Can't Get Rid Of Ich! Help Please!

[3Timz]

I can't get rid of ich in my 90 gallon. My 2 tiger oscars got ich all over them, so i put them in my quarantine tank and healed them back to better health. My jack dempsey did not contract ich while being in the same tank with the oscars. I recently added a green terror into the 90 gallon and now he has ich all over him, while the jack dempsey doesn't have a single spec. I have treated the water multiple times without any luck of ridding it from my tank. I feel like i've tried everything. Please help before my fish can't handle it anymore.

 

[Ninjouzata]

What did you treat it with? For how long? Did you gravel vacuum a lot while doing this?
What are your water parameters? (pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate) When did you add the GT?
 
Are there any other tank inhabitants besides the oscars, JD, and GT?

 

[DrRob]

Indeed, ich is a difficult thing to clear, but it can certainly be done, but to give advice we'd need to know exactly what's already been tried and what you have available. Sounds like you're well kitted for quarantine tanks and such like, which makes things a lot easier.

 

[3Timz]

There is a pleco in the 90 gallon but that's it. Ive treated the water with ich guard tablets. Also rasied them temperature and added aquarium salt. Plus doing water changes.

 

[rms]

When I had it in my tank I used salt and temp method. Slowly raised the temp to 30c/86f and dosed 2.5 table spoons per gallon. Left it for 10 days like this with one water change and a top up of salt. The ich never came back. From reading about other experiences using medication it would seem salt is a far more effective way of dealing with it. 
 
Too many water changes will probably lower the temp and also mess with the salt levels. IMO table salt is all you need.
 
Not sure if quarantine is needed as ich can still be in the tank, hence it's return.

 

[3Timz]

I'm just wondering how the Jack Dempsey doesnt have a single spec on him.

 

[rms]

Not all of my fish got it, or at least it seemed so. My neons were all covered in it, 9 of them, plus an angelfish. If all of your fish can handle salt I would go with this method. If you only treated your quarantine tank then you could do this in the main tank with all the fish in it as no other meds will be in it.
 
Research dosage for your tank size and add the salt, diluted in safe water over a few hours bit by bit. Increase the water temp each time you add the salt. Check your fish are breathing normally before each increase of salt. This is really important..... If at any point the fish start breathing too quickly do a 10% water change and check again in half an hour. If they are ok, then you can leave it, or do another 10% if not.
 
If your fish are fine with salt, then there should be no problem, but make sure you are confident with how much salt to add. It's a very common way of dealing with ich.

 

[3Timz]

That's what i've done. Hopefully it works

 

[TwoTankAmin]

Here is some excellent info on parasites and in depth information on ich and its treatment. As far as I can tell the only incorrect information in it is a warning not to use Iodized table salt. When medicating this simply is not true. Before either iodizing or adding anti-caking agents in table salt would affect fish they would long have been pickled by the amount of salt added. http/www.oscarfishlover.com/helpful-articles/fish-parasites
 
Also look into this medication: quinine sulphate or Crypto-Pro (basically the same thing).