TREATING ICK!

[Shaunb]

I think my pike cichlid has ick, does anyone know of any ways of treating it??


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[daveunkefer]

Raise the temperature of the tank to 86F. And add aquarium salt.

That took care of ich for me about 3weeks ago.


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[fibbingbear]

Aquarium salt and raising the temp has worked for me in the past. Except, I raise it closer 90°

 

[strollo22]

Same as above, heat and salt. I up my temps to 86. Make sure there is plenty of aeration.


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[robmcd]

I just raise the temp to 85+ for a couple weeks and wait it out.

 

[robmcd]

The salts can help but aren't necessary. Its pretty much all about raising the temps to speed up the life cycle of the ich bacteria .

 

[tomomothy]

Keep treating after the sypmtoms have gone away too. the bacteria lives longer than the visible signs

 

[MonsterMinis]

I just raise the temp to 85+ for a couple weeks and wait it out.

x2 I found adding salt makes sensitive fish in particular gasp a lot... I increase the temp in increase water changes to remove the free swimming larval stages that die/crippled to keep water quality up and the infestation low until you kill it off. Once I cut out the salt I noticed no difference in the time it takes to clear it up but lost way fewer fish to Ick.

idk what thread but this was discussed in pretty deep detail a few times now.

 

[Shaunb]

Thanks for your help everyone. I think the visible signs have subsided a bit, but my pike is gasping quite a lot. Is gonna be alright?


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[bigpac]

I used this on my Oscar and it cleared it up in 2-3days but its pretty hard core stuff and caused it to get catch fin rot slightly so I fixed that with melafix and it was perfect buy the end if the week I highly recommend it but its not save for invertebrates

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