Great Success Treating Ich on Loaches

I just wanted to let everyone know about the great success I had treating Ich in my tank. I have a 75 gallon fully planted tank. This tank has the following:

4 clown loaches
1 Synodontis eupterus
Various Rainbowfish
2 Pearl Gouramis
1 Siamensis
10 Otto cats
2 Cories
1 Sparkling gourami

Because it is fully planted and has clown loaches...I really use caution when deciding which treatment to use. Salt would hurt my plants. Copper kills my inverts. Malichite kills my loaches and catfish. What to do. :huh:

I decided that my fish were extremely healthy (only 1 loach had Ich) and could handle the treatment...so I went with Nox-Ich. Half the recommended dose for 3 days. The ich cleared up on the third day. The plants and fish were all doing great. :clap: This was 3 weeks ago and all are doing fine now.

BTW, during the time of treatment...I increased my temp to 86 degrees.

Ok, I just wanted to share my experience with everyone here. I know I'm not the only person to have this problem and question which treatment to use in their tank. Good luck to anyone battling ich. If anyone has questions about this treatment...don't hesitate to ask. :dance2:

I'm aware of this but the medication stayed in the water for sometime after this (about 2 days) until I put carbon in the filter to remove it. It only kills the free living form of the protozoan. This can easily be taken care of in 3 days with meds. With salt it should take longer. Like I said, it's been 3 weeks and there are no signs of ich. I don't think it's coming back. I keep my tank at 82-83 degrees and at that temp...I would see it already. Ich can't just survive in an aquarium without showing itself on your fish. The natural history of the species suggests that they need a fish host to reproduce and can't live as free-floating forms for very long. Therefore, if they are not seen on your fish for sometime you have probably eliminated it.

Since I don't see it and it's been that long...I don't see any reason to continue treatment. Besides...the medicine says specifically to treat for 3 days. Correct me if I'm wrong...but I'm not worried about a relapse.