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API ick cure. I did in fact raise the heat but just a little above 80. I was told by the fish store to do both. Can’t say I trust them much anymore since I’ve ran into this headache.

Okay so I’m in the middle of treating my tank for ick. I’m running into a problem and I’ve asked many people in stores and in forums and I can’t seem to get an accurate answer. I have the silent stream sf10 filter with the cartridges and during the ick treatment, it said I need to remove the...

Okay perfect. I’ll do that right away. Last thing. When using the chemical to treat the ich, it says to remove the media. Should I leave the media in a container with tank water I removed? Or can it dry out? I know that it contains the good bacteria so I’m supposed to preserve it but how? Thanks!!!

Wow this was amazing info! Pretty much everything I needed! Thank you so much for taking the time to explain all that! This website seems to be a great source of info. One more thing is that even though I swished the filter in a bucket of tank water I separated, the sponge doesn’t seem that...

Hi all. I’m new to the site and aquarium keeping so I apologize in advance if I posted this in the wrong spot. Anyways, I’ve had my tank for about 3 weeks and I just noticed one of my fish (and I think a second) has ich. I just raised the temp a couple degrees and rushed to the store to get API...