Ich Treatment- Heat, Salt, Both?

I have a 55 gallon freshwater tank, with Angel fish, black mollies, rams, bn pleco, and cories. It also now has ich. I was reading about some successfully treating ich with heat and salt, but I also know cories can react negatively to salt. I've already lost one fish (bn pleco), and I'm doing my best not to loose any others. I raised the temperature of the tank from 76 to 83 degrees so far, and I now have the salt mixed in a bucket at the same temp, but I lost my nerve of adding it.

Should I add the salt, or should I continue to raise the temp (slowly)? If I continue to raise the temp, what is the max I should do, and how long should I do it for? I know life cycle of ich is three days, though I've read some continue this treatment for several weeks.

The pleco and one black molly were the only ones that had a lot white spots on them. The angelfish I can see a couple spots here and there. The one black molly was covered in them last night, but I don't see any on him today. Not sure what happened there, but I'm hesitant to jump for joy that I don't see them.

Just really not sure what next step should be, and would really appreciate some advice from someone who has successfully treated ich.

Thank you! <3

 

I would not add salt. Have you tried treating with API General cure?

 

No, I haven't. I don't add chemicals to my tank except for Prime. In the past, they've always seemed to cause more harm than good.

 

If you don't want to go with the chemical route you'll have to do the heat treatment. Turn the heat up 2 degrees every few hours till it hits 86. Than every other day you'll need to do water changes.

It's rinse and repeat until the ich is gone.

 

Will do. I'm in Jacksonville, Fl, and we're preparing for the hurricane at the moment. I did a water change yesterday since I'm not sure if the city is going to treat the water at any point during the storm. Would it hurt to wait until the storm passes to do the next one?