My Tank Has Ick

[Mark Z.]

Looked in my tank today and most all of the fish have ick very bad! I can't believe it. I have had fish for 30+ years and never had ick.

I've been reading some of the threads and have increased the temp from 85 to a little higher and will raise it more tomorrow. My heater doesn't have temperature marks, so I just turned the knob a bit. Tomorrow I will go to the store and get some medicine. I don't think there is much of a selection of medicine at the store, but I'll see what they have.

I haven't lost a fish in months, but did add some new neons last week. Possibly they were infected, but they looked fine when I bought them. I perform a 1/3 water change each week and the ammonia/nitrate levels are usually fine, but I haven't checked them this week.

48 gallon tank. 2 angels, 8 skunk cories, Congo tetras, black phantom tetras, pearl gouramis mostly. I pleco, 1 zebra botia, 1 gold molly+ 1 juvenile molly.

Any advice is welcome.

 

[soybean]

Buy ich/white spot medication and follow the instructions to the letter.
Do plenty of gravel vacs to remove any parasites in there.
You've already turned the temp up.
Some people add aquarium salt but this is not suitable for all fish, especially corys, do don't do this.

 

[Mark Z.]

Thank you. I was wondering about the salt. I won't add any.

Will do a gravel vac and medicate after work today.

 

[Mark Z.]

Added Mardel Coppersafe after work. Noticed that the heater won't get the water warmer than 85, so I'm going to get a new heater tomorrow.

All my fish are very healthy, except for the ick, so I'm hoping that they will recover from this.

 

[Fishy friend2]

good luck! i hope all of your little fishies get better soon