Tanks Both Have "ich"

[Cory1990]

So today I went to feed my fish I seen two of my plattys rubbing on the heater. At this point I'm googling everything and I ran across something called "ich" so I read into it and spotted 3 of my tetras having white spots on there fins.

At this point I remove the 3 and put them in my hospital tank not really knowing what it was. Then I read more into it and discovered that I just spread the "ich" to my hospital tank.

Now I'm almost 100% sure that I got the "ich" I've called Petco and the said they sell a quick kit from ati? Not sure if that's what it's called. But are there any recommendations on what I should use? What helps them the fastest one of my tetras looks vary starved so I'd like to treatment to work as fast as possible because I really don't want to loose any fish over this


My community tank is a 55 gallon and my hospital is a 10 gallon. I've turned the heaters up as high as they go my 55 gallon tank is at 82 degrees and my 10 only goes up to 80.

Also what will prevent this next time? Iv read that people say using gravel is bad. Should I switch to sand?

 

[KISSfn]

I wouldn't use the API quick cure. It didn't work for me. Tetras are a little delicate and there's no guarantee you won't lose any fish. Remove carbon from your filter. Use Kordon Ric Ich Plus. There's no quick cure for Ich. Ich has a life cycle of up to 35 days or more and some strains are resistant to treatment. Treat both tanks. Add some aquarium salt if you don't have any scaleless fish. Treat for at least 4 days after all signs of Ich are gone. Sand is much easier to keep clean than gravel. Switching from gravel to sand was one of the best things I have done. Preventative measure to try to not get it again are keeping perfect water parameters, eliminate anything that would stress your fish, quarantine all new fish, good husbandry practices and being a perfect fishkeeper etc. I don't think it's possible to guarantee it won't return.

 

[Cory1990]

I will be going in the morning to look at a few I might buy a couple kinds to see what will work best. Iv came to a conclusion that I will most likely loose my two tetras. And maybe one other. My other fish are looking OK but the two tetras will not eat as of today

 

[KISSfn]

Hoping you don't lose any.

 

[Cory1990]

Thanks i talked to someone at Petco today and they said since I have a lot of Terra's that using salt may be a better way to go since I have a good chance my fish will die from other products. So my new question can I use table salt?

 

[KISSfn]

No. Only aquarium salt.

 

[Cory1990]

Would that be better for my fish or just try one of the chemical treatments they have?

 

[KISSfn]

I have Tetras and the recommendations in post #2 worked for me. I only used a half dose of aquarium salt one day plus the higher temp etc.