snails and ick

[tbear]

Can snails get ick? I had two goldfish that has died of the disease. I also have the snail. Do they get ick? I want to get some new fish. In fact I would love to get some tetras. What do I need to clean the tank. Thank u

 

[tbear]

Oh I look online and some say they do get ick but the medicine u use to treat ick can kill the snail. Is this true?

 

[Thyra]

Yes, but a lot of them say they don't get ich. The recommended treatment for ich is just to turn the temp up to 85 -86 degrees until all signs of ich are gone and to vacuum everyday and for at least two weeks after to pick up the spores that dropped off.

 

[OrangeCones]

I was told by an ichthyologist years ago (sorry, could not find a published report) that crustaceans cannot harbor Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.

If the tank is fishfree for 48 hours (for temps in the mid-high 70s, longer for lower temps) , the ich will have died off, so would be safe again for fish.

CIR920/FA006: Ichthyophthirius Multifiliis (White Spot) Infections in Fish

 

[Thyra]

That's OC!

 

[OrangeCones]

If you have the time and tanks, you can cure ich using their life cycle to your advantage.

In college, we had two 10-gallon aquariums set up with a heater and a small sponge filter in each. One tank had 5 ich infected mollies. The other was empty of fish.

Every day for 3 weeks we would move the fish to the other tank and clean the now-vacated tank (draining it completely and letting it dry overnight). Worked everytime!