ick!!

[jimmiebsr]

I have a planted 60 gallon with guppies, mollies, platys, swords, a panda cory and several shrimp. ( 2 ghost, 1 cherry and 2 amano). I am having an outbreak of ick starting. Some spotting on several fish and a lot of flashing. I am raising the temp but can I salt? What med will work without killing the shrimp or plants?

 

[dkpate]

You can just go the heat method. Raise it slowly to 86*F for 10 days. Make sure you add an extra air stone or something though, because warmer water has less oxygen.

 

[jimmiebsr]

Yep, raised the temp to 86 yesterday and added some salt. Fish and inverts appear ok. Only 1 fish out of way too many had symptoms visible. Most including fry were flashing at times.

 

[jsoong]

Salt at 0.3% (level needed to kill ich) will kill most plants ..... you might just stick with heat in a planted tank. <If the fishies are really sick, I would remove them (or the plants) and treat with salt + heat.>