Having A Nervous Breakdown

[lrhodes]

My 55 gallon has ich... (guppies and plecos)... Tried the heat/salt method for almost a week and it was just getting worse by the day!
 
All my fish are dying one by one... Yesterday I decided to get API ich meds and do a half dose in the tank... I guess it pushed the rubber lip what little bit of life he had left..
 
Gator (my common) isn't doing a whole lot.. Just sitting at the bottom of the tank. I don't even think he's using his gills anymore (if that's possible) just coming up for air every once in a while...
 
I have a beta in a five gallon... Do you think I should move him to a beta bowl and move my plecos to the five gallon so I can treat the 55 with a whole dose? And the five gallon half a dose?
 
I'm desperate and opened for suggestions...

 

[mark4785]

My Cory's had ich/whitespot and I was able to get rid of it within 3 weeks by using 4 courses of Waterlife Protozin and upping the temperature to 28 degrees C.
 
I would not use salt as parasites can become quite immune to certain salt concentrations. Also, you have to add the salt gradually so as to not shock the fish; with a medication, you can add the full dose for the day in one go unless otherwise stated.
 
Protozin is safe with catfish.
 
I'm sorry that you have had such issues with ich; it is quite an easy issue to fix given the right treatment and a lot of perseverance.