Ich!

I have a 12-gallon tank with 4 new guppies and a huge mystery snail. One guppy developed ich on Thursday, so I took out the carbon filter and started medicating with Ich Attack, which says it is safe for inverts. Today the fish looks worse and two others are now infected. I stepped up to twice a day as the instructions said to do. I have also been gradually turning up the heat in the tank.

Is there anything else I can do? How high should the heat go? Is it safe to add salt? Should I try to rearrange and get the snail out, or put the fish in a different tank? I really don't have a good place to put the snail - the only choice is a 6-gallon that already has 4 danios and a cory catfish, so it's already overstocked. I guess it might be okay, though, if I do water changes every other day. It's also possible I could move everybody out of a 3-gallon and put them in the 12-gallon and move the guppies out into the 3-gallon so I can use a stronger medication, and then move them back when they are cured.

Or should I just keep going with the Ich Attack and it will eventually work?

Jamiya

The 3 guppies with ich all died. The 4th (and last) guppy seems unaffected. The snail seems fine. The water is murky from the Ich Attack medication. Should I continue to medicate for 3-4 days, then put the carbon back in, wait for the water to clear, test parameters, and then try again with the guppies? I am so sad.

Jamiya

The last guppy died. I never saw any signs of ich but maybe it was inside its gills or mouth.

Now there's only the snail. I guess I will treat for a couple more days, do another water change, put the carbon filter back in, and then I think I will wait until after the holidays and try again.

arjosh said:

Kordon Ich Attack is the best medication to use in any tank...Had an infection once with lots of cherries and blue/black mystery shrimps....took care of ICK in 3 dose....kinda hard to find in LFS.....try getting online.....

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It's sold in several pet stores here - it's what I was using. I dosed once a day for several days and then more fish came down with it so I increased to twice a day as the instructions say. Several days later they all died.

Do you think if I get new fish at the same store, this will happen again?