ICH

[Henry_VCG_]

A lot of people get ICH or White Spot in there fish tanks. Ich is particularly hard to remove because it has a habit of coming back, I found a treatment off a website, this is the soloution they gave:

"Simply ring your tank in black plastic, or heavy blanket, absolutely no light must enter the tank for 24-48 hours ( I recommend 36-48 ) that the Ich simply dies off. Like I stated, I have yet tried this method, but on my next outbreak I will certainly give it a shot."


"After 48 hours remove the covering, resume feeding as normal, wait 5 days then repeat the above step again. By the end of this second treatment you are all done"

"During the 24-48 hours that the tank is covered, ensure that the tank lights are off and absolutely NO peeking, or feeding of the tank, absolutely no light must enter the tank! If any, even the smallest amount of light does make it in to the tank, remove the cover, wait a couple of days and start all over again. Also if you inject CO2 into your tank for the live plants, turn it off during this period of darkness. If you do keep live plants, slight browning of leave edges may occur, simply prune this away."


That soloution might hopefully help some people.


VCG

 

[elgecko]

Never heard of trying that.

I've always used Quick Cure, and it works...as the name says quick.

 

[mollyb]

i have to say that i am currently using quick cure and things do not seem to be getting better. i dont understand. my two mollies started with clamped fins now the black one is emaciated and getting more and more spots of ick.

treating a 30 gallon tank, no hospital tank unfortunately. all water conditions otherwise are within normal limits.

any suggestions

my temperature has been turned up to 85 degrees for two weeks now

im so sick of ick , lol

 

[White Whale]

i have to say that i am currently using quick cure and things do not seem to be getting better. i dont understand. my two mollies started with clamped fins now the black one is emaciated and getting more and more spots of ick.

treating a 30 gallon tank, no hospital tank unfortunately. all water conditions otherwise are within normal limits.

any suggestions

my temperature has been turned up to 85 degrees for two weeks now

im so sick of ick , lol

Get a seperate 1-gallon container and an airstone. Put treated water in the container, activate the airstone, and put 2 drops of QuICK Cure. Then place your two sick mollies in there, feeding only once and only very little on the 2nd day. Don't pollute the water. In 3 days you will notice a great reduction of Ich on your fish. Then do one complete water change that 3rd day, continuing with the QuICK Cure treatment. Then in 2 days, the Ich should be completely gone. One of my bettas contracted Ich, I treated it like that, now he's fully recovered and the MOST lively of the bunch - more so than he ever was, as if he was glad to be alive.

 

[Ferris]

Molly b

Re your mollies, they get white spots sometimes due to a lack of salt in the water. It sounds like this may be your problem or at least part of it. Seperate your mollies into a container as suggested by itty bitty betta and add a small amount of aquarium salt, leave them for approx 1 hour and them return them to your tank which you have already treated.

I am not saying that the mollies do not have white spot but it certainly sounds like they are suffering from a lack of salt. This is a common problem with Mollies, don't add the salt to your tank as it may adversely affect your other fish.

Hope this helps

 

[elgecko]

The only way I could ever keep mollies alive and health was by adding salt to my water.

 

[White Whale]

The only way I could ever keep mollies alive and health was by adding salt to my water.

Does that mean mollies and cories won't be able to live in the same tank?

 

[mollyb]

Ferris: thank you for your tip i will try that . sorry to say but my beautiful black lyretail molly passed away last night. most beautiful fish i have ever seen. so sad

i do actually have salt in my tank and i have platys and a cory and they do just fine

 

[endparenthesis]

The ich is surviving quick cure and 2 weeks of 85 degrees? That's absolutely insane. I think you should try a little kryptonite next.

 

[mollyb]

endparenthesis:

no kidding, i totally agree. do u know where i could get some kryptonite?

really though, its not funny i dont understand what is happening. you guys make it sound so simple to treat and everything and i dont know how im not understanding this information.

all i want is a healthy fish tank

i lost another fish tonight.

i have been doing about twenty percent water changes with these ick treatments. i certainly do not like using chemicals. i dont even take an aspirin for a headache

i am at a loss at how they got it to begin with. everything in the tank seems fine but i guess obviously something is off.

 

[mollyb]

endparenthesis:

no kidding, i totally agree. do u know where i could get some kryptonite?

really though, its not funny i dont understand what is happening. you guys make it sound so simple to treat and everything and i dont know how im not understanding this information.

all i want is a healthy fish tank

i lost another fish tonight.

i have been doing about twenty percent water changes with these ick treatments. i certainly do not like using chemicals. i dont even take an aspirin for a headache

i am at a loss at how they got it to begin with. everything in the tank seems fine but i guess obviously something is off.

 

[gixer]

A lot of people get ICH or White Spot in there fish tanks. Ich is particularly hard to remove because it has a habit of coming back, I found a treatment off a website, this is the soloution they gave:

"Simply ring your tank in black plastic, or heavy blanket, absolutely no light must enter the tank for 24-48 hours ( I recommend 36-48 ) that the Ich simply dies off. Like I stated, I have yet tried this method, but on my next outbreak I will certainly give it a shot."


"After 48 hours remove the covering, resume feeding as normal, wait 5 days then repeat the above step again. By the end of this second treatment you are all done"

"During the 24-48 hours that the tank is covered, ensure that the tank lights are off and absolutely NO peeking, or feeding of the tank, absolutely no light must enter the tank! If any, even the smallest amount of light does make it in to the tank, remove the cover, wait a couple of days and start all over again. Also if you inject CO2 into your tank for the live plants, turn it off during this period of darkness. If you do keep live plants, slight browning of leave edges may occur, simply prune this away."


That soloution might hopefully help some people.


VCG

i was curious about this so i asked Dr Jason Bell about this method.

apparantly it is complete nonsense.

this was his answer here