Potential Ich; Trying to Determine If and How to Treat

[Mcostas]

Kanaplex is an anti-biotic and does nothing to protozoa like white spot

Some had fin rot either from the ich or the stress of the salt and heat. The kanaplex fixed my bettas mouth and fins, I already had it on hand.

 

[Mcostas]

If your tank has a stubborn/ resistant strain of white spot, use copper. The parasite cannot tolerate copper and has not developed any resistance to it.

Just remove any shrimp or snails you want to keep and put them in a separate tank before treating with copper.

After treatment is complete and the fish are free of the parasites, do a 75% water change and gravel clean the substrate every day for a week. And clean the filter.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it's added to the tank.

After a week of water changes, add some activated carbon to the filter and leave it in there for a week. Then throw the carbon away and put the shrimp/ snails back in the tank.

The only copper based treatment I can find online comes from UK and would take a month for me to get it. Is there a brand available in the US?

 

[Colin_T]

sorry, no idea about products in the USA.

 

[Mcostas]

sorry, no idea about products in the USA.

I researched more and found a similar product from seachem, I ordered the copper test too.