Help Help Quick Plz, All My Fish Are At Risk

[TrueNoob]

ok so i have ich and something in my tank that look like small and skinny white worms, almost like a very very very thin string, the width of hair, what do i do, and what are those white things? 55 gallon USA tank

2 blue gourami
1 gold gourami
4 gold barbs
4 occo something catfish (clean tank, very small)
1 rosy barb

all happeneing today, need help

 

[unspoken930]

the worm things areplanaria, and they will not hurt your fish, and your fish might eat them... as for the ich, are you treating the tank with anything?

 

[TrueNoob]

the worm things areplanaria, and they will not hurt your fish, and your fish might eat them... as for the ich, are you treating the tank with anything?

no, im just doing it naturally

 

[bamboo]

Do you have an auxiliary tank set up along with your main?

One of the moderators has a post up on the top of the page in this forum, it gives advice on treating Ich/Whitespots
good luck and I hope it is not Ich

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

the worm things areplanaria, and they will not hurt your fish, and your fish might eat them... as for the ich, are you treating the tank with anything?

no, im just doing it naturally

If you don't treat the tank with anything to kill the parasites, you are likely to lose many of your fish.

 

[unspoken930]

you have to treat the tank if you dont want to lose your fish.... the worms are the least of your concerns

 

[TrueNoob]

Do you have an auxiliary tank set up along with your main?

One of the moderators has a post up on the top of the page in this forum, it gives advice on treating Ich/Whitespots
good luck and I hope it is not Ich

i read that post, im using it, but i have no medication at all, wats auxiliary?

 

[bamboo]

Do you have an auxiliary tank set up along with your main?

One of the moderators has a post up on the top of the page in this forum, it gives advice on treating Ich/Whitespots
good luck and I hope it is not Ich

i read that post, im using it, but i have no medication at all, wats auxiliary?

An auxiliary tank is just a smaller version of your main tank. It has the same water conditions and is used to quarantine new and sick fish. I have a 10 gal that I run with no fish in it and use it when needed.
Good Luck

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Do you have an auxiliary tank set up along with your main?

One of the moderators has a post up on the top of the page in this forum, it gives advice on treating Ich/Whitespots
good luck and I hope it is not Ich

i read that post, im using it, but i have no medication at all, wats auxiliary?

Where abouts do you live in the world? Try and get hold of "anti whitespot plus" by Interpet, that is a good med for treating ich/whitespot, but i am not sure if it is available in the US if you live there.