ICK Treatment

JPKeenan

JPKeenan

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OK, I have a white spot or two on a fish in one of my tanks. The white spots only look like they are effecting one scale. One fish has 2 of them on his/her back. If it is ICK I wanna take care of it before it infects the other fish.

Just to be on the safe side I got some ICK treatment. On the bottle it says to remove the carbon from the filter when using the treatment.

Both my filters (on both tanks) have the "sleeve" (the filter packs).

Would I need to remove them and run the filters without the carbon packs for the day or two it says to let the medicine run it's course?

Thanks for the help.
 
You need to remove activated carbon when treating with most medications, otherwise the activated carbon pulls the medication right out of the water.

So, yes, if the instructions that came with the medication tell you to remove the carbon then remove the carbon.
 
It sounds like you bought some Quick Cure? It will not wipe out the ich in two days as it claims. The spots may or may not disappear after a couple of days but the ich will still be present in the tank for several more days, depending on the water temperature. What you could do is use the meds for a couple of days and then do a big water change and go with a salt/ heat treatment and continue that untill the spots have disappeared a total of at least three days.
 
whatever brand of meds you got, I would increase the heat in the tank a bit to speed up the life cycle of the ich and make sure you don't have a re-infestation.
 
Once again thanks for the all the help.

Should hopefully have some decent pics of the tanks come monday or tuesday. I am working on some things :naughty:

Got some ideas looking at some of the DIY stuff on this and other sites, and the lack of decorations and hiding spots in the 30g tank got me started on a project :bling:. I just wanted to double check some stuff first to make sure they are fishy safe.
 
Had a fish seem to be suffering from "drunkenness"....

...I took out my filter pack (the "foam" with the carbon in it) and have the meds running through an "empty" filter. I think it said to repeat treatment for a few days... I am wondering if the water chemistry will go all wonkie without having the carbon in it that long.
 
With the carbon filter out, do you have no filter media at all in the filter? If so, does that mean your tank has to cycle again? Perhaps the fish are reacting to water being all out of wack with no bacteria in the filter? Edit: I have removed the carbon from a sleeve filter, rinsed it well, and used it empty while medicating. Meds seemed to work just fine, and I still had some filtration going.

Jen
 
The one filter has no other media inside it but the foam/carbon envelope.

The other has a coarse plastic "scrubby" (looks a bit like the stuff you scrub non-stick pots and pans with).

The directions on the bottle says to cycle/change the water after 2 or 3 days (which is when I would put the filter/carbon packs back in).

Except for the one fish that was acting sick before the meds they all seem to be doing fine after 12 hours with no carbon in the filter.

EDIT: I am still running the filters without the carbon as well as the air stones, to keep the water aerated as well as to keep circulation going.
 
If you are not certain of what ails them..you shouldn't be treating at all....
 
Rbishop said:
If you are not certain of what ails them..you shouldn't be treating at all....
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There is a fish in both tanks that have one or two white scales that I thought might be the start of ick. What gets me is that the two fish are not rubbing against things. And can;t really get a good picture.
 
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