One proven way to treat ich/ick
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Soooo......
Use the conversion link, what measurement are you using
(JK)
280tspn(US) x 140 = 5.83cup(US), call it six (6) cups.
Yes, salt is quite capable of killing ICH by itself.
If the fish being treated can handle the salt, then I would dose at 1.002-1.003 salinity for max effect.
Buy a inexpensive swing-arm hydrometer or lowend refractometer for attaining these specific salinities.
Use the conversion link, what measurement are you using
(JK)280tspn(US) x 140 = 5.83cup(US), call it six (6) cups.
Yes, salt is quite capable of killing ICH by itself.
If the fish being treated can handle the salt, then I would dose at 1.002-1.003 salinity for max effect.
Buy a inexpensive swing-arm hydrometer or lowend refractometer for attaining these specific salinities.
Just need a little clarification. And a disclaimer...I blew a disc in my back last night at work and so I'm a little loopie on pain meds/muscle relaxers right now. If I ramble/babble or am unclear, please forgive me.
My goldfish have Ick. I've been doing the QuICK cure. The little loves keep piling on each other in the corner of the tank, just laying there with each other. I've been doing water changes to try to perk them up, and it helps for a bit, but then they lump back in the corner. Noticed it on the Oscars as well...treated all three tanks to be sure with QuICK cure and melafix. (Total newb hobbyist here...)
Two people mentioned goldfish. One with heat and one without. My goldfish don't have a heater. Do I need to get a heater and won't the heat hurt them? I usually add aquarium salt in a container as a bath type thing, but haven't in a while. They seem to love the salt.
One person mentioned being able to actually see the Ick swimming in the tank. I noticed something today while my daughter over-exuberantly added water to the tank. The big airstone we have across the bottom of the tank has these things on the sides. They look like little worms almost...less than an 1/8" long. On closer insane inspection, they are in the filter (have a power filter because I'm crazy like that) and below the gravel line on the glass. Are these Ick? Or do I have something even more evil in there? My goldfish are my babies. They are in my kitchen as that's where I spend most of my time.
Last question, I swear...we use one bucket for water changes for all three tanks...can whatever is in the goldfish tank (if it's not ick) spread to the other tanks? If so, I'm going to cry.
10 gal - oranda, bubble eye and black mohr
30 gal - 3 cory cats, pleco and two oscars
55 gal - gold gourami, blue gourami, 2 weird navy blue gouramis, 2 paradise gouramis, 6 tiger barbs, 6 green tiger barbs, pictus, pleco, 2 mixed fruit tetras, 3 serpae tetras, rainbow shark
I think that's it...
oh, also...I have some snails...well, HAD snails is more like it. We have those crazy white ones that multiply like bunnies with the goldfish, but they're all dying off too. Had black snails in all three tanks - all died...and one yellow one - dead.
My ammonia levels are safe, nitrate and nitrite safe, soft water, ph/alk are always higher, no matter what we do. Fish don't seem to mind.
I had had two other goldfish that had died before I bought the oranda...a lionhead and some other kind...Wally, the lionhead, seemed to shrink and emaciate before he died. It broke my heart watching him. Nemo (kids name fish here) just up and died with no warning.
I do 20% water changes on goldfish twice a week (sometimes more, depending on levels) and other two tanks once a week. I change the filters on the power filters every two weeks on the goldfish and once a month on the other tanks. The two other tanks I keep between 78F - 82F. Goldfish are pretty steady at 70F. I'm putting all of this in now in case the concensus is to treat all tanks. Only goldfish have live plants. Goldfish and 30 gal have those bio-disc star things in the power filters. 30 and 55 have undergravel and power filter. 55 also has the power head as well. All have the long airstones under the gravel.
I will also peruse other threads to see if there is other help there.
I come here as often as I can but I work a lot and usually don't have time to post. Thank you all for being here and being so willing to help everyone out. If all of this has been answered before, thank you for your patience in answering again.
-Mel
My goldfish have Ick. I've been doing the QuICK cure. The little loves keep piling on each other in the corner of the tank, just laying there with each other. I've been doing water changes to try to perk them up, and it helps for a bit, but then they lump back in the corner. Noticed it on the Oscars as well...treated all three tanks to be sure with QuICK cure and melafix. (Total newb hobbyist here...)
Two people mentioned goldfish. One with heat and one without. My goldfish don't have a heater. Do I need to get a heater and won't the heat hurt them? I usually add aquarium salt in a container as a bath type thing, but haven't in a while. They seem to love the salt.
One person mentioned being able to actually see the Ick swimming in the tank. I noticed something today while my daughter over-exuberantly added water to the tank. The big airstone we have across the bottom of the tank has these things on the sides. They look like little worms almost...less than an 1/8" long. On closer insane inspection, they are in the filter (have a power filter because I'm crazy like that) and below the gravel line on the glass. Are these Ick? Or do I have something even more evil in there? My goldfish are my babies. They are in my kitchen as that's where I spend most of my time.
Last question, I swear...we use one bucket for water changes for all three tanks...can whatever is in the goldfish tank (if it's not ick) spread to the other tanks? If so, I'm going to cry.
10 gal - oranda, bubble eye and black mohr
30 gal - 3 cory cats, pleco and two oscars
55 gal - gold gourami, blue gourami, 2 weird navy blue gouramis, 2 paradise gouramis, 6 tiger barbs, 6 green tiger barbs, pictus, pleco, 2 mixed fruit tetras, 3 serpae tetras, rainbow shark
I think that's it...
oh, also...I have some snails...well, HAD snails is more like it. We have those crazy white ones that multiply like bunnies with the goldfish, but they're all dying off too. Had black snails in all three tanks - all died...and one yellow one - dead.
My ammonia levels are safe, nitrate and nitrite safe, soft water, ph/alk are always higher, no matter what we do. Fish don't seem to mind.
I had had two other goldfish that had died before I bought the oranda...a lionhead and some other kind...Wally, the lionhead, seemed to shrink and emaciate before he died. It broke my heart watching him. Nemo (kids name fish here) just up and died with no warning.
I do 20% water changes on goldfish twice a week (sometimes more, depending on levels) and other two tanks once a week. I change the filters on the power filters every two weeks on the goldfish and once a month on the other tanks. The two other tanks I keep between 78F - 82F. Goldfish are pretty steady at 70F. I'm putting all of this in now in case the concensus is to treat all tanks. Only goldfish have live plants. Goldfish and 30 gal have those bio-disc star things in the power filters. 30 and 55 have undergravel and power filter. 55 also has the power head as well. All have the long airstones under the gravel.
I will also peruse other threads to see if there is other help there.
I come here as often as I can but I work a lot and usually don't have time to post. Thank you all for being here and being so willing to help everyone out. If all of this has been answered before, thank you for your patience in answering again.
-Mel
my fish has the itch..i have been treating him about to weeks..it seems as it is not doing anything...i can see like little sand particles in my intire tank and on her also...I raised mt temperature and i have been adding table salt 2 teaspoons per gall.. 3 times a day....i just did a 50% water change last night and my water still looks funny..i have a blue background which shows everything clear in the tank
Hi guys, i've got a 200 gallon tank, and tonight I noticed that my kissing gouramis, and severums have white spot/ick.
I feel really uneasy about adding salt, as if i get it wrong, I could loose all the fish. I don't want to use medicines as they might affect the filters.
Could I just raise the temperature to clear it? To around 90f? How long will it take? are all my other fish likely to come down with it?
Thanks if you know answer, if I have to add salt I will, but Can anyone give me the right measure in grams to add for a 200 gallon tank?
I feel really uneasy about adding salt, as if i get it wrong, I could loose all the fish. I don't want to use medicines as they might affect the filters.
Could I just raise the temperature to clear it? To around 90f? How long will it take? are all my other fish likely to come down with it?
Thanks if you know answer, if I have to add salt I will, but Can anyone give me the right measure in grams to add for a 200 gallon tank?
