New tank ick

[ultra11]

I have a 100 gallon tank, about 4 wks old, nitrite are peaking a 5ppm, I have 7 giant danio's ( not sure of the spelling) but I've noticed that a couple of the fish have ick.
do i apply meds, and if i do, how is this going to affect my cycle.
thanks
I have a fluval 405 and an eheim 2028 running

 

[whitetiger_CJ]

I would strongly recommend medicating the fish. It shouldn't affect the cycle in any way. leaving the tank with the Ick will only cause more troubles.

 

[Menagerie]

[center:3dc6ce8c5f] Welcome to AA, ultra11!! [/center:3dc6ce8c5f]

It is best to treat ich the natural way with heat and salt. There is an article detailing the treatment in the Articles section.

 

[jonnyb1425]

When people advise the heat and salt method... exactly what type of salt should I be looking to use? And what temp should the tank be moved up to?

 

[Menagerie]

And what temp should the tank be moved up to?

Slowly raise the temp to 86*F. Salt should be aquarium grade--not marine and not table salt. Dissolve the salt in some water before putting into the aquarium

 

[ultra11]

Thanks Menagerie and Whitetiger.

I went with heat and salt, and things are responding well. I chose not to medicate as I did not want to wipe out my fragile bio filter

sorry for the typo, its a fluval 403

 

[Menagerie]

I went with heat and salt, and things are responding well.

You may see the ich get worse before it gets better, but that is normal

 

[Drake]

The best thing to have done was let the tank cycle before you put any fish you want to keep or they will usually get ick.