ick help please!

[kirkland795]

1~What type of fish is afflicted? In addition, please describe what is wrong with the fish to the best of your ability (i.e. cotton like growth, bloated, etc.).
I have 4 angels, 1 blood parrot, 2 mollies, 3 guppies, 3 ghost catfish, 5 danios, 1 flash pleco, 2 apple snails, and 1 mystery snail. Several of the fish have ick. I've caught it pretty early so it's not advanced.
2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)? Please give exact values.
Ammonia-0, nitrites-0, nitrates-5, temperature-78, pH-7.3
3~ How large is the tank? How long has the tank been set up?
It's a 60 gallon that has been cycled and set up for over a year. I recently sold my discus fish and bought all the fish I listed above. I've had all my new fish for a month now with no signs of ick until today.
4~What type of filtration are you using? Please give the name and number (i.e. Fluval 304) and amount of gph if known.
I use a marineland biowheel 400gph, and a canister that does 350gph
6~When is the last time you did a water change and vacuum the gravel? How often do you do this? How much water do you remove at a time?
I do once a week 50% water changes.
7~How long have you had the fish? If the fish is new, how did you acclimate it/them?
I have had them a month and they have been doing great.
8~Have you added anything new to the tank--decor, new dechlorinator, new substrate, etc.?
2 days ago I added drift wood to the tank that I use to use for my discus tank. I had an outbreak of ick with my discus about 5 months ago. The drift wood has been out of water and dry for 3-4 months now. Could the ick have been living on it even out of water?
9~What kind of food have you been feeding your fish, have you changed their diet recently?
I feed cobalt flakes, blood worms, and a carnivore frozen mix food. Algae wafers and lettuce for the snails.

How can I treat for this? I've used jungle ick guard before and it ended up killing several of my fish. I don't really now about adding salt to the tank with the snails in there. How high can I safely heat my tank with these fish in there?

 

[Delapool]

How did you go?

 

[kirkland795]

I ended up moving all my snails to a quarantine tank because I don't know if the medication is safe for them. I used jungle ick guard. After 2 days I did a water change and treated again with jungle ick guard. Its been another two days and zero signs of ick. I'm going to do a full water change today and add my snails back in. All seems well.

 

[Delapool]

Grand news no fish losses?

 

[kirkland795]

Zero fish losses! I was really surprised since the last time this medication killed numerous fish. I think since I caught the ick very early on the fish were stronger to handle the medication.

 

[kirkland795]

Do you think the ick could have come from the drift wood? I had had all these fish for a month happy and ick free and then two days after adding drift wood there is ick.

 

[Delapool]

Do you think the ick could have come from the drift wood? I had had all these fish for a month happy and ick free and then two days after adding drift wood there is ick.

Yes, makes sense. I think whatever method, you have to catch it and treat early.

I've thought I got ich from plants (well the water with plants). Was the driftwood dry and from a crate or from a tank / pond?

 

[kirkland795]

Well when I very first set this tank up over a year ago I had an ick outbreak after adding new fish. The drift wood was in the tank when this happened. I treated and the ick cleared up and I eventually removed the drift wood because I wanted a different look for the tank. So the drift wood has been dry and out of water for months but once was in an ick infected tank.

 

[Delapool]

The driftwood sounds fine. Ich won't survive drying out of nets, wood, etc.

 

[ppo8820]

crank heat to 86 and leave it two weeks. Ich will die and not be able to reproduce. Works, safe for fish and snails, problem solved.