ScarfaceShaz

Hi could someone please confirm to me if I should still do water changes, if I am using medication, rather than increae temp and salt.
How much and how often?
Also if using meds, am i allowed to turn the lights on? its just that i read somewhere that the light oxidises the meds ??

please help. Ive had ICH before, and itd go very well. I had so many casulties. only two survived from the ten... :-(

ScarfaceShaz

Also has anyone heard of WS3, by King British. Is it recommended..?

capekate

Your medication pamphlet or bottle should give directions on water changes with meds. Some directions say to do a partial water change in between medicating schedule. I would look at the instructions on your meds and follow their recommendation.

sirdarksol

As Kate said, each med should have info on water changes, light preferences, etc... when using the meds.
I have not heard of that brand of medication.

Don't forget to go through the entire medication regimen. Failing to do so can leave the cysts dormant in the substrate, and they can open up after the meds are out of the tank, hitting the fish when they're still recovering (more than a few folks have lost their fish to this secondary infestation of ich).

Also, if you've had more than one outbreak of ich, you may want to start looking for the cause. Ich normally doesn't affect fish unless they are stressed (like with nitrate poisoning, or a too-small tank) or the ich is being introduced in large quantities (such as when unquarantined fish are put directly in the tank).