Need advice on ich

[Karlywelch]

Hey everyone! So I just recently bought a fish and it's been a week since he's been in the tank and I noticed last night that he has ich �� I've dealt with ich once before but I couldn't successfully treat my fish and he ended up dying. That was a goldfish though and now I am dealing with my Cichlid tank. I have taken the temperature up from 78 degrees which I always have it at and have gotten it up to 82 degrees. Working my way up to 86. But I did catch it right away so I'm hoping for a successful treatment. I would like to know if you guys think I should be doing anything else besides raising the temperate. I just really don't want to lose any fish especially my Oscar, lucky, that I had saved when he was younger(saved him from being eaten by turtles at my friends house). Any advice would be greatly appreciated! I want to make sure my fish live. Also the new fish has the most spots and I only have noticed one white dot on my fish Lucky. I have a five gallon I could put the new fish in but I feel as if it's too late since they've already all been exposed.

 

[shellyx]

Carry on lifting your temp slowly, pwc every 2 day's including gravel vac, increase oxygen levels due to the warmer temp. Keep the heat up an extra 7-10 day's after last visible spot. Good luck

55 gallon elephant nose tank.
30 gallon boraras , red longfin bristlenose, bamboo shrimp, crs,rcs and different snails.

 

[Karlywelch]

Thank you! I've been raising the temp a degree or two every hour. Hopefully I can successfully cure this. I got so upset when I noticed the spots because the last fish I had with it died. But I also was clueless about ich at that point so hopefully now I won't lose any!

 

[shellyx]

Try not to worry. If you feel you need to do daily pwc then just go ahead, make sure you match the temp though (which you probably already know ) keep us posted.

55 gallon elephant nose tank.
30 gallon boraras , red longfin bristlenose, bamboo shrimp, crs,rcs and different snails.

 

[Karlywelch]

Thanks again! I will try not to worry! And I'll let you know how it goes!

 

[Chest Rockwell]

I've always used Kordon Rid-Ich plus anytime I notice fish scratching themselves or white spots. Works great, been using the past 4 years