Can ich cure itself

Another option is to purchase only specimens which have been kept in properly medicated tanks at least two weeks at your dealer we medicate all our fish-only tanks full time and we date our fish labels to help you with this. Saltwater invertebrates are suspected of being carriers of ich, and since most effective ich treatments also kill invertebrates their cell structures are quite similar , they cannot be guaranteed ich-free when purchased.

Therapeutics: saltwater fish have a number of natural defenses against ich, and if the fish are healthy enough and the outbreak mild enough, sometimes the fish may cure themselves, just as they would in nature.

We can assist them to some degree by maintaining good water quality and providing a nourishing diet. Lowering the salinity to about 1. Giving the fish a two minute freshwater dip may eradicate parasites from the outer layers of skin and gills.

It is very important , however, not to mistake a temporary reprieve for a complete cure. Quite often, ich symptoms subside for a week or two, only to return a hundred fold with the next wave of parasitic swarmers. The fishes natural defenses keep the disease under control and the symptoms disappear, but there are still plenty of parasites in the aquarium.

I would not full dose them in another tank or add salt in another tank, other fish sure but the loaches no. At this point ich is already in the main tank so follow the half dose treatment and after another week to 7 days start bringing the temp back down. Bring it down sooner if the other fish start to stress. You have WAY too many fish in your small 55 gallon tank. Your fish are definitely stressed. Stress makes your fish more prone to carrying ich. I recommend getting at least a gallon tank or a couple more 55 gallon tanks and spreading the fish out.

Your ich breakouts will just keep happening with unhealthy stressed fish. I would keep treating. The ich leaves the fish, goes motile in the water, and then forms extoshells all in the tank that last a week or so before re-emerging to start the havoc all over again. I use Ich-x, but only in hospital tanks, never in display tanks. Those fish in the hospital tank died. I had to treat the whole tank this time, since I had multiple showing signs of ich.

I had a gallon planted tank with 8 bigger clown liaches and 4 discus that developed ick. I used herbtana and raised the temp to for at least 3 weeks and everybody survived. The Herbtana is more of an immune system booster than a medication to kill the ick.

This worked for me. Any chemical treatment with scaleless fish like loaches usually kills them. Be patient and leave the temp up. Garlic treated food will probably help them eat to keep immune system strong. Yes, an old post indeed, but here we all are, and for the same reason — getting rid of ick.

All of the above is very helpful and I thank everyone thus far for their input. There are only a handful of breeders of this fish and all will advise you of the same. Hope that helps anyone out there that has already aerated, salted, heated, etc without much benefit. Dead fish, empty aquariums, decorations outside.

Had devastating ich outbreak during vacation. Had snow twice, so question is, is bacteria on decorations dead? My fish had a little bit of ich and since starting an API super ich cure which is malachite green- based and involved using one powder packet for 10 gallons and leaving it for 48 hours, then repeating, i now have seriously ich-y, seriously stressed… Continued later in afternoon: never mind.

And 1 little suckerfish and 1 male guppy who look to be in good shape, but have 2 or 3 spots of ich each. Before starting the treatment I had a sickly but friendly male guppy that the survivor kept abusing. He got sick, then the red embers started getting ich spots. The blue guppy died, then I started the green treatment. I removed the filter and poured in 1 packet because i have a 10 gal tank. The ich must have come in with the second batch of red embers I bought recently, or the sucker.

The worst of the fish had about 8 spots when I started. By the time the 1st 48 hour treatment finished they were absolutely covered with ich. The box said not to change the water, just do the second 48 hour treatment.

Against my judgement I followed the directions. They were miserable. I decided to change some of the water and end the treatment early.

I was too late because they have been dropping like flies all day. Every time I turn around there are more dead ember tetras. Also, all the hundreds of uninvited snails have made it through the treatment just fine. I blendered up some garlic cloves and strained them, dumped that liquid in the tank, too. This was the lamest fishkeeping day yet, including the green slime algae struggle last year, which killed a fish and shrimp.

I isolated my fish in ad bucket for three days completely stripped my tank washed with hot water. Took my fish out of bucket returned them to the tank still had a few spots of Ick on them. Now I am doing heat treatment the woman at Petco said no more than 80 degrees r it will.

Kill my. Fish Help am I doing the right things How many day s do I keep the temperature up I was told four or five days.

Hi, had to remove all my fish to a qt tank as they have ich, how do i keep the bacteria alive in my display tank, should i add a certain amount of ammonia, or wont it be needed, as the fish will probably be out of it a while Thank you Paul. My 55 gallon is having ich issues. What do I do. I have cichlids. Hi everyone! He is very active and responsive to me…though this week I have noticed him scratching and slashing a lot.

He also has been taking big gulps of water randomly. I took him to a local fish store and had the water tested. The store said they do not see any spots on him he is white and red and the water tested perfect. He is still scratching and flashing and I am worried about him. Has anyone experienced this before? Should I treat for ich anyway? Any help is appreciated thank you! Hey Sarah, I would be very cautious about this.

He is not displaying any symptoms for ich, and as such I would not treat for it. At best it will do nothing, at worse, using the wrong treatment could seriously stress him out or kill him. Good luck though! I started a 20 gallon high tank after having successfully gotten back into the hobby with a 5 gallon Betta tank for over a year.

The water parameters were good. All the Harlequins were seemingly fine. The guy at the LFS told me I needed a heater and that the Otos required degree water I was skeptical then and I now call bunk on that.

Even after I added the heater Otos continued to die until I only had 1 left 11 days after I added fish. My fish showed no signs of further stress during and after treatment. The 11 fish made it through, the last Oto is super healthy and growing. David A. Crandall, M. Fatherree, M. Ken Feldman Jon E. Shimek, Ph. All times are GMT The time now is PM. TapaTalk Enabled. Use of this web site is subject to the terms and conditions described in the user agreement. User Name. Remember Me? Mark Forums Read.

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Find More Posts by kevin Find More Posts by Triggerfish. It's definitely possible for fish to fight off the infection. The question is whether a latent infection persists. I've only observed complete ich extinction in tanks with UV.

You must educate yourself and not take for granted all that you hear as valid on this forum just like anything else, it takes time to look at the facts and weed through what is and is not valid. Get a good basic manual on fish care and health so you can identify and treat the most common ailments of fish.

Here is an article on Ich that will put you in the right direction:. A friend of mine thought he had ich after switching to sand.

Turned out to be sand on a few fish. Ive treated ich a few times by turning heat up to 84 for two weeks and gravel vac ever other day to clean up the spores. Never had to resort to meds. Update if anyone is following this. Last night and this morning I really thought the tetras were done for. One of them was covered in spots so I expected to come home from work today to them dead or moving them to QT to treat with medicine since the corys are doing great and have no spots.

Come home this evening and they are looking good!! Ich truly get worse before it gets better it seems. Heat will be up for at least another week or two. Everyone has been thriving except the tetras initially so I'm hopeful this will be past us soon so I can eventually school up the tetras and move the corys around as needed.

Thank you all for your advice. This forum is such a great resource. We love updates.