ich in a 220 gallon aquarium

ryry123

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hi i have a 180 gallon aquarium with a 40 gallon refugeum and i just noticed some spots on my two smaller oscars 6-7 inches. my 14 incher not yet and the bala shark and convicts not yet neither the pleco. but i think it may be stress because i just recently added the 14 inch oscar and the smaller ones get pissed off. im not sure why but the 14 incher does not get mad or anything he just minds his own bussiness. well anyway i read that ich can attach a fish easier if they are stressed. i need something to cure it and it needs to be enough for the treatment for a 220 gallon aquarium. what should i buy. help pleease
 
The number one misconseption is that if there is any problem you must go to the store and buy a "cure in a bottle" that is just not true with most cases if you make shure the stress is gone the problem will run its corse. The other problem is that most people think that any time there fish gets a white spot it must be ich. There are lots of problems that can show up as white spots other than parasites, funguses and evan some viruses. So first things first make shure you evan have ich and if you do and it dose not seam to be running its course and it is just on one fish I would do a salt water dip.
 
I had it in my 220g planted. A lot of fish had it. I tend to steer away from medications and chemicals in general. All I did was bump the temp up(from 82-84) and within a week, all gone.
 
chodfishy said:
The number one misconseption is that if there is any problem you must go to the store and buy a "cure in a bottle" that is just not true with most cases if you make shure the stress is gone the problem will run its corse. The other problem is that most people think that any time there fish gets a white spot it must be ich. There are lots of problems that can show up as white spots other than parasites, funguses and evan some viruses. So first things first make shure you evan have ich and if you do and it dose not seam to be running its course and it is just on one fish I would do a salt water dip.
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can you elaborate on the 'run it's course '?

I do agree that a proper diagnosis is needed however, running it's course in the case of many parasite infestation..would include the death of the fish.
ich does have fairly distinct characteristics not associated with 'other' possible white spot issues.

there are not many funguses not viruses which will appear as raise white dots similar to sprinkling the fish with salt.
 
yes its only on there side fins it looks like someone sprinkled some salt on there fins. i dont want to up the temp because of my java moss dies everytime the temp spikes over 80 so i pu them in a small hospital tank. as of now the temp is up to 83 in there and i may go out an buy some quik cure. dunno yet.
 
it would be better and safer for the fish to use salt to treat them. i have used 1 tsp/gallon with success. add it slowly over a couple days so that it doesn't irritate them too much. i premeasured the amount of salt, filled a clean water bottle with tank water, then added 1/4 of the salt. then i shook it up so it would all dissolve and added that salty water to the tank. i did 1/4 in the morning, 1/4 in the evening, 1/4 the next morning, and 1/4 the next evening. then leave it in there for 10-14 days. if you do a water change (you should do a big one before starting treatment) then just add back whatever salt was removed. you can use table salt - while it does contain some additives in the form of anti-caking agents, they will not harm your fish.
 
Chicken's method is the way I would go, along with raising the temp to 85 degrees or so. Hopefully one teaspoon per gallon will suffice as you seem to have a minor outbreak .
 
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