View Full Version : Best ick medicine??
cb93lx
03-24-2003, 6:04 PM
Any thoughts on the best ick medicine? There's so many to choose from, just wanted some suggestions! Thanks!
NJ Devils Fan
03-24-2003, 6:17 PM
Theres the natural remedy of raising the temp and ading salt. The medicine I used awhile ago and recommend is QuICK Cure. Worked very effectivly.
damion
03-25-2003, 10:19 AM
My fishes got over ick a couple of weeks ago. Used Aquari-sol, no stains and didn't lose a fish.
beviking
03-25-2003, 11:18 AM
Formalin and salt.
gidget21
03-25-2003, 12:52 PM
quickcure works wonders but be aware that it is very very stressful on bottomfeeders and salt is not good for bottomfeeders they don't like it much so its hard toss up between the 2 to use also if you have black mystery snails take them out before you treat your fish for it will probably kill them. best bet for ick is the quickcure though its fast and effective but as i said ver sressfull on your fish as you are medicating add more bacteria to your water to cut down on the stress of your fish they will need it and don't get to scared if they hang out in corners or on hte bottom its just stress.
dragonfish
03-25-2003, 1:12 PM
Originally posted by damion
My fishes got over ick a couple of weeks ago. Used Aquari-sol, no stains and didn't lose a fish.
Hey damion, how exactly did you treat them? Like tell us the procedure you used to cure your fish, cause i currently have Aquari-sol and don't seem to get any results, I've used a whole bottle already. Did you do any water changes?
wetmanNY
03-25-2003, 1:46 PM
Of the people recommending or disrecommending AquariSol, how many have noticed the active ingredient is "zycosin?" What percent of those people did a brief www.google.com search: "zycosin?"
The following gem of zycosin information/gossip definitely warmed my skeptical heart!
http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/unsubstantiated.htm
"silver? copper? ah, whatever! we'll still call it "zycosin!"
I wonder whether people who found Aquari-Sol didn't work for them were using dechlorinators that have conditioners included? "A little extra dechlorinator never hurts!" Do you see what some extra chelator molecules dissolved in the water might do to "zycosin?"
Is everyone aware of the pH dependence of copper toxicity? What happens, after you've used a whole bottle (!!!) when your pH drops six weeks from now, from whatever causes? Mysterious toxicity, eh?
All this talk of brand-names, and so little mention of ingredients. It's the ingredients that are important...
beviking
03-25-2003, 8:18 PM
Originally posted by beviking
Formalin and salt.
No staining, no pH crashes. Wipes out a bunch of stuff though, some you may not want to get rid of.
dragonfish
03-25-2003, 8:46 PM
Originally posted by beviking
No staining, no pH crashes. Wipes out a bunch of stuff though, some you may not want to get rid of.
Wipes out a bunch of stuff, meaning like beneficial bacteria? So if you use formalin, do you have to cycle you tank all over again after?
hatton3
03-26-2003, 9:28 PM
Just a question - wouldn't a UV sterilizer (if you had one) kill the ich in the water column stage, thereby stopping the process of infestation?
beviking
03-27-2003, 11:33 AM
No, formalin will not kill bacteria.
Yes, UV will kill juvenile ich (tomites) but the hard part is getting all of them (potentially 1,000's) to go through the UV!