Temps for tropic fish

[dtholden]

My tropic tank has ich. One Blue Gourami and 3 swordtails. The temp is at 80 right now and they have been fine but I've read that ich can't survive in 86 degree temps. If the temp was gradually raised over a period of 5 days, would the fish be able to tolerate that temperature for a few days? It just shocked me to see some people having their tanks that hot.

As always thanks for the help!

 

[dtholden]

The tank is also being treated with coppersafe, regular water changes, controlled feeding. I've read about salt and every other process on the known planet and every single process has a 50/50 following. It came down to me just making a decision. So to clarify my question is less about how to treat ich and solely just in regards to the fish surviving a gradual increase of temp maxing at 86 degrees. Thank you

 

[absolutangel04]

Yeah, those fish will have no problem surviving 86 degree for awhile.
If you do go with the the raised heat, you need to keep the heat up for at least a week after the last visible sign of ich is gone. Those species of fish won't have an issue with that.