zowie717

i do not see a question here but if you have ICH i have done several things and i recommend raising the tempurature, and treating with aquarium salt. that worked the best for me. you also need to understand how ich grows. when you can see it, it is already has been in your tank. by rasing the tempurature you can help kill of the ich that is in your tank and also the salt helps in treating too. there is a great article on here for treating ich with this method. i will see if i can find it. i tried all the other methods of using LFS medication and it ended up killing most of my fish. you can also remove your fish to a quaritine tank and they raise your tempurate for a week to a higher level to treat the tank and kill off any remaining ich in your tank and you can watch your fish before you put them back in your main tank. also i believe that clown loaches are suspectible to ich. any recent stress or new additions to the tank?

aquarist48

Good morning Zowie. You've just about hit the nail on the head so to speak. If 1 fish in your tank has ICH then you need to treat the entire tank. It's too late for quarantine at this point for this disease. Raise the temperature to 85 degrees and leave it there for a period of two weeks. Vacuum the substrate to remove spores that have fallen from the fish and into the gravel. Some people use salt and some do not. I would wait at least 1 week after treatment, with the fish being asymptomatic before adding any additional fish. Add additional air supply because warmer water needs more oxygen.
Have a GREAT JULY 4th! Stay safe.

Lucy

Looks like his post got messed up in the forum glitch last night.
I think I remember the post and had replied to it.

If I remember correctly, the OP was going to treat the ich with raised temps.
84F for at least 2 weeks, increasing aeration, frequent water changes and thorough gravel vac.

He was wanting confirmation on this type of treatment for ich

aquarist48

Hello Lucy! Hope you're doing well. Thanks for the info! Maybe we should hold off on posting until the problem is corrected?

Lucy

Good Morning
It looks like things are ok today.
I'm not sure if we'll get the missing posts/threads/pm's back.
Mike was up late last night working on things.

Saxobone

thanks guys im crossin my fingers

Butterfly

Let us know how they are doing
Carol