I have what i believe to be a very nice 30 gal planted tank that has been up for nearly 4 years now and have had not a single problem with disease until now. I have lost 3 fish in the last 2 days due to ich. I have been using the "Ick Clear" product, but it does not seem to be helping much - if at all. I have raised the water temp to 80-82, lowered the water level to increase the oxygen level and have been religious about a daily 25% water change before the next treatment goes in. Am I jumping the gun, or do I need to be doing something else?? Please help!
Rampant Ich! Help!
- Thread starter Jager
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If you dont have any fish that are sensitive to salt...one treatment that people swear by is high heat and salt. I'm not entirely sure how much salt...but do some searching on here and find where someone else has asked the same question. You can turn the heat up even higher than that. The heat speeds up the life cycle of the ich so it will fall off the fish faster and then be killed by the salt and/or your meds when it isn't on the fish (which is the only time it can be killed).
cories will tolerate salt ok...just add it slowly, and make sure that its already dissolved, so they won't come in contact with the grains directly.
DO NOT mix meds and high temps...you need to pick, either salt/heat method or traditional ich meds.
here is a great article on ich treatment http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/ich.php
DO NOT mix meds and high temps...you need to pick, either salt/heat method or traditional ich meds.
here is a great article on ich treatment http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/ich.php