Treating Ich In Live Planted Tank?

[Iron Man]

I just got 5 beautiful dwarf neon rainbows for my tank and one of them has two white spots on his bottom fin and another one spot on his bottom fin. It looks very much like Ich.

How can I nip this in the bud before it even starts?

I'm familiar with the salt treatments but I'm in different territory now that I have a planted tank. Is there something I can treat this whole tank with that is safe for plants, shrimp, snails, and doesn't stain?

Any help appreciated.

 

[Iron Man]

Sorry....just dawned on me I should've put this in the "emergency" section.

But I've been doing research and I think I'm gonna try raising the temp as I've done that before successfully (along with salt treatment though).

 

[smithrc]

If you can get hold of esha products - their whitespot treatment (I think its called EXIT) is palnt safe

 

[Iron Man]

Thanks smithrc.

Nice plecos btw.

 

[karlp]

Raising the temperature worked for me. I've got the same problem. 30.5 C did the trick. 28C wasn't high enough. You'll need an air stone running full time and keep an eye on the fish, if you've got any sensitive ones, have a second hospital tank on standby that you can transfer them to and reduce the temperature for them. You can treat them in the hospital tank with normal meds once they've recovered from the temperature shock.

Good Luck!

 

[The-Wolf]

I use FMG (formalin aka formedahyde and Malachite green)
in addition to raising the temperature.
FMG is safe to all aquatic plants but formalin eats O2
so additional airation is required during treatment.