Ich Issue!

[k7q]

i used 1 teaspoon per gallon and turned up the heat to 86 and added an extra air pump. when my pbassss had an ich attack

 

[Krawnik]

I agree with adding salt, but the temp setting being advised seems a little extreme. 86+ degrees could be harmful to many fish.

From my research, 78-80 degrees is adequate to treat Ich.

 

[fcamargo6thave]

I bump my temp to 82 degrees put double the salt recommened w/ water changes and the ich in my tank is always gone but I havent had ich in my freshwater tank in yrs but in my SW tank ich just recently went through all my fish

 

[christmasmday]

ich runs in a 48 hour cycle. it attaches to the fish for about 24 hours then falls to the bottom of the tank and procreates. there has to be a fish in the tank for the ich to reattach to, otherwise it dies. so, if you take one fish out and put it in a different tank they ich cycle will start in there and the fish in the original tank will eventually catch it. the best things are the things ive read. salt, ich treatment and turn up the temp. the salt helps the stress the treatment kills the ich and the increase in temp makes the ich run through the cycle faster. any ich treatment should be used a second time 48 hours after the first. good luck

 

[christmasmday]

also, i think 82 is a safe temp for most fish and it will help run the ich cycle faster still