Baby Guppies And Ick Meds

[TaterbugTwins]

Okay, I have had a thread going in the fish emergencies. I had ammonia poisoning and lost a ton of fish. I have been working though that, have the ammonia at zero, and my fish I have left seem to be doing good. They all had Ick, and as of yesterday, I am not seeing Ick on any of them. I have 4 mollies, 1 female guppy (her mate died ) and 1 platty. My mollies have cloudy eye. Still not sure what to do about that, waiting on responces in the other thread. My question is, today I found about 30 guppy fry. I am getting ready to go to the pet store now and get the net enclosure for the fry. Do I need to do any thing else? Is Nox-Ick safe for the fry? According to what I was told, I should treat for about 2 more days.

Any other suggestions?

 

[OldMan47]

It is safe to treat fry with the same ich medication as the adults and it is not safe to avoid that treatment. Since the ich parasites are always the same size, their impact on a fry is much greater than on an adult.

 

[TaterbugTwins]

Thank you, That is what I thought. I have continued treatment. I figured it was safer to try it then let the Ick grow like crazy.

 

[GuppyLove88]

my LFS told me not to go with nox bc its like super toxic, im a newbie to fish owning, but he suggested i use ich guard II for scaleless fish, its a bit gentler but still effective. its worked great for me, he also told me to increase my temp to speed up the ich lifecycle and add extra salt to kill them along with the meds, it worked swimmingly. i lost a fish when i used nox with my guppies. good luck with your fry, i have two females ready to pop within weeks of each other! i would love to see pics!

 

[OldMan47]

Relax GuppyLover88. Nox-ich, along with many, if not all ich treatments, is safe for a fish at any temperature that the fish could tolerate without the medications. As you have indicated, the temperature affects the time it takes for an ich treatment to work. At higher temperatures, ich will be killed quicker than at lower temperatures. What we must balance is the vulnerability of our fish to temperatures against the vulnerability and life cycle of ich at that same temperature. As a decent rule of thumb, treatment at 80F, 27C, is best used as the temperature limit for most typical treatments. If you have fish like goldfish, that require lower temperatures, the ideal compromise temperature will be a bit lower.