Ich help

[sprital63]

I have a 10g tank and had 3 glow tetras and some shrimp, added a pleco and ich showed up. Caught it late and started treating and tweaking treatment as I did more research but all my fish have died. My shrimp seem fine. Currently my tank is at 82 F added salt yesterday and am almost 24 hrs into the first dose of API ich treatment. My question is, with no fish to watch for signs how do I know if I have successfully treated the ich? I plan to follow the API directions and do a second dose in 24hrs and a water and filter change 48hrs after that.

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[kirkland795]

To be honest if you have no fish I would remove the shrimp, empty the tank and clean it out really well and start over. For future to avoid this I would quarantine new fish for at least 2 weeks. Ich is an avoidable problem if you utilize quarantine.

 

[ImACoolguy]

To be honest if you have no fish I would remove the shrimp, empty the tank and clean it out really well and start over. For future to avoid this I would quarantine new fish for at least 2 weeks. Ich is an avoidable problem if you utilize quarantine.

+1 all it takes is an ounce of prevention. I learned the hard way too buddy. I'm going to be setting up a QT tank soon for new fish I get.


Caleb

~10g tiger barbs
~45g ick is fixed!
~75g new community tank.

 

[Fresh2o]

Clean out the tank as mentioned above.
I brought home Ich from a non-QT purchase once. Vowed to not add anything without QT. Stuck to my word. 28 months later, I have some new fish in QT.


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[sprital63]

Thank you. I completed the ich treatment and will do a full clean on the tank. We decided to upgrade to a 30 gallon and keep our 10 as a QT. Will the shrimp be ok to add to the new tank once it's set up?

 

[NigelK8485]

Shrimp will be fine to add in. Ich can attach to shrimp but won't get the nutrients it needs to survive so will just die off.


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