Ick? asap!

[jaglar]

I believe that I have ick in my ten semi planted. I added pond snails (from petco), a dojo loach and to ADFs (from a nice lfs).
YEsterday I also tried to raise my PH with chemicals (I KNOW Its bad!)
My PH was very low. (I did it in both tens, the other one looks fine)
My two leopard dinos have their fins outlined in white. and the female has a white spot on her nose. Both are still active and I believe eating, they were at least following the food around the tank.

I am worried I have ick, and also a little confused, they have had the white rim on their fins for a while, and I raised the temp to ~80F. It didnt seem to be getting worse or better so I let the temp drop to ~74F (when I got the dojo=yesterday). But then this morning the spot on her nose has gotten me scared. I really really dont want to loose these fish!!!

EDIT: WOuld it do me any good to get the dinos out of the tank, or is it already infected.
Also: can Ick manifest itself as spots over night? (I am thinking it might be form the snails.....?)

 

[CoNMaN]

You usually will not get spots over night from a fish. I dont think that snails can have or carry Ick, but i dont know. I have treated ick 4 times all with good results and scaleless fish.

Take out your carbon filters, and add ick treatment for scaleless fish. Leave the water temp at 80 and in less than a week you should be all good. Ick can just occor with fish that had a very stressful time.

 

[jaglar]

You are my hero for replying thanks. I will try it. What meds did you use for scaless fish?

 

[jaglar]

Um I got Aqua-Sol for my tank.... So um... I am treating but any advice would be awesome, such as how often (!) it doesnt say. If i made a mistake with product.... anything.

 

[Lotus]

Aqua-Sol isn't a good one for scaleless fish. If possible, I'd return it and get some Rid Ich+.

 

[jaglar]

The guy at the pet store said that Rid Ich would kill me scaless fishies....
gurrr I HATE PETCO!!!!!!!
Will Aqua-sol kill them? darn it! are you sure about Rid Ich?

 

[Lotus]

You can read about the manufacturers recomendations on Rid Ich here: http://www.novalek.com/kpd38.htm

This recommends Rid Ich over Aquarisol for scaleless fish: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/pic/article.cfm?dept_id=0&siteid=6&acatid=412&aid=443

You can also do a search on this site for Rid Ich or Aquarisol.

If you choose to use Aquari-sol, use only half dose.