Seachem Paraguard and inverts

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So I have a 10 gal aquarium with a pleco, a betta and two cory cats, recently I have noted ich on my pleco and do not want it to spread but I do not have another tank to quarantine it in. I have seen paraguard but know it is bad for inverts, and there is also a snail, a crayfish, and some ghost shrimp in there. I have a small bowl I used as a nursery for some ghost shrimp but that would not be adecuate for the pleco so I can just move all the inverts to there while I treat the tank. I guess my question is, how long does paraguard last in the water before I can but the inverts back in with everything else? What procedures would I have to follow to clean the water of it? And is there a method to rid ich that does not require medication, or a medication that does not harm inverts? Sorry for the long post I’m relatively new to this lol
 
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So I have a 10 gal aquarium with a pleco, a betta and two cory cats, recently I have noted ich on my pleco and do not want it to spread but I do not have another tank to quarantine it in. I have seen paraguard but know it is bad for inverts, and there is also a snail, a crayfish, and some ghost shrimp in there. I have a small bowl I used as a nursery for some ghost shrimp but that would not be adecuate for the pleco so I can just move all the inverts to there while I treat the tank. I guess my question is, how long does paraguard last in the water before I can but the inverts back in with everything else? What procedures would I have to follow to clean the water of it? And is there a method to rid ich that does not require medication, or a medication that does not harm inverts? Sorry for the long post I’m relatively new to this lol
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It should be dose weekly if ich still present. So I’d wait a week. Do water changes and/or add carbon to remove the medication prior to adding the inverts back. The other option to treat ich is to use salt, heat and some time. Other meds use malachite green and copper which aren’t invert safe.
 
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