Quick Cure?

I bought some of API's "Quick Cure" for my tank.. Im going through a pretty minor ICH outbreak and am trying to keep it that way, but the heat and salt seem to be majorly stressing out my corys and pleco :angryfire:

Since it doesnt say on the package, is Quick Cure going to kill my pleco and corys? What is everybodys experience with API's "Quick Cure" product?

gmh said:

How warm is the water and how much salt have you added?

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Went from 76f to 85.5f over a 4 day period.

Added 25 teaspoons of aquarium salt from my LFS over the same period. Every time I did a water change, I'd add salt to the bucket and mix it up before I added it.

Lillyan said:

QuickCure never hurt any of my bottom dwellers. Loach, Pleco, Cat, Snail, Shrimp, etc. all were fine as Daisies.
Salt on the other hand messed up my plants, so I rarely use the recommended dose

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Thanks..how much quick cure did you use (Did you go full or 1/2 dose?) and what temperature did you have your tank at while treating with Quick Cure?

Well...came home from work tonight to find my first fatality..one of my honey gouramis was floating - dead as a doornail Crazy thing is, the gouramis never had any ich spots and never (IMO) showed any stress!

I am testing my ammonia and nitrites right now, they've got 1 and 2 minutes left respectively: but as far as I can tell right now, the levels are still the same - ammonia almost 0 and nitrites between 0 and .25.

The tank temp is somewhere between 85 and 86f.

I noticed my corys are ICH free today!! There seems to be either a new ICH on my neon tetra, or a piece of slime coat/flesh is hanging off him where the ICH was this morning, I cant tell.

My test results were ammonia: almost 0 (there was some yellow), nitrite: less than .25.

I did a 33% water change anyways. Maintained the level of aquarium salt and also added 2x amount of stress coat.

gmh said:

I's been a couple of days, how are the cories doing? Did you keep the heat and salt the same? Did you add in Quick Cure?

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Wow... somebody DOES pay attention to me

I have not added the Quick Cure® ... I have kept the temp up to 85.5 and maintained the aquarium salt balance.

As of last night, there was a small ICH on the tail of the neon tetra, but this morning there was nothing on the neon. The corys look ICH free as of this morning :naughty:

Im hoping this was "it", and there wont be any more subsequent outbreaks. I did nip it in the butt as soon as I saw the spots, and only 3 fish (out of ~10) had spots, and the most my corys ever had were 3 spots each. :hypnotized:

Im going to do a 30% WC tonight...going to vacuum the gravel again too to get any ICH's that have fallen to the bottom & are waiting to multiply.