white spots

[gump clipper]

Ive got a 24"x12"x12" tank with a plec 7 zebra danions and ive added two sunset platys last week, the danios seem to have developed the tiny white spots of ich, this is the first time ive had tropical fish and i only know what ive read,im going to start raising the temperature at 1 degree every two hours but how far do i go with out it being dangerous to the fish. help!please

 

[phOOey]

usually people go to about 85-86F but your fish are all pretty hardy so u could raise yours to say about 88-89F to get rid of the ich quicker, dont go any higher than 90 though or else you'll have boiled fish

 

[gump clipper]

Thanks,ill give it a go with the temp if that doesnt help in the next few days then iwill be back for more help. Cheers for the advice.

 

[DigitalAirman]

So raising the temp helps get rid of Ich? Becasue I think I have something similar on my fish. I have Tiger Barbs and Rams and a Pleco, would they survive a temp change like that?

Parker

 

[Jackal]

Hi , i have had the same proplem , my shark has already died from and my loach has got it now. I also have 2 tigerbarbs . Please give me some addvice to get rid of it.

 

[MissFishy]

This thread is actually from 2004, but as for how to get rid of ick, you will need to make sure all your water parameters are in order (if you aren't familiar with cycling, check out the link in my signature). Next, you will need to slowly raise the tank temperature to around 85 degrees. Keep it there for around 2 weeks (the ich lifecycle time). Even if the spots disappear, keep the temp up. The heat will kill the ich in your tank.

 

[Jackal]

Alright thanks, i just raised the temp and put some remedy in. I put the remedy in every day.

 

[MissFishy]

Remedy? What remedy are you referring to? The heat alone should take care of it, if you start messing with meds from the store they can mess with your cycle and actually harm your fish when used in conjunction with heat and whatever else you have in there.

 

[Lotus]

If you're using a medication, keep the tank temperature at normal levels. Heat and meds together are a quick way to kill fish.

 

[ChefCoralDan125]

My answer to this is ich and commen problem we deal with in this hobby, the cause of this is stress on the fish or where ever you got your fish the tank had the ick parasite in it. there is all kinds of meds for this issue and the best kind of med for ick is coppermind which is safer to use in a QT the fish that has the ick and put it in a hospital tank with no sand no notting but a filter and the ick has a life cycle and mostly all the time the fish will carry it and it wont harm your fish it takes about seven days for the ick to fall off. the problem here that if once you have the ick in your main tank its going to always be there and you have to treat your tank with copper which takes time and i found with time that most of the time it still happend cuz they fall of fish and fall to the sand which then repeat the cycle. if you really want to get rid of the ick once and for all invest in a UV sterilizer it will kill all parasite in your tank and you'll never have to warry about your fish ever getting any kind of parasite