Here is a Successful Ich Treatment

Successfully treated my Bala Sharks in my 100 gallon tank.

The Sharks were covered in small white spots (mostly near the fins), its its possible that my 2 dwarf rainbows has also started to show signs.

Anyways, I am just here to give you another Ich treatment option, if you have not heard it before -- Nox-Ich

It is a Malachite Green and Salt treatment, which can be done over a 3 day span. You add 1 drop per gallon (you must be careful as the dropper is really just in the form of a plastic capper with a small hole). Other than that, it worked great. 3 days and all the spots gone. You can either use the full treatment, or half for more sensitive fish. Because my sharks seemed relatively fine, I opted for the half treatment to see how it worked, so my results are based on just this half treatment.

It does turn the tank blue/green for a few hours, and it could stain some decor, so if possible to do it in a quarantine tank... do it. But I would definitely still HIGHLY recommend this treatment, as all spots are gone, and not a single fish was lost!

The bonus here was I did not change any other tank conditions besides adding the treatment. All my water tests were still perfectly fine during the treatment.

 

Malachite green and salt are used against ich for ages. One could basically exchange the brandname for many other meds that work exactly the same.

 

Malachite green and salt are used against ich for ages. One could basically exchange the brandname for many other meds that work exactly the same.

Yeah, so I have heard, just found this one pretty easy to get access to here in Canada, ordered off amazon and arrived on the same day

 

I've heard it's very difficult to get fish meds in Canada, we are spoiled here in the States. So glad your fish are doing well.

 

Is your Malachite the same thing as Méthylène Blue? I am asking because a friend just email me saying she has a tiger barb with Ich and is treating with salt and Bleu Méthylène.
Just wondering if it’s the same thing as I’m in Canada as well.

 

As far as I know of Methylene Blue is not the same thing as Malachite. They say you can use it as an alternative for Malachite for more sensitive fish, but I don't think it's as effective. It stains the damaged tissue on the fish and is usually seen being used for things like preventing infection in fin rot, wounds, and other fungus related things.

I personally never used it for ich, but it did work very well for fin regrowth and cleaning up a wound, although I had a fish die from a serious infection that it did nothing against.

 

Thank you that is very helpful, I will let my friend know. I have been very lucky so far, never had a sick fish.

 

No sick fish?! Wow..you really are quite lucky. I've dealt with quite a few illnesses over the years and it's defiently something I wish was 100% avoidable.

 

As far as I know of Methylene Blue is not the same thing as Malachite. They say you can use it as an alternative for Malachite for more sensitive fish, but I don't think it's as effective. It stains the damaged tissue on the fish and is usually seen being used for things like preventing infection in fin rot, wounds, and other fungus related things.

I personally never used it for ich, but it did work very well for fin regrowth and cleaning up a wound, although I had a fish die from a serious infection that it did nothing against.

No sick fish?! Wow..you really are quite lucky. I've dealt with quite a few illnesses over the years and it's defiently something I wish was 100% avoidable.

I have lost some new fish when introduced to my aquarium but no illness in my 3 tanks so far. Only been at it since last July. LoL

 

As far as I know of Methylene Blue is not the same thing as Malachite.

Correct.

 

Thank you, now I know for sure.