One proven way to treat ich/ick

[Carny_4_Life]

will blood parrots be ok at such high temps?
also i add salt with every water change is that gonna affect the treatment i usualy add 2 tespoons per 10 gallons.
and i also have 3 black molies in the tank.
it's being moved tomorrow into my room should i just do like a 50 percent water change and lower the water level?last time my tank had ick i lost all my fish
that's been a month ago i tore down the tank and scrubbed it clean and scaled the rocks in my bathroom tub.
i'm going tomorrow to get a heater our house is usually 75 degrees so i never get heaters it's like 72 in the sumer and 75+ in the winter but i'm gonna have to get a heater for this one
the blood parrot is the only one that's showing signs of ick.i added a weak dose of Melafix 2 cap fulls the tank is 55 gallons so i didn't want to add to much
i also added about 5 tablespoons full of Aquarium Salt
anything else i should do?

 

[ChileRelleno]

BPs and Mollies can easily handle 88'F+ and they can both handle the salt.

 

[NJ2toU]

Just wanted to report that my otos are doing great. I've double dosed them Ich Attack (morning and night) for a week and the ich spots are gone! They seem no worse for the wear and in fact seem a LOT happier.

The spots seemed to be gone after about five days, but it was hard to tell for sure with them moving about a lot and all the algae in their tank. I moved them into my brother's guppy tank that was totally encrusted in algae. They didn't seem to be eating any of the food I put in their original tank. Zucchini, lettuce, seaweed, algae wafers, or even the algae growing on the wood and java moss. And the spots were getting worse by the day, so desperate times call for desperate measures...

I moved the guppy into another tank, put the otos in the algae tank and started dosing. The next morning I was ecstatic to see lovey green poop all over the bottom of the tank! LOL! First good sign!

It seems before I knew it, the spots were gone. I'm gonna dose for another week, just to make sure every last bit of it is dead and GONE.

So here's another happy, satisified customer! And in case you have any doubts, YES I highly recommend Ich Attack! LOL!

 

[Zero46]

Just noticed I have ich in my 60 and without even thinking to look on here I added some quICK cure. I have:

2 Malawi Cichlids
1 Small JD
1 Flash Pleco
1 Sultan Pleco
1 Royal Pleco
and a basket of fry from the Cichlids.

The Tank is at about 79F right now and I bumped the heater up slightly. Do you think I should keep at it with the quICK cure or what? I'm concerned about the fry as they are my first batch and I'd be quite sad if I lose them. I'm not sure if the fish can take the extreme temp raise, especially the fry(if the quICK cure doesn't kill them first). Any input would be helpful. Thanks.

 

[Tongue33]

The ich will decimate the fry long before Quick cure will... I would stick with what you've started.

Extreme raise of temp.. I doubt you did that successfully..

What size is your heater, and how fast did it heat up, and what is the new temp??

 

[Zero46]

I didn't mean extreme as in all at once, probably the wrong word to use. I only bumped the heater up a little bit like Guppy said to do. What I meant was I wasn't sure if my fish could take the temps being up around 88F.

 

[Tongue33]

Check..

I believe that you can confidently blame ich if you lose any of the fry.. Fyr are more fragile than older fish..

82-86 would have been fine if it eases your fears..

82 is suppose to be non liveable for ich..

The main reason for raising temp is to speed up the life cycle, your salt or meds handle the rest when the cih hatches.. It will usually look much worse before getting any better... Though With quick cure I haven't noticed that part..

With salt I have..

 

[Zero46]

I figured I would probably lose the fry, oh well, I'm sure they'll spawn again. One of my main concerns is the Royal because it isn't mine. Anyways, thanks for your help.

 

[wetfish]

Do you think this molly has ich? What worries me is that I've noticed weird pooping with the mollies. It is light in color and tends to stick to them(particularly the one in the pic) for lond periods of time. I don't think the poop is a worm because I saw one come out and the danios immediatly broke it into pieces. He is in the tank with a few other mollies and zebra danios. They are in about 65 gallons of water. The mollies and danios are being used to cycle the tank(I didn't think mollies were a good choice to cycle, but my dad wanted them after the cycling).

How easily does ich transer? Before I realized this might be ich I had messed with another aquarium at the same time as this one. Doing things like moving gravel to the cycling tank. I don't think the fish in the other aquarium(a 20 gal) have shown any signs of ich. Should i do something as a preventative?

I started the heat and salt(2 teaspoons per gal) treatment yesterday. I'm gradually raising the water temp to 88(maybe 86). The rest of the salt is going to be added gradually before I go to bed.

 

[wetfish]

The water temp is being raised 2 or 3 degrees per day. Most people say 1 to 2, but my heater seems to go by 3's(at least what is shown on the dial.