Help! Ick?

[Wiggins]

My oscar has been very inactive lately, he hasn't been eating and he's just hiding behind my deco or resting on it. I've tested the water a few times and my pH has been around 7-8, ammonia 0, nitrate 0-0.25, nitrite 0-5 and I keep the temperature at 78 degrees. I've been doing water changes like crazy to try and keep the nitrates down.

He's been acting like this for about 3 days and I just recently noticed some white spots on him that look like salt. (Ick??) Here are some pictures, also sorry for the bad phone quality.

 

[mizter67]

Looks like could be ick. I've not had much luck saving fish once they stop eating. I wish you luck. I would treat for ick and stay on top of the daily pwc's

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[dcutl002]

Yes, that is ICK. 1. Slowly raise the temp to 86 degrees F. 2. keep it there for 2 weeks. 3. Aerate. Perform lots of PWCs, ... every other day and vacuum the substrate. That should do it. Keep those NITRITES down.

 

[Wiggins]

Thank you for your quick replies! Would you guys recommend any medications? I've already started to slowly raise the temp, and I'll be sure to be on top of pwc's!

 

[dcutl002]

Thank you for your quick replies! Would you guys recommend any medications? I've already started to slowly raise the temp, and I'll be sure to be on top of pwc's!

I recommend absolutely NO medications for ICH.

For Velvet - yes
For Ich - no