ICK Treatment

[JPKeenan]

Sorry for cross-posting this on two forums. Put it in the newbe section first instead of here.


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.

 

[Tay690]

yah the carbon should not be in the tank whatsoever while you're treating it

the carbon unfortunately removes most medications

 

[JPKeenan]

yah the carbon should not be in the tank whatsoever while you're treating it

the carbon unfortunately removes most medications

Thanks, I'm going to get on it this weekend, going to treat both tanks just to be sure. That's what I was figuring, that it would filter out the meds.

The fish have not been exhibiting the "scratching" associated with Ick, but the white scales make me wonder. The stuff I got says it will take care of Ick and some fungal ailments.