cannot get rid of ich

[tjake68]

im in hypo for 4 weeks im at 0.009 checked with refractometer and white spots are still on fish they go away and come back i cant get rid of it fish arenot acting sick at all they even look super colorfull besides white spots i dont have a hospital tank big enough to remove all my fish and run tank empty what do i do anybody please help :help:

 

[tjake68]

my mistake salinity 1.009 i hope someone can helpppppppppppppp

 

[yimmy]

I don't know what you should do...do cleaner shrimp eat ich? Good Luck

 

[jupoc911]

hypo wont always work. if this were me i would fresh water dip the fish until the ich was gone or i would use cuparmine.

 

[helipilot]

I know there are a lot of non believers out there, but I had Ick in my reef tank and finally got rid of it (3 months now) with the Ick med from No More Sick Fish. None of my corals or inverts were effected and the Ick was gone in seven days. Helipilot

 

[evanish]

Putting the fish in hypo should work. If its not then you did something wrong in the hypo process. Go back and read the pinned thread again and make sure you followed all the steps. Cleaner shrimp will only eat the ich on the fish, and you can't put the shrimp in hypo also with the fish. All inverts or corals put in hypo will also die as well as the ich.

 

[romeo]

Originally Posted by tjake68
my mistake salinity 1.009 i hope someone can helpppppppppppppp
I agree with the fresh dip. Regals are suseptable to ich. then keep your water temp - 80 or above.

 

[scubadoo]

Double-check the calibration on the refractometer. ALso, make sure your temp is at about 82...this will speed the cycle. A lower temp will extend/slow the cycle.

 

[evanish]

The water temperature won't make alot of a difference. I wouldn't recomend having your tank more then 82 degrees anyways.

 

[scubadoo]

Originally Posted by Evanish
The water temperature won't make alot of a difference. I wouldn't recomend having your tank more then 82 degrees anyways.
Higher temps speed the life cycle of ich...I can assure you.

 

[scubadoo]

Originally Posted by Evanish
The water temperature won't make alot of a difference. I wouldn't recomend having your tank more then 82 degrees anyways.
Higher temps speed the life cycle of ich...I can assure you.
Considering that each trophozite releases about 1000 infective theronts, it is easy to see how fish can quickly succumb to an Ich outbreak. Water temperature controls the speed of the Ich life cycle. At 21° -24° C (70° -75° F) it takes about three days for a complete cycle.

 

[scubadoo]

The Ich life cycle is temperature dependent. Higher temperatures within its livable range speed up every stage of the life cycle, while the lower temperatures will slow it down. At 18°C/64°F the cycle takes 10-12 days to complete.
It has been found that Ich does not infect new fish at 29.4°C/85°F (Johnson, 1976), stops reproducing at 30°C/86°F (Dr. Nick St. Erne, DVM, pers. comm.), and dies at 32°C/89.5°F (Meyer, 1984), [1]

 

[evanish]

If you get the fish in hypo it won't make a difference. Ive qted many fish before and have 2 qt tanks set up and the temperatures are 75 degress. As long as you get the fish into hypo and get the salt to 1.009 in 48 hours the ich is going to die anyways.

 

[scubadoo]

Originally Posted by Evanish
If you get the fish in hypo it won't make a difference. Ive qted many fish before and have 2 qt tanks set up and the temperatures are 75 degress. As long as you get the fish into hypo and get the salt to 1.009 in 48 hours the ich is going to die anyways.
Always elevate the temp when treating for ich. Up to the mid 80's if the fish can handle it with plenty water movement.