Is The Ich Gone Already?!

I made a post about a puffer with ich just three days ago. I turned the temp to 82, its been three days and no medicine... But no white spots!! Can she be cured already ?! Can a fish have ich but no spots ?!

 

Ich has a life cycle. It hatches, finds a fish, lives on it (this is when you can see the spots), falls off, and starts the cycle again. That's a simplified version, but yes, there is usually a period where the fish will not have any ich on them, but the tank still has ich. So it'll be back in a few days to a week.

Plus, a temp of 82 is nowhere near warm enough to kill ich. I think ich starts to struggle more like 86-90.

Why aren't you using meds? You don't have inverts (or you shouldn't, since they'll be puffer food), so there really isn't a reason not to use copper meds.

 

Ich has a life cycle. It hatches, finds a fish, lives on it (this is when you can see the spots), falls off, and starts the cycle again. That's a simplified version, but yes, there is usually a period where the fish will not have any ich on them, but the tank still has ich. So it'll be back in a few days to a week.

Plus, a temp of 82 is nowhere near warm enough to kill ich. I think ich starts to struggle more like 86-90.

Why aren't you using meds? You don't have inverts (or you shouldn't, since they'll be puffer food), so there really isn't a reason not to use copper meds.

Since them, puffer has not had more white spots and neither has the emergency goby addition. Maybe I am very lucky?? Still confused though, lol. But I read that since puff doesn't have scales, he is also sensitive to meds, so I was scared to use it without being sure that it was needed.

 

Ich is very easy to get rid of and it's quick as well surprisingly.

 

Ich is very easy to get rid of and it's quick as well surprisingly.

Yay!