Help Corys With Ich

Randomly today I noticed my cories have ich when nothing new has been added to tank. What should I do? Heat Treatment? I have a picture if needed.

 

This has always worked for me but have to follow directions to the last letter for it to work

 

Ok thanks. Any other suggestions I should know? Anyone ever have luck treating just with heat?

 

Ok thanks. Any other suggestions I should know? Anyone ever have luck treating just with heat?

please place a pic indeed.

 

Here it is. This one is the worst with two having a few specks and one having none that I can see.

 

Okay. Cause it is quite an infection and it's a Peppered I'd choose for the med-waythis time. Be aware some meds ask a half dosing in case of Corys

 

My go-to is a medicine food called ich shield. Since I have started using it none of my fish have died from ich. It's safe for all fish where you have to be really careful with liquid medicines as they can be harmful to scale-less fish like cories and plecos. But it is more expensive but lasts a Longtime. My lps gave me a sample of about a cup and I've given it to them maybe a weeks worth total and barely put a dent in the sample. Might be worth looking into.

 

Ok thanks for all the info after I get off work I will go try to find some medicine the medicated food sounds good but I don’t think my Corys are eating at the moment.

 

I don't know Ich in food that needs to be eaten. Sounds strange cause the parasites in the free swimming stage of the lifecycle should be killed. I'd therefor use a med like paraguard, esha exit , or something alike.

Start treating asap !

 

Will start as soon as possible. It seems like it is only affecting the corys so far.

Edit: should I be feeding when I treat the tank or no?

 

Will start as soon as possible. It seems like it is only affecting the corys so far.

Edit: should I be feeding when I treat the tank or no?

That's quite strange to me (being the only ones and not eating).
What were the Corys fed? You can feed normally.

 

Could you place a sidepic of onr of the corys.

 

I can as soon as I get home. What usually happened is I would feed the other fish flakes and they would eat what they missed and then they got a few pellets when the lights went out also. They also all get frozen food twice a week.

 

Update: I was able to get some medicine and treat the tank. I made sure to take out my carbon filtration also. I could not get a clear picture of my corys as they are mostly hiding but I will try again later. From what I can see they all look to be at the same condition. No signs on any other fish.

 

It takes a bit for it to work

 

It takes a bit for it to work

I know I was just saying that as in there was no change while I was at work and unable to treat the tank.

 

Update and A Question: Today my corys seem to be better and more active. The container said to treat until symptoms are gone but I treated one more day to be safe. How long before I can use the siphon I used for that tank on other tanks?

 

Bump on the question above.

 

Only had to do it once thanks to my.local pet store I usually I spent them once bagged this time I didn't was in a hurry luckily was containted to my qt used ich treatment also bumped temps up slowly 3 deg in c help speed up the cycle daily gravel vac gone with in week once all signs where gone slowly dropped temp and keep vacuuming up for a other week ensure none in the gravel or eggs 2 weeks all gone and qaurentined from memory they have 3 day cycle and need a host to survive