melawii

I feel terrible, I've been so caught up in my krib wigglers that I havn't paid as much attention to my wild kribs as I regualrily do... yesterday I noticed an ick infestation the worst I've ever had before too! (I've always caught ick when there was only 2 or 3 spots and always gotten rid of it, no deaths) but this is bad. The only fish who were infected by it pretty bad were my male wild krib, a few spots on my female wild krib (she's always with him) and 2 or so spots on each my yoyo's. AHH I'm so scared, all the fish seem fine except my male wild krib... he's got lots of spots on his front fins and some on his head, he's not eating and he's breathing heavily. He's such a pretty little male now, I really don't want to lose him.

This is the action I've taken so far to help everyone, which is the same action that I have taken in the past:

Tank that is infected = 30g... temperature has been raised to 84, trying to get in past 90 but I might need to add another heater. I've done 2 gravel vacs (although I have sand) one yesterday one today. I've added 2 tablespons of salt, one today one yesterday. I also did a 75% water change yesterday.

I usually just keep this process up till it goes away... I'm just worried tho because never before have my fish suffered like the male is now. All my previous ick attacks the fish acted no different.

Do you think it's too late for my beautiful male krib? I think if I can at least stop the spread and get him back to eating and breathing normaly, that I can eventually fight off every last spot.... I just his strength to help me

Allie I feel your pain, I'm praying for our little males

0morrokh

Sounds like you did everything you can do. Don't worry about your Krib too much, it's rare for a fish to die of ICH unless it isn't treated properly.

melawii

here's a picture of my little guy, you can clearly see the ick spots on his front fins. theres a couple on his forehead area as well.

this is deffinately not a happy krib

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0morrokh

Well he does look a bit unhappy but not terrible. That's really not that bad of an ich infection compared to fish you see at certain stores......
He's a gorgeous fish btw. Hope he recovers soon.

COBettaCouple

You might want to pick up some Ich-Attack. I know heat's the main thing, but i think if you can add that, it might help him feel better and help you feel better too.

jsalemi

After losing most of my Serpae tetras to ick, and the API Super Ich medicine not doing a darn thing, I invested in some Ich-Attack for the future. Unfortunately, not a single LFS around here carries it, so I got some from DFS that should be arriving today.

melawii

thank everyone for your help... unfortunetly I found him dead today I have a feeling ick might have not of been the only thing that caused his death, he was really not looking well the last couple of days, and I could have sworn his ick was if anything improving. my little wild female krib was right beside him when I found him dead I'm pretty sad today.

jsalemi

Sorry you lost him!

From what I've read, it's usually not the ich itself that kills the fish -- it weakens their immune system and damages their slime coat, causing secondary infections that are the real killers.

You should keep treating the tank for ich anyway, keeping the temperature up for at least 14 days to kill off any parasites that could attach other fish in the tank.

Allie

Sorry about your krib.

0morrokh

I'm so sorry you lost him. It's a mystery to me why he died so soon, I thought ich ususally didn't kill fish that quickly... You did everything for him you could so try not to feel bad about it.

melawii

no I deffinately think it must have been something else as well, if anything the ick was improving... he just didn't have the strength to eat or anything I wonder what it could have been? maybe my increasing of the temperature to84 over the last 3 days? still, the rest of the fish are fine, oh well.

COBettaCouple

i'm sorry to hear that you lost him. maybe it was something internal?

Oblivion

Sorry for you Krib...My BN is fighting against Ich too...