KittieKat

so yesterday i had just wrote to "do guppies need salt?" that i put half strength or less of salt in my tanks for extra protection against illness and that "my fish NEVER get sick"...

i jinxed myself! and bad! my new 125gal thats holding 14 goldfish (various sizes of comets and commons), 5 zebra danios, and 5 red eye tetras just came down with a serious case of ick!

ive had the goldfish for a week now and the others a couple days less..
last night a HORRIBLE winter storm hit and temperatures went below freezing (right as it was starting to warm up too ).. i know that a chill can cause ick to occur... nasty little parasites! grr!

ive raised the temp to 80F.. all my fish seem normal they havent lost their hunger for flakes so... im not sure if i should raise it more..

goldfish have a max temp of 75F what should i do?

the tank is really getting ready for my sharks and eel so i cant really use medications cuz theyd probably die from the M. green chemical

p.s. yes i do know that goldfish should only be kept with other goldfish but the tetras and zebras are waiting on an available tank.. the sharks need to be moved to the large tank but im not going to do it if ick just broke out in the tank!!!!! ugh!

KittieKat

heres a couple of quick pics of the ick on a couple of goldies .. might be hard to see..

the 1st is of the tail of the fish most infected fish
the second is another of the more infected ones.. hard to see in the pic but the tail has it pretty bad

all of this didnt appear until about atleast noon cuz i left for college at 7am and nothing was wrong with the fish, came home at noon and everything went crazy..

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COBettaCouple

Look for something called ICH-Attack. It's herbal, organic and helpful with Ich, safe for all fish - even fry. They'll still need the warm water treatment, but the Ich-Attack can help them in getting better without introducing harsh or deadly chemicals.

Chief_waterchanger

Er.. Can goldfish handle 82 degree water for 2 weeks? I don't know that they can, but can't say 'definately not' so I will direct Dino or Butterfly to this area, both have kept goldfish for years so they should know better than I would.