Ich problem one fish showing signs

I have a question regarding it I have one fish in my cichlid tank that has minimal amounts on his fins The water has been at 82 degrees for the past 9 days I used an API treatment in the tank a one dosage I'm just wondering how long I expect before the it will be off the fish I'm also due for a 50% water change in the next day or so anyone that can help me with ideas would be greatly appreciated Thank you

Raise the temp to 86 for two weeks

86 is the magic number.

What fish are in the tank?

Can you post some pictures?

Do a 90% water change and gravel clean the substrate before raising the temperature. This will reduce the number of disease organisms in the tank and give the heat a chance to work.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it's added to the tank.

Clean the filter too. Wash filter media/ materials in a bucket of tank water and re-use the media. Tip the bucket of dirty water on the garden/ lawn.

Then raise the temperature to 30C (86F) and keep it there for 2 weeks. After that you can reduce the temperature to 24-26C, depending on what you are keeping.

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The following link has information about white spot and different ways to treat it. The first post on page 1 and second post on page 2 are worth a read.

Metalhead88 said:

86 is the magic number.

What fish are in the tank?

Can you post some pictures?

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Hi thanks for replying it's a 60 gallon I used super ich and it seems to work I couldn't get my tank about 82 degrees....I added salt to and the ich was only on one fish it's almost all gone from him...I had a question I never use salt but when I added it the fish all became much more active in tank and still are it was a big difference...should I use salt all the time I added 6 teaspoons half of what they recommended I'll take any advice thank you

Colin_T said:

Do a 90% water change and gravel clean the substrate before raising the temperature. This will reduce the number of disease organisms in the tank and give the heat a chance to work.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it's added to the tank.

Clean the filter too. Wash filter media/ materials in a bucket of tank water and re-use the media. Tip the bucket of dirty water on the garden/ lawn.

Then raise the temperature to 30C (86F) and keep it there for 2 weeks. After that you can reduce the temperature to 24-26C, depending on what you are keeping.

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The following link has information about white spot and different ways to treat it. The first post on page 1 and second post on page 2 are worth a read.

What is ICH?

This is a common question that is often asked, what is ich and how is it recognisable and what causes it? The real term is ICHTHYOPHTHIRIASIS. OR commonly known as white spot. It is an extremely comon parasite that affects aquarium fish. It is highly infectious and potentially lethal and...

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Thanks very much for your help appreciate that

Jpc749 said:

Hi thanks for replying it's a 60 gallon I used super ich and it seems to work I couldn't get my tank about 82 degrees....I added salt to and the ich was only on one fish it's almost all gone from him...I had a question I never use salt but when I added it the fish all became much more active in tank and still are it was a big difference...should I use salt all the time I added 6 teaspoons half of what they recommended I'll take any advice thank you

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Colin has led you through the treatment, stay with that. My comment is on the issue of combining treatments.

When you decide to treat "x" only do one method of treatment, never change to another or use another medication, etc, unless you do a major water change (or two) to remove most of the initial. It is still a risk. Some of these concoctions can interact and do strange things, and further stress the fish.

With ich, the safest and most effective treatment is to increase the water temperature to 86F (30C). Leave it for two weeks (do normal water changes). Colin advise this, my point is that for most all fish it is safer, and it is effective.

Beyond this, if something further is needed for ich or velvet, aquarium salt can be added. However, I won't get into that because it should not be needed here.

Any of the so-called ich preparations are either ineffective or downright dangerous. Don't use them. Heat will do the job, in all but exceptional circumstances.