Hi pls help urgent it's beEn 5 days ich not decreasing at all

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yes i've just put in full dose of the med and the total teaspoon ive added is 270 of salt i realize this is the critical stage and plan to add another 30 teaspoon tonight after work to raise salt to 300 teaspoon my tank is 327g so tom morning il add another 27 would that be enough the reason i was putting half ose med was because the lfs who sold me this med told me to put every other day not everday so i figured if i do everday then i should just put half sorry this is my first time dealing with ich im still a newbie to this hobby
 
yes i've just put in full dose of the med and the total teaspoon ive added is 270 of salt i realize this is the critical stage and plan to add another 30 teaspoon tonight after work to raise salt to 300 teaspoon my tank is 327g so tom morning il add another 27 would that be enough the reason i was putting half ose med was because the lfs who sold me this med told me to put every other day not everday so i figured if i do everday then i should just put half sorry this is my first time dealing with ich im still a newbie to this hobby
 
yes i've just put in full dose of the med and the total teaspoon ive added is 270 of salt i realize this is the critical stage and plan to add another 30 teaspoon tonight after work to raise salt to 300 teaspoon my tank is 327g so tom morning il add another 27 would that be enough the reason i was putting half ose med was because the lfs who sold me this med told me to put every other day not everday so i figured if i do everday then i should just put half sorry this is my first time dealing with ich im still a newbie to this hobby
 
the reason i was putting half ose med was because the lfs who sold me this med told me to put every other day not everday so i figured if i do everday then i should just put half sorry this is my first time dealing with ich im still a newbie to this hobby
Hello; I am not familiar with the medication you are using. It may be that folks at the lfs know about the medication and that their advice of adding a full dose every other day is correct. That you have decided to do things a different way without any experience seems risky. There may be very good reasons for a full dose every other day and your one half dose each day may not work as well. It is your option to second guess any advice but I fail to see the logic in what you are doing.

the total teaspoon ive added is 270 of salt i realize this is the critical stage and plan to add another 30 teaspoon tonight after work to raise salt to 300 teaspoon my tank is 327g so tom morning il add another 27 would that be enough
Hello; Again you are changing things from the way advice about adding salt has been given. This creeping up to the proper dose does not make any sense. Read duanes post on this again. The salt level needs to be at a proper level right away. I do not think this slowly adding salt over many days is of any benefit.


One last thing. It is my understanding you should pick one of three methods to treat the ich.
One method is heating up the water with no salt or meds.
A second method is heat up the water with salt.
A third method is heat up the water with a store bought medication.

That you are using both salt and a medication at the same time is what I am not so sure about.

I get the feeling you are in a state of panic right now. let me suggest that you try to get as clam as possible and take you time reading thru this thread again slowly.
Do a search about this parasite to get a more broad understanding.
 
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I mean this in the nicest way possible you need to do some research on this subject and try your best to learn and understand the ich parasites life cycle and how to kill it!

The biggest problem I see here is that you are trying to do everything everyone is telling you at the same time but only partly following their advice when you do !

I agree with duanes on this his advice is sound and will cure your fish. This isn't as complicated as you are making it.

But if you keep trying different chemical cures before you are certain of what your adding, you are going to end up killing your fish with a toxic mix none of us will be able to understand or help you with!
 
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im so sorry i did read up on this article and jeff is right im scared as hell coz i know this can wipe out my whole tank i will try the heat and med method first and if it dosent work il ask again what i should do with salt situation its just i have several expensive plecos and all my fish are softwater
 
And d reason I'm second guessing what the lfs guy told me is because I asked another lfs who sells the same med ocean free white spot special and she said it was strong stuff it might over dose my fish and I should not fulldose but just enough so my water is light blue so that's y I'm confused
 
Then I asked a third opinion on this product and what he said was not follow the instruction but put a cup full per 10 g so I'm really confused as the instruction is 2 cupfull per 2ft tank
 
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