Ick Problems

PrairieMom

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I have fish problems.

We bought my 4 year old son a fish tank for his room about 2 weeks ago, and he is super in love with it, and the fish.

Well, long story short, we have been battling ICK for the past week or so, it has finally claimed its victim (poor stripy fish) and For some reason Poor frogy bit the dust too, both this morning

To combat the ick i have been changing out 50% of the tank water every day and using that jungle brand ick guard, plus adding a few Tsp. of salt to the tank.

Well, now that the fish has died, do I still need to treat the water? we have a yellow fish with a few tiny spots on his tail, but nothing to bad. I guess ICK is always present in a tank, and stressed fish get it, so should I stop stressing my fish by changing the tank all the time or keep treating the ick? my online research says that I need to treat 14 days past when the spots go away to fully get rid of it.

Someone please tell me they know what to do.
 
Keep treating up untill a week after spots have gone.
Turn temp up to 30, increase aeration as the med and high temp reduce 02 in the water.
Remove black carbon if you use it.
Can't use salt with some fish so need info on size of tank in gallons or litres.
How many fish and which type.
Water stats in ammonia,nitrite,niitrate, and ph.
 

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