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[Villalon22]

Hello I’m Villalon from Texas , I recently started collecting fish to my 55 gallon fish tank so I am a beginner. I bought about 15 fish to my aquarium and I notice that after 2 weeks they started to get white spots on their fins. I search for what those spots were and it showed that they had ICH. What is the best way to get rid of this? Please help!

 

[JuiceBox52]

Welcome!

Set your heater temperature to 86°f and hee it there for two weeks, then bring it back down to the normal temperature over a couple days

 

[Villalon22]

Welcome!

Set your heater temperature to 86°f and hee it there for two weeks, then bring it back down to the normal

Welcome!

Set your heater temperature to 86°f and hee it there for two weeks, then bring it back down to the normal temperature over a couple days

Welcome!

Set your heater temperature to 86°f and hee it there for two weeks, then bring it back down to the normal temperature over a couple days

Will do, thanks for the update!

 

[JuiceBox52]

No problem! Let me know if you have anymore questions

 

[Villalon22]

No problem! Let me know if you have anymore questions

Will do, thank you

 

[EllRog]

Definitely try to steer away from ich medication if possible. If I'd known that before I'd used it I would have a few more fish! Heat method is definitely better and works! Also, I believe my fish developed ich because I didn't correctly temperature match my fresh water when doing the water change. Always worth trying to find the root that caused the problem to stop it happening again. Welcome to the forum by the way!

 

[Retired Viking]

I agree raising the temp to 86 degrees is the safest and best way to deal with ich. A major cause of ich is too much stress for the fish. Good luck

 

[Colin_T]

Before you increase the temperature, do the following things.

Wipe the inside of the glass with a clean fish sponge.

Clean the filter if it hasn't been done in the last 2 weeks. Wash filter media/ materials in a bucket of tank water and re-use them.

Do a 75-90% water change and gravel clean the substrate. This will reduce the number of parasites in the tank.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it's added to the tank.

Increase aeration/ surface turbulence to maximise oxygen levels in the water.

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White spot is introduced into your tank from contaminated water, fish or plants.

There's more info on white spot at the following link. The first post on page 1 and second post on page 2 are worth a read.

What is ICH?

This is a common question that is often asked, what is ich and how is it recognisable and what causes it? The real term is ICHTHYOPHTHIRIASIS. OR commonly known as white spot. It is an extremely comon parasite that affects aquarium fish. It is highly infectious and potentially lethal and...

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