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emc7 · 07-07-2008, 08:43 PM

It sucks that ick & ich are too short to use as search terms, but read the posts in the disease section, there are lots of ich threads.

Even if high heat kills ich, medium heat speeds up its life cycle and can make things worse. Suggest you don't go up too slowly.

Can you set up another tank and treat the less delicate fish more aggressively? Like put the shrimp in a 10 for a while. Ich cures often say to use half strength for tetras, too. IME quickcure (malachite green & formalin) works at full strength but I've heard reports it doesn't work at 1/2.

Whatever you do change water before you treat. You are likely to some dead plants and algae and reduced filter ability (higher temp water has less O2 for the bacteria), so you need clean water to start. Use a designated "dirty water" bucket so you don't spread it.

One novel ich cure is to keep moving the fish into new containers/tanks. The free-swimming ich stays in the water, but dies without a host.

07-07-2008, 08:43 PM	#2
emc7 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Johns Creek, GA Posts: 3,607	It sucks that ick & ich are too short to use as search terms, but read the posts in the disease section, there are lots of ich threads. Even if high heat kills ich, medium heat speeds up its life cycle and can make things worse. Suggest you don't go up too slowly. Can you set up another tank and treat the less delicate fish more aggressively? Like put the shrimp in a 10 for a while. Ich cures often say to use half strength for tetras, too. IME quickcure (malachite green & formalin) works at full strength but I've heard reports it doesn't work at 1/2. Whatever you do change water before you treat. You are likely to some dead plants and algae and reduced filter ability (higher temp water has less O2 for the bacteria), so you need clean water to start. Use a designated "dirty water" bucket so you don't spread it. One novel ich cure is to keep moving the fish into new containers/tanks. The free-swimming ich stays in the water, but dies without a host. Last edited by emc7; 07-07-2008 at 08:51 PM.