snowflake311
Fish nerd
I have been in the fish game for 15 years or so. I have had ich more times then I can count. I have also bought fish knowing they had it. Just the other day I bought 2 more neons that I knew had ich. But if you know the signs and catch it fast all you need to do is crank up the heat.
I have used every kind of treatment from malachite green and formalin, copper , also salt. You know what works the best heat alone. But you need to catch it when your fish only has a few spots. A fish that is covered in ich might need more then just heat.
I bought 2 neons put then in my planted tank that had other fish. The temp was 75F. The next day I saw the spots and caught my fish flashing. So I brought the temp up to 89f over a few hours. Did a huge wc and the next day there were less spot and no flashing. On day 2 no spots and all fish were acting normal. I had s very low parasite load.
You need to keep the temp as close to 90f for 5-7 days then after they you can bring the temp down to 86f for another week. After 2 weeks of high heat the ich will be dead. Don't just turn your heater up to 90f and expect it to be that temp. You need to check the temp yourself.
It has been Teasted in labs and proven that temp effects ich life cycle. They found that at temps above 86f the ich could not reproduce and there for dies off. But you have to have the water at over 86f also you must keep the tank extra clean. The more wc the more parasites you remove.
I have used heat on plecos, pictus cats, cory cats, cichlids, tetras, otos, bettas, all fish never showed any signs of stress when heat was raised. For a few weeks most fish can live in warmer water.
Here is a great read on ich.
http
/edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/FA/FA00600.pdf
The best thing to do would be put any new fish in a QT tank for 5 days min running the temp at 86+F. Or if you don't have a qt tank. when ever you add a new fish just bring the temp up to over 86f for a week after you added the new fish. Never ever add LFS water to your tank. It's better to net the fish and then add it to the tank then to dump it in.
I have used every kind of treatment from malachite green and formalin, copper , also salt. You know what works the best heat alone. But you need to catch it when your fish only has a few spots. A fish that is covered in ich might need more then just heat.
I bought 2 neons put then in my planted tank that had other fish. The temp was 75F. The next day I saw the spots and caught my fish flashing. So I brought the temp up to 89f over a few hours. Did a huge wc and the next day there were less spot and no flashing. On day 2 no spots and all fish were acting normal. I had s very low parasite load.
You need to keep the temp as close to 90f for 5-7 days then after they you can bring the temp down to 86f for another week. After 2 weeks of high heat the ich will be dead. Don't just turn your heater up to 90f and expect it to be that temp. You need to check the temp yourself.
It has been Teasted in labs and proven that temp effects ich life cycle. They found that at temps above 86f the ich could not reproduce and there for dies off. But you have to have the water at over 86f also you must keep the tank extra clean. The more wc the more parasites you remove.
I have used heat on plecos, pictus cats, cory cats, cichlids, tetras, otos, bettas, all fish never showed any signs of stress when heat was raised. For a few weeks most fish can live in warmer water.
Here is a great read on ich.
http
/edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/FA/FA00600.pdf The best thing to do would be put any new fish in a QT tank for 5 days min running the temp at 86+F. Or if you don't have a qt tank. when ever you add a new fish just bring the temp up to over 86f for a week after you added the new fish. Never ever add LFS water to your tank. It's better to net the fish and then add it to the tank then to dump it in.
