treating ich in an tank with inverts?

[Linda S]

1st I'm not sure it's ich. I know what ich looks like, these white spots are flat not cyst like. They are on my turquoise rainbow fish. I had a rise in temperature to 81 degrees, and then the weather cooled off and the A/C worked and cooled the tank to 76 degrees.

36 bow front, very heavily planted.
inhabitants:
4 rainbow fish
7 cories,
4 otos
6 hatchett fish
RCS
amanos
pond snails, MTS, ramshorns

temp 78.5
am 0
ites 0
ates 10
pH 7.0
I dose the seachem flourish line, weekly w/c 10%

I'm not worried about losing snails. I'm concerned about my shrimp. If it turns out to be ich is the salt and temperature increase safe for them? Any other options?

 

[Linda S]

ok, I read archived posts, it seems Kordon's Ich-Attack is safe to use is this correct

 

[msjinkzd]

shrimp can tolerate heat and salt for the duration of ich treatment. it would be my preference over a chemical. Also, you could always move the shrimp to a qt if you have on eavailable to treat the tank.

 

[Linda S]

lol I have a tank available but I would never be able to catch them all in that planted tank. =)

If it is ich I'll do salt and temp increase, thanks.

 

[blazingazn]

i've used the salt treatment for my ich problems and my amanos don't seem to be affected. the main precaution i took was to gradually introduce the salt water to my main tank water to avoid rapid osmolarity changes. mts seem to be fine too

 

[Linda S]

thanks, it isn't ich. the spots are gone, there has been no flashing, and none of the other fish were affected. They look fine tonight. and I've given them a good looking over.

 

[Linda S]

well I found a spot of something on one of my cories. This looks too big for ich, but I've started the salt/heat process. I continue this for 10 days? right?

 

[Jspigs]

You should continue the treatment for ten days after the last spot is gone.

This is because ich is only vulnerable for treatment in it's free swimming stage.

 

[Linda S]

right jspigs, thanks

 

[Linda S]

I caught the cory with the spot and tried to remove it with a q-tip, it wouldn't come off. I don't think this is ich there is no flashing, none of the other fish are affected. If this is ich when should I see the outbreak? the temp is 85.4 and the salt concentration is 2 tsp per gallon. Do I treat it as if it is ich until I know otherwise? It's only been 24 hours. thanks for your help
linda