Ich Need Help Fast

[Gytas]

i have a swordail that has ich ( female )

in 1 webside i found that you can treat ich by increasing the water in your tank to 30 C is this true? it says to do it over a period of time could i just set the heater on 30 and go to bed i have school 2morow?

an this harm other fish in the tank?


plz help

 

[AstonN24vantage]

depending on what fish you have, it may or may not be harmful. at 82ºF (sorry i'm american) ich cannot breed, however at 86º it gets killed. i would just raise it to 82º, and maybe add non-iodized salt also. i wish you luck. btw it takes a little while for salt and heat to work.but those are the most organic ways of doing it.

 

[fluffycabbage]

i have a swordail that has ich ( female )

in 1 webside i found that you can treat ich by increasing the water in your tank to 30 C is this true? it says to do it over a period of time could i just set the heater on 30 and go to bed i have school 2morow?

an this harm other fish in the tank?


plz help

yep that helps, though im not sure you can do it straight away - i took 2 days gradually increasing it to get to 30c. i know a lot of people here treat it with salt too, im sure they'll be along to help soon. i went the chemical route and used protozin - it hasnt come back.

 

[OldMan47]

Please read my response to your other ich request.
At 30C, a swordtail will not be easily cured of ich, it will be very stressed by the temperature. The most that I would use for any ich treatment is about 29C and a swordtail is not a fish that will do well at even that temperature. The temperature problem is simple to state. At higher temperatures, less oxygen is able to be dissolved in water and a swordtail is not well adapted to low oxygen levels. The fish are not merely uncomfortable as you or I might be in a place too warm for our liking, they are suffocating due to a lack of dissolved O2. Although the ich parasite has been shown to die off well at 30C, not all fish can tolerate that temperature.