Waldo said:Ick is good stuff. It's actually the name for quite a few bacteria/fungal problems. Funnie this is that Ick is in healthy tanks too. An adult can be dormant in tap water for like many a year. Slowly multiplying with a hard cell wall to protect itself. Fish aren't vulnerable when they are happy but when stressed due to extreme water conditions; usually not enough water changes; (possibly your heater going out) they becaume more vulnerable. once the fish finds a host it multiplies in softer tissue organse and kewl damp crevices. Once it finds a food source it quickly multiplies takeing over other fish.
What medication is best??? unless your doing a hospital tank none of them. most use a mix of copper/ methblue/ furazal/ and green crystal. ALL of which will kill your bacteria in your filter causeing conditions to worsen as Ammonia raises.
Ick is easy and cheap to cure, as are most diseases. Look for what's causing the stress and fix it. Thats the main key... do tests on ALL of your parameters and see which one's out of wack. Next add salt. The adult Ick will still be indestructable but newborn Ick isn't and the salt will break down the osmoses prosess in the cell wall. The heat speeds up the ick's metabolism and reproduction but the salt is killing all ofspring. so you just wait for the ick to die.
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I didn't see your location untill I hadf already made the first post...... Do you have a pay-pal acount?
I'm going to PM you
