My case of ick

[kevin007]

okay after 3 days (this is da third day) all my fish are healed, maybe some of u would like to know how i healed them:

easy as 1 2 3:

1. when i noticed it, teperature to 82, took carbon from power filtere then added medications (jungle)
2. 24 hr later change 25% water then add medication again.
3. also da third day, all fish are healed

dat is probably i noticed them early tho

i am so glad!

 

[kevin007]

btw i just wanna share my experience =) because i see lots of ppl with ick in there fish tank in da emergency section

 

[G_Sharky]

Congratulations That's a pretty good method, much better than mine, the only reason why why tank is ICH free is because all the fish that was effected was dead Hopefully it won't show up again cause i just got 2 clown loach and next thing i really need is for them to get ich(if i'm not frustrated enough on losing almost all my fish from cycling). What's the brand of med did u use?

 

[freshwatergal]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you are probably not free of ich in 3 days. Ich itself has a lifecycle of about 2 weeks. You should keep the temp there and keep treating according to directions on box.

I've used that Jungle stuff before and I hated it. I thought the ich was gone in 3 days (like it said) but it came back again, and again, and again. I ended up losing all of my fish I started out with.

Just a word to the wise...your bout with ich isn't over. Keep the temp up for at least 2 weeks, and add some salt to your tank.

Tiff

 

[G_Sharky]

Will adding salt affect some fish like loaches and catfish? I salted my tank before, that's after doing a 25% wc last week and a 10% yesterday. I heard Salt is bad for this species.

 

[freshwatergal]

I believe it's bad if you use it in excess. I have cory's in my tank and I have never had a problem with salt.

Tiff

 

[kevin007]

hmm well since i have 2 tanks, my first one got ick and it worked the exact same way and ick neva came back

 

[Cheese Specialist]

3 days is not enough to catch all of the ich because of the life cycle of the parasite. meds only work in the free swimming stage and I think the cycle is 21 days but less with the temp raised.

I think you should still keep a very close eye on your fish.

 

[kevin007]

3 days is not enough to catch all of the ich because of the life cycle of the parasite. meds only work in the free swimming stage and I think the cycle is 21 days but less with the temp raised.

I think you should still keep a very close eye on your fish.

well...anyways...just sharin how easy it is to heal...well to me =)

 

[Cheese Specialist]

But it's not that easy, the spots always go away fairly quickly. I have had spots go away overnight. This does not mean they are better.