How to treat ich

[IHaveAquariums]

Yeah he'll do okay at higher temps, some people have kept them at 86° with discus so as a temporary temperature it'll be fine

 

[SadSoyBeans]

thank you!!

 

[kashif314]

Raising the temperature will work. Additionally you can feed your fish some ginger powder and garlic powder. To me it did wonders everytime. I feed fish twice. One feed I mix garlic powder with pellets or flakes or anything. Nexr feed I mix ginger powder. Really every time it took like three to four days maximum. Garlic and ginger increase fish immune system drastically. I even seen some people throw garlic cloves in tank. You can see YouTube.

Also most important thing is to shut down lights of tank.

 

[SadSoyBeans]

I i have minced garlic would work? And why do i turn off the light?

 

[kashif314]

I i have minced garlic would work? And why do i turn off the light?

Ich parasite doesn't like light. Turning off the lights will fast its cycle. If your fish can bite on chunks of minced garlic thats perfect too.

 

[SadSoyBeans]

Okay thank you

 

[SadSoyBeans]

If you guys are interested at all, only one of my tetras has ick now, And only 2 dots on him! It looks like the treatment is working.

 

[kashif314]

Good to hear. So which method you followed?

 

[SadSoyBeans]

I heated the water to 86-89 degrees, turned off the light, did lots of gravel vacuuming, and fed them minced garlic, i also started feeding pellets for more dense foods to give them more energy. Not sure if that really makes a difference

 

[Autumnsky]

Keep the water clean too.

It would be about 10 days from the last specs on the fish to be clear of the disease. Some say 7 but I go with 10.

 

[V227]

Kash, don't confuse Ick with Oodinium. Blacking out an Ick infested tank will probably reduce stress, and aid in the fish's recovery, but will have little effect on the parasite itself. Oodinium is the bug that requires light to flourish.

 

[SadSoyBeans]

Aaaand i jinxed it, some of my other tetras have it again

 

[Autumnsky]

It is just the life cycle. Sorry to hear it is rearing it's ugly head.

 

[SadSoyBeans]

So the ich hasn't gone away since then so i think ill be doing the salt dosing. How much should i do per gallon (i dont have any live plants). So far its only been the tetras, my kuhli loaches havent gotten ich yet. I have a 10g tank if that helps for dosing.

 

[Autumnsky]

What is the temp you have the tank at?

Or after raising the temp how long and what temp did you hold it at?

There are a few resistant strains I read about a long while back.

 

[SadSoyBeans]

I raised it to 86-89 degrees. I held it there for about 3 weeks, it was kinda inconsistent because its fall and the house gets cool in the night, i dont think that the heater could catch up some times. But it never got too cold for the fish, it just couldnt hold it at the temp i set it at.