Ich or epistylis?

[LakelaTaylorC]

Help! I’ve been treating for ich with API to no avail. I’ve ordered Ich X but now I’m wondering if it’s epistylis instead?? I don’t know what to do or how to treat that. What should I do??

 

[sleinadessej]

Looks like ich to me from the photos, do you have carbon in your filter? If yes, you must remove it as it will absorb all the medications you have added. If no carbon, i would raise temp a little and repeat dose after a water change.

 

[LakelaTaylorC]

No I removed the carbon. Also I’ve attempted to raise the temp and with the medication my fish become extremely stressed. So I left it low. I’m down to 2 fish out of 8 now all dead.

 

[Ksway]

Tell us a bit about your setup, how new ? Size of tank and how many males and females you had. What are the water parameters of the tank? What is your maintenance routine?

Tell us a bit about your setup, how new ? Size of tank and how many males and females you had. What are the water parameters of the tank? What is your maintenance routine?

Also it looks like ich to me

 

[LakelaTaylorC]

It’s a 20g which has been cycled 2 months now. I added 6 platys and 2 otos (didn’t know at the time they needed large groups) the parameters have all stayed perfect, 0ammonia 0 nitrite snd 5 nitrate. It was 4 females to 2 males. Now it’s a male and female left. My maintenance routine was one a week a 20% change but I only had them 1 week when this happened so I’ve been treating with API Ick cure but it did nothing. Day one of ich X was yesterday but they’ve been dropping. I’m guessing they were just weak. I have crush coral for hardness and PH because my well water is soft and acidic. The GH is perfect like around 10 and the PH is 7.5 steady. I use API stress zyme + water conditioner added to every water change. I used seachem prime and seachem stability for the first week I added the fish. No issues until 2 spots showed up, I treated immediately and now we’re here. I gravel vacuum at each water change as well.

 

[Ksway]

That all sounds good, what is the temp of the tank? The don't like it too hot, that is the only other thing I can think of. Possibly could of been stressed out by the males a 1:1 ratio isn't ideal 2:1 on the females would be ideal. They can definitely be hit or miss from a shop, sometimes you can get a bad batch and lose them all. We would get orders in the shop I worked at and sometimes they would come in in terrible condition. Like a guppy there is a lot of inbreeding.

 

[LakelaTaylorC]

The temp is 76 and before you day raise it I did attempt that bu my fish already are in oxygen distress because of the medication and ick x does not recommend raising the temp. I know the ratio isn’t ideal but 3 days ago I had 4 females to 2 males so that should have been fine. I know that you sometimes get a bad batch, I will be ordering online from now on.