Treatment of ICH.

[Augustine_81]

Currently , all my german rams have got little white spots on their bodies.
It is being transmitted from my clown loaches.
Used API brand of medication on my fishes, amount used as per recommended, highed the temperature of the water to 29 degrees but still the results are the same.
I have been doing this treatment for the past 1 week or so but their condition is not getting any better...
Is there anyone out there who has a better solution to cure my fishes...

[khtee]

Currently , all my german rams have got little white spots on their bodies.
It is being transmitted from my clown loaches.
Used API brand of medication on my fishes, amount used as per recommended, highed the temperature of the water to 29 degrees but still the results are the same.
I have been doing this treatment for the past 1 week or so but their condition is not getting any better...
Is there anyone out there who has a better solution to cure my fishes...

up the temperature to 30 first then the next day to 31. Wait for a few days to see the result. Use air pump to increase the aeration. Do a daily water change as well. Best is if you can add picture here, it might not be white spot.
If the method above fail, then you can add/use medication. I would recommend Waterlife's Protozin.

[Augustine_81]

Thanks for the advice bro!!
I will go try it now!!

[celticfish]

Keep the temperature in that range for a minimum of two weeks.
This ensures you break the cycle of the ick.

[Augustine_81]

Ok, got it.

[Augustine_81]

After 2 days of medication and higher temperature my fishes looks better already.
Thanks bro celticfish and khtee!!

[delta3]

my female a.panduro has been flicking on rocks in my tank i think it has been tranmitted by some guppys i brought , i jus had a 50% water change added correct dosage of interpet white spot plus to my tank , i realli want my fish to survive , as they where getting ready to spawn , please can any one help me , and give me advise on what to do.

[delta3]

please can anyone help
my fish has no white spots on her , but she just started to flick against objects in my aquarium

[genes]

Add a heater. I clear ich with just heater and no medications.

[delta3]

fnx eugene i have a 100 watt heater , ive turnt the temp up to 30 c , will that do, i felt realli gutted when i found out but she dnt look like shes realli suffering , have your fish ever caught ich.

[Viper007]

The last time when my Cardinal's had ich.. I use UV lights and Sera Fishtamin. And now my tank temp. can change from 24C to 27C also no problem.

[delta3]

fnx again i have a uv light in my tank hood, the temp is currently at 30c and im just going to see if they stop itching and if not i will use sera fishtamin , .

[sandeepraghuvanshi]

fnx eugene i have a 100 watt heater , ive turnt the temp up to 30 c , will that do, i felt realli gutted when i found out but she dnt look like shes realli suffering , have your fish ever caught ich.

Raise the temp and use anti ick medicine, aquarium salt also works well in ick treatments. However first check if your fish are not hurt by salt, it is not recommeded in case of scaleless fish like loaches.
Simply raising temp will not work, Ick parasite resides inside the skin of fish, and no medicine can reach it there. As it starts to develope it releases tormites(eggs), at this stage they detach from the body of fish and fall to the surface, it is only at this stage can ick be treated.
Aquarium salt and proprietory ick medicitations kill the ick parasite.
The treatment has to be carried for a 10 days, in order to kill the ick at free swimming stage, if the treatment is stopped before, the parasite can return.
Also it is the only disease that needs to be treated in main tank and not hospital tank.

[delta3]

ive raised my temp to 30c , im going to raise it to 32c , yesterday i did a 50% water change added correct dosage of interpet white spot plus to my tank, and on the fourth day i will add another dosage of the treatment , when shall i stop treating the fish, and i do not want to use salt as my fish are delicate , and just came into breeding condition, my female became ripe, so is there any other alternatives
shefki.

[aquanatix]

Add a heater. I clear ich with just heater and no medications.

How serious was your case of lich before you started your heater treatment? What was your temperature set and the duration of treatment?Anything else like salt baths,frequent water changes etc? Your input would prove valuable as i recently just got a case of ich on my checkerboards and i'm really against using medication if possible.

[delta3]

well i had a few water changes before the itching, they have no visible white spots but they just flicked off rocks, the temp was at 28c before i raised it up to 30-32c ive stopped the medication treatment now and am reliying on the emp to help with things.

[delta3]

will just a raised temp clear the flicking ,

[sandeepraghuvanshi]

Mere flicking is not necessalrily ick, in ick the fish gets white spots on its body.
Proper identification of disease is necessary beofre starting treatment.
Mere raising temp will not kill ick, raise in temp simply speeds the life cycle of ick, but it does not cure it.
When a fish gets infected with ick(Ichthyophthirius multifilius. ), the parasite borrows under the thin upper skin of the fish. This causes irritation to the fish and more mucus is generated, this we see as tiny white spots.
No treatment can work at this stage as the parasite is protected by the slime mucus of fish.
After some time the parasite falls to the substrate,and developes a cyst, it divides and releases fresh parasites in water, they must find a host within 72 hrs or else they die.
It is at this free swimming stage that they can be killed.
Hence when you raise the temp you force the life cycle of ick to speed up and fall down to the substrate, later when you put in salt ot medicine you kill the free swimming parasites.
This is why the treatment is to be done for 8-10 days so that parasite is destroyed each time it becomes free swimming.
This is also the reason why ick must be treated in main tank itself as the parasite completes a part of tis lifecycle in tank and must be destroyed.

[delta3]

yh i raised the temp, added the last treatment dose, and now the fish seams to stop flicking , they look more than healthy, there are no white spots, and fnk every body who helped me kick the problem