Raising temperture to cure ich
- Thread starter OJab
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- Westchester, N.Y
People will tell you to lower you salinity. Somewhere around 1.09. It should be done slowly and takes time. For fresh water fish raising the temp. would help speed the progress of the ick. But raising temp in salt water will decrease oxygen. Putting more stress on fish. Google or use Research here on ick you will find different ways to treat ick.
- Location
- The Big City
- Location
- Rocky Point, NY
Raising the temp is only practical in a FW setup. I've never had to deal with ich in a saltwater tank but, raising the temp will need to be done over a few days for a few days. IMO it will put your livestock at risk. From what I have heard, anything over 84F for any length of time is very dangerous to the health of your livestock.
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- Sound Beach,LI
It's really not the high temp that's the problem. Like stated above, higher temps mean less dissolved oxygen. The best way would be to qt all of your fish and treat with hypo or copper. You can try feeding garlic soaked foods and hope for the best but your dt will always have the Ich in there. It will show up again if your fish get stressed or if you add any new additions. Good luck
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- Virginia originally from New York
Invertabrates and corals can't handle hyposalinity. Hate to say this but it's really best to take the fish out and place in hospital tank in hypo and let your infected tank go without fish for 8 or more weeks. A PITA, I know.
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- Northern Westchester
I used this when my purple tang had really bad ich and it was gone in four days. You HAVE to monitor ph it can drop after treatment. I was lucky and my ph never dropped and ich went away really fast and haven't seen it in more than 3 years. It is reef safe even though some weren't happy everything was ok.
This is basically a bunch of herbs and spices that speeds up their slime coat. Good luck and when they are healthy I would sell 3 of them 2 tangs in a 75 is more ideal if they are small.
With ick I always ran a uv light, kept temperature at 81 and fed food with about 10 drops of kent garlic extreme once a day. and it always worked. I also did 5 gallon water change every 4 days to reduce the garlic from the system as well as changing a small amount of carbon every week.
Work like a charm every time
Work like a charm every time
Do you use this now as a preventive treatment or only when needed?
- Location
- Northern Westchester
Only when needed. I was very skeptical in using medicine in the tank but I have to say it worked wonders. I always keep some in the fridge just in case.
I dealt with ich a lot last year.
Years ago I use to fight it naturally but it did not come without regular loses.
Last year, I decided to try copper and did not have any loses.
You could try higher temp and other natural means but if the fish is/are already weak you may lose them with natural methods and its hard to tell sometimes if the fish is already weak.
10 gallon tank, cupramine, small filter and heater and ich is gone.
I treat fish as I see them get sick, never had to remove all fish and it has not spread to others once I remove the affected fish, I do enjoy viewing the tank daily so I can tell when a fish is off.
Years ago I use to fight it naturally but it did not come without regular loses.
Last year, I decided to try copper and did not have any loses.
You could try higher temp and other natural means but if the fish is/are already weak you may lose them with natural methods and its hard to tell sometimes if the fish is already weak.
10 gallon tank, cupramine, small filter and heater and ich is gone.
I treat fish as I see them get sick, never had to remove all fish and it has not spread to others once I remove the affected fish, I do enjoy viewing the tank daily so I can tell when a fish is off.
- Location
- Northern Westchester
Also I forgot to mention after using the stop parasites my cleaner shrimp was picking parasites off his body like crazy.
- Location
- Newburgh, NY
Like pests on corals ich will be present as long as there are fish in your tank. The best you can do it try to remove the aggressor in your tank. The natural slime fish have is there best defense but when fish fight or become stressed, just as in humanes, they become more susceptible to disease. Do you have any small angels or wrasses in your tank. Both can act as cleaners for any infected fish just like cleaner shrimp . In any event, no easy answer unless you are ready to quarantine them in another tank. Good luck, Neil.
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- Dingmans ferry PA
I dont like to tank fish out of the display because it causes alot more stress on the fish. Many people will tell you this dont work but it did great for me. I use garlic in the food and my cleaner shrimp as a cure and i also added a cleaner wrasse that has done amazing in my tank. When i got my yellow tang last year it showed ich the next day and my cleaners and cleaner wrasse were relentless at cleaning him and was gone in 2 days and havent seen it since
So you really don't know which did the trick!
Raising the temp, All it does is spead up their cycle.
- Location
- Northern Westchester
I know for a fact that stuff worked. I was trying the holistic approach:bigsmile: for a while and just doubled up the nori and soaked it in garlic. It wasn't until he stopped eating that I decided action was necessary. I started using the stop parasites and after 24 hours he had a noticeably less amount of white spots. My cleaner shrimp who never took a liking to him all of a sudden was glued to him. I would not recommend using this product if I didn't 100% believe in it.
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- The Big City
Considering that the final stage is the white spot, ich, dropping off before the cycle starts over again and the fish gets re-infected, you would expect to see the fish look better, less or no white spots, regardless of what you do. This doesn't take into account the ich that is still inside the fish, especially in the gill area. That and the csyts that fall off.
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