how to treat a fish with ick

pepino · 02/10/2008, 06:33 PM

how do you treat a fish with ick the fish is in the quarentine tank

joeychitwood · 02/10/2008, 06:37 PM

Try mixing some juice from a jar of minced garlic with your usual food. Feed it to the fish. The Ich falls off in a few days.

pepino · 02/10/2008, 06:50 PM

ok thanks thanks for the help

kau_cinta_ku · 02/10/2008, 06:57 PM

if he is alrealdy in QT you can either try hypo or copper. hypo will prob. have less stress on the fish. the garlic will help it keep eating though but not proven to kill ich. yes it will fall off in a couple days but it will also come back stronger if not killed.

CoralCaps · 02/10/2008, 07:00 PM

Fresh water dip would help provided the fish is strong enough to stand it. I dip my fish up to 5 minutes or until they start stressing badly.

Has worked in the past combined with great food and a QT tank.

pepino · 02/10/2008, 07:10 PM

so i just put the fish on freshwater for 5 minutes and then back into the quarentine tank

CoralCaps · 02/10/2008, 07:15 PM

This topic might help you with more ideas and the proper way to dip. It was written by Scott Fellman.

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ichart2mar.htm

xenon · 02/10/2008, 07:17 PM

freshwater dip is fine for parasites on the skin/gills but totally useless for ich that is under the skin.

Hyposalinity or copper is the only solution.

ahullsb · 02/10/2008, 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by xenon
freshwater dip is fine for parasites on the skin/gills but totally useless for ich that is under the skin.

Hyposalinity or copper is the only solution.

I agree. I've run hypo and have never seen ich since. My roommate went the garlic method and ich comes back periodically.

02/10/2008, 06:33 PM	#1
pepino Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: st charles, missouri Posts: 1,105	how to treat a fish with ick how do you treat a fish with ick the fish is in the quarentine tank

02/10/2008, 07:00 PM	#5
CoralCaps Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 217	Fresh water dip would help provided the fish is strong enough to stand it. I dip my fish up to 5 minutes or until they start stressing badly. Has worked in the past combined with great food and a QT tank. __________________ Pull his finger. I dare you.

02/10/2008, 07:15 PM	#7
CoralCaps Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 217	This topic might help you with more ideas and the proper way to dip. It was written by Scott Fellman. http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ichart2mar.htm __________________ Pull his finger. I dare you.

02/10/2008, 06:37 PM	#2
joeychitwood Schrödinger's Mod Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 3,488	Try mixing some juice from a jar of minced garlic with your usual food. Feed it to the fish. The Ich falls off in a few days.

02/10/2008, 06:50 PM	#3
pepino Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: st charles, missouri Posts: 1,105	ok thanks thanks for the help

02/10/2008, 06:57 PM	#4
kau_cinta_ku Moved On Join Date: May 2005 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 8,669	if he is alrealdy in QT you can either try hypo or copper. hypo will prob. have less stress on the fish. the garlic will help it keep eating though but not proven to kill ich. yes it will fall off in a couple days but it will also come back stronger if not killed.

02/10/2008, 07:10 PM	#6
pepino Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: st charles, missouri Posts: 1,105	so i just put the fish on freshwater for 5 minutes and then back into the quarentine tank

02/10/2008, 07:17 PM	#8
xenon Owner of Canada Corals Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mississauga, Canada Posts: 3,148	freshwater dip is fine for parasites on the skin/gills but totally useless for ich that is under the skin. Hyposalinity or copper is the only solution.