Does my fish have ich?

[Nsmall809]

Hi everyone

(Freshwater tank/temprate fish)

Does this look like ich or epistylis?

Should I quarantine her, or treat for my whole tank to be safe?

And what is the best most effective treatment please?

Never dealt with it before.



Thankyou

 

[rlederer]

The best ways to tell the difference are:

White spot/Ich usually appears as white dots no larger than a grain of salt. Epistylis will grow up slightly into the water column from the fish.
Epistylis is often clustered. White spot tends to be spread fairly evenly across the body.
Epistylis regularly affects the eyes of the fish. White spot rarely does.
Epistylis often appears to be very white, Fungal/bacterial infections tend to be more grey in colour and sometimes brown/gold.

Looks like ich on yours. Treat whole tank as ich lives in the gravel. Use ich medication and follow directions

 

[shellyx]

Looks like ich, I treat the whe tank and I use the heat method instead of meds. Gradually building the heat up to 28, increase aeration lots of pwc including gravel vac,keep the heat up a week after last spot.

 

[k5mow]

Looks like ich, I treat the whe tank and I use the heat method instead of meds. Gradually building the heat up to 28, increase aeration lots of pwc including gravel vac,keep the heat up a week after last spot.

Definitely looks like Ick. I usually use a medication and the heat method at the same time. But the heat method definitely will work if you don’t have medication. But I will say I probably haven’t had a case of ick in many many years for some crazy reason.

Roger

 

[Peartree]

Hi everyone

(Freshwater tank/temprate fish)

Does this look like ich or epistylis?

Should I quarantine her, or treat for my whole tank to be safe?

And what is the best most effective treatment please?

Never dealt with it before.



Thankyou

Hi it looks like ich but you would be best advised to treat it as such just to make sure do the whole tank you dont need to seperate them and it will not hurt your other fish well i hope they are ok and heal soon cheers Peartree