ich on my $$ expensive ebjd Help

[ohhsweetness]

okay i got my in my 6ft tank
i bought i new fish quarentined it for
a week and a half ,

put it in my tank nd it gave my fish ich i think

my ebjd's hav white spots on ther fins adn body

but not really badly

i put in a medicine called rapid white spot remedy

i put the right dose in will it work i dnt want to loose these fish are as they are
my pride and joy !!!

 

[bigfishrcool1193]

dont know if it will work........ never used it


turn your temperature up to mid 80 degrees F.

also add some aquarium salt to the tank... (not saltwater salt, that would be very bad for your ebjd's )

 

[ohhsweetness]

aquarium salt ....you get that from your lfs hey !!?

 

[Lupin]

Table salt is fine. Why spend a few more bucks when you can have table salt?

 

[bigfishrcool1193]

never heard of using table salt

i dont though.....

 

[ohhsweetness]

table salt is just normal salt hey ...? lol
i dnt eat much salt on my food well if its there already ill eat it

 

[bfhslilred93]

i heard table salt has harmful chemicals in it like iodine, use melfax it works great

 

[ohhsweetness]

melfax where you get that from

 

[KLee79]

buy some nox ich. follow the instructions on the bottle. ive never lost a fish to ich

 

[beantickler]

Wow you guys use some odd methods for clearing out ich... I never use chemicals. The method I have allways used and allways worked is add salt slowly to the tank and increase temp even slower. First thing to do is a nice big waterchange. I say 50% will do. Start bringing the temp up to 86+ but only do about 2-3 degrees a day. Also begin adding aquarium salt. Get the salt up to 2-3 tsp per gallon. (so if you have a 100 gal tank you will have 200 - 300 tsp of salt) (disolve the salt in warm water first) I add salt at a rate of 1 tsp per gal in 1 day time so add the salt over 3 days. When the temp is up and the salt is in keep the lights off and feed sparingly. The white spots will come off and on for a week or 2 tops. You must continue treating for at least 2 and a half weeks to make sure you got it all. Also helps to add an airstone for the lower oxygen content at higher temps.