiger barbs, and a senegal bichir.....
My ABK has white spots ALL OVER him
My pacu seems to be the next worst
the tiger barbs are obviously affected
and my oscar jus sits there now but hes albino so i cant really tell if he has the spots.....
WHAT DO I DO????? I need help asap i dont want them to die
 
this is what i do when i get ick in my tank.
do a 50% water change take out all carbon from filters and treat with some ick parasite killer . i would quarintine the noticably sick and treat for 2 weeks. water temp 85 with a tablespoon of salt per 10gallons. do 3 day treatments with an off WC day with 50% water changes on the 4th-7th-15th day and 3 day break from treatment on the 8th-11th day... at least thats what i did but i am paranoid when i get that stuff in my tank. 2 cases of ick in my tank in 11 years.. with no fatalities is pretty good i think.
 
ok let me emphasize on my conditions.....29 gallon tank....nothing to put the fish in as a quarantine.....no money to buy treatment/aquarium salt/etc.
 
Heat and water changes and gravel vacs are ~almost~ free. I'd tell you that there are too many fish that get too big in that tank right now, but I'll let somebody else do it.
 
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