Aquarium Co-Op i would recommend marine land’s all in one remedy. It treats ich, bacterial infections, and damaged fins. This medicine doesn’t hurt catfish, for example I have a pictus catfish and he was completely fine so it’s good for them.
Hey Cory quick question for you. I just had an ich outbreak in my cichlid tank which I’m taking care of, but it made me think about my other tank. I have a turtle living with about 20 tiger barbs and a handful of other fish. I’ve heard you talk about owning turtles in some of your other videos. So here’s my question. If I was to have an ich outbreak in my turtle/fish tank, would Ich X be harmful to use with my turtle living in there? Just curious if you’ve ever ran into something like this and if you would treat it the same way as with a fish only tank.
We actually ordered a bottle of Ich-X from you, today, an East Texas order! We bought some tools for planting, and plant supplements from you, last week, and everything went smoothly, you've likely become our go-to for supplies. Our Green Tiger Barbs, our Clown Loach, and likely, though it's very hard to tell, our three Corydoras all have Ich. Hopefully the Ich-X will get our little guys shipshape. I'm always horrified at the thought that the meds will kill them, it's like you said. It's more likely the medication will kill them than the Ich. While that is actually INCREDIBLY comforting, it's also very daunting. I've always believed I killed a betta of mine years ago, while trying to cure his popeye. I'm haunting by it any time our babies need meds. Thank you, Cory! Your videos are vital to us, keep them coming.
Some of my fish got ich because I made a rookie mistake and didn’t properly quarantine a new fish I got from petsmart smh. Now I’m in the process of treating my whole tank. Live and learn
Benjamin P. there are some. just not by him. look up the koi vet or Dr. Erik johnson on youtube. he goes into all disease and symptoms in depth including cold water, it's just... slightly boring.
I just wanted to say, I really love your videos. I am a veterinarian and I think you do a fantastic job of explaining how water parameters and other causes of stress (overcrowding, temp etc) can cause immune suppression resulting in disease. I also think your explanation of how a primary disease can result in secondary infections is wonderful. I love that your content is super approachable and you make me as a new fish keeper feel like I can handle these problems when they could feel very overwhelming. Thank you for making your content!
Just finished a 4 day regiment of this product to treat my Orange Seam Pleco. Worked like a charm. Disclaimer: purchased this product from Aquarium Co-op and in their "med pack trio". I have found cory's videos to be extremely helpful and his willingness to share his knowledge very beneficial to the average joe. Great video and product. my fish thank you
Everything you're advocating agrees with/re-enforces my experiences with keeping freshwater/saltwater fish for over 40 years(off and on). You are providing a great service. Thanks.
I have goldfish. I got ich from a shipment of fish early last year. I did 1 tablespoon of aquarium salt per 5 gallons. Raised temp to 87°F. The fish were way more active in higher temps but honestly did not get stressed at all. I dosed at bedtime every night w Paraguard for 3-4 nights. The spots disappeared within a few days and I didn't lose a single fish.
Lucky you I have 10 neon tetra and platies and they have ICH. I had put in salt and treatment but they aren’t getting better anytime soon. Thanks for the idea of heat. I am going to buy a heater soon( we dont usually use heater because we live in hot climate) hope that they get better soon
I’m so glad you listed the main ingredients during the video. I went to two local pet stores and neither carried Ich-X, so I checked all the Ich products on the shelf and found one with the same primary ingredients! It worked wonders! Great video! Very helpful and very informative!
Cory, I really want to thank you for this video, because it saved the vast majority of my fish. I've had an established African cichlid tank for 3 years now and I made the terrible mistake of adding a couple new fish without using a quarantine tank. I'm not sure if the ich came first or if the bacterial infection was what led to ich, but 2 days after adding my new fish, one of them was dead, and more than half my fish had ich spots. Many started getting frayed fins, and one particularly beautiful scolofi cichlid caught the worst of it. I've never seen a fish bleed from fin rot before before but it was horrible to witness, I love those guys and to see them in so much pain was agonizing. To make matters worse I caught the flu at the same time my fish got sick. Between shivering fever and hacking coughs, I managed to find and use the meds you recommended and they worked like a freaking charm. I lost 2 fish but I managed to save 25 more. They owe their lives to you, because I would never have used more than a simple ich remedy if I hadn't found your video. I just wanted you to know the impact that you've had from this video, and again extend my deepest thanks.
I used an off the shelf med from one of the major brands and it totally fried our corries The other fish were fine and treatment worked but at a cost. Since we switched to ich X we've not lost one fish to meds when treating. Thank you for the information! I wish more places carried it on the shelf.
@@kaydenshawfleury9814 I really don't remember. Just read instructions carefully. I took for granted they were more or less the same but they can very quite a lot from brand to brand.
Bought this just in case I needed it a few months ago and boy did I need it now. Yesterday I noticed that my community aquarium fish were full of ich so I started treatment as described by Cory and today the fish only have a few spots - yeaaa! And my snails are still alive so that is good news. Will continue treatment until completely gone. Thanks, Cory!
Just wanted to add that I found some fry in my tank this morning (yeaaa!! my first fry!! so excited!!!!) so I sent an email to Hikari about Ich-X and whether it was safe for fry and this was their response: "Thank you for taking the time to contact us and for your support of our products. There should be no issue, but we suggest adding aeration during the treatment period and avoid any over dose." . They are large enough for me to see with my terrible eyesight so they must have survived the last few days that I've been dosing. They are so darn cute!
In 21 years of fish keeping I've never had ich in my tanks. I have seen it in other peoples but i've never had to treat it myself so i fear the day i ever have to. I appreciate the advice you give and if i ever have any issues i know where to go for advice.
@@BROWNBROWNIES612 I have 3 LFS, 2 pet stores and a farm supplies store that sells lots of pond supplies and aquaponics equipment all within 15 minutes of me so if ever i need anything i am set. I also have salt that i use for mixing my own buffers so i should be good in an emergency.
I came home from work the other day and found that my tank had a severe case of Ick. I watched your video and put the wheels in motion. My son-in-law is a marine biologist. He was at work at that time and I didn’t want to bother him. This was my reasoning behind trying to RU-vid suggestions. I called him after work for some advice. His advice was almost verbatim what this video demonstrates. So far it has been four days and a lot of stress on the fish and myself but I am finally seeing significant improvements!!
Yes! This stuff works!! I use it on all my tanks and I've cured ich on new fish multiple times with great success in just a few days, along with raising the temp to 84-86°. Thanks Cory!!!!!💙💙
Corey u are far from dumb. You have helped a new fish keeper like myself again alot of knowledge I wouldn't have had before. Keep up the good work you're amazing
Second day of treatment for my sick boy and already an improvement.. just need to vigilant and do your treatments and water changes . Thanks so much for everything
I'm on day two today. When he says change 30 precent and dose again, he means dose the full/same amount as the first time for the entire aquarium or just for that 30 precent changed? I'm super scared to OD them
My son wanted fish for his 12th birthday. Started with a 1.5 gallon tank and a beta…1 month later, we have upgraded to a 10 gallon tank and adding aquatic plants with additional tank mates to see what our Beta will tolerate. He and I are now invested into a community tank and loving it! We’ve both enjoyed your channel and the wealth of info and experience you share. In our inexperience we are dealing with our first case of Ich. This stuff is working well so far! Thanks again for sharing your hard earned knowledge with us newbies!
This video was the reason I bought ICH-X years ago. Today I needed it. Neon Tetras from aqua huna of all places. Never had a problem with them before and the fish looked fine on arrival (just temporary loss of color).
Cory. At the 5:50 mark in the video you mention that you treat every fish that comes into your shop preemptively. Without any evidence of infection, what does your preemptive protocol look like? Do you do this In a quarantine environment? What sort of duration? etc.
I love this guy. Seriously their sponge filters are amazing and their tubing is even better. Everyone wants to meet movie stars and im over here wanting to meet Cory.
Just dealt with my first ever ich outbreak as a fishkeeper. I was treating with paraguard. It was getting worse. I lost 3 cichilds and three catfish from two different tanks. I landed on this video and rushed to the retail location (I'm in Seattle, 20 min from aquarium co-op... I have bought all my Betta/Rasbora/catfish from the retail location directly!! Only my cichlids come from elsewhere) to buy the ich-x. After 5? Paraguard days... 24 hours and only 1 ich-x treatment... 0 crystals left on the fish. To be fair, thanks to this video I also added aquarium salt to the treatment plan. But the fish are playful and eating well, after only 24 hours. Thank you Cory!!!
50 years ago when I got my first tank, I added a molly which got ich the next day. Treated the tank for ich and everything in the tank died. Except for the molly. We have come so far since then in medications and treatments, lights, and just general knowledge about what is going on in the aquarium. Have a bottle of ich x on hand and love it. Use it as part of my quarantine treatment.
my 1st ich attack was in 79 yes little known how to treat except squirt the green stuff in tank every 24hrs til it had gone or fish died , now we know much more about the cycle of ich so can add the green squirt at best time
Just one nitpick, Cory, if we agree that ich is a parasitic organism then it must be introduced into a tank via some contamination route. Failing to properly sanitize dip nets or other fish care supplies in between different tanks is a likely pathway that kinda cancels quarantining. If a new sterile tank is set up with sterile substrate and new equipment then parasites can only have entered via new fish or via cross contaminated equipment. You're absolutely correct though. Every fishkeeper needs to be prepared to deal with it as if it's always hovering around as a potential outbreak.
puirYorick good point /argument, but I still don't understand because I've had tanks where no cross contamination was possible get ich.. (no new fish, no other tanks, no new plants...) all I know is I've lost too many fish to ich😢
Works amazing! I have Dragon Puffers and all had Ich once brought home. All were treated with Ich X and within 5 days to 2 weeks, all were Ich free. Thanks Cory!!
I agree because watching this I'm starting think my fish doesn't have full blown ich My goldfish just has a few dots on his gills on each side I haven't seen the spread all over the body like those pictures Ive put him in a smaller tank to treat him I cleaned out his big tank completely including the substrate with a bleach solution I hope haven't done all this for nothing
I want to thank Aquarium Co-OP, and Corey for this video. My cichlids got ich, I tried other treatments, they didn't work. Fortunately I watched this video,then purchased ich-x from aquarium co-op. My fish recovered very quickly. Thankyou again.
Oh my gosh Cory. I'm so glad I stumbled across your channel! I have been fighting cotton wool disease and ich for almost a month. Cotton wool started on 3 of my 4 tiny goldfish in my 10 gallon tank. The 3 died quickly, but the 4th was fine. All seemed well for a couple of weeks. Suddenly, one night, in my 25 gallon, my two 7" goldfish that I've had for about 8 years started looking awful. Hazy, sort of. In the morning, I started the Kordon fungus treatment stuff I had. Their fins had red streaks, there was little red patches all over, and later that day, you could see cotton wool on their bodies. The next morning they were covered in ick. Other than my 2 big goldfish, I'm fairly new to aquariums, and have NO experience with diseases. Those 2 fish were alive through sheer determination and spite...on their parts! I researched everything I could online, asked opinons at a few fish stores, and everyone told me something different. Even with photos, they said fish don't have both diseases at the same time. I tried several things over the next couple of days- aquarium salt, the fungus treatment, ich meds, raising the temp. I watched my fish get worse by the hour, and could plainly see they were suffering. 5 days after they started with the illnesses, my husband and I decided it was cruel to continue, and I euthanized them. Yeah, had to google that as well. Clove oil seemed to be the most humane way to do it. It was the most horrible experience. When those two goldfish got sick, I had moved my bristlenose pleco and 4 danios into a seperate tank. On the 5th day, my pleco died. No signs of anything except maybe if you squinted hard, he might have been starting with ich. The danios are fine. The 4th tiny goldfish from the original incident in my 10 gallon now also has cotton wool disease, and my 3 guppies in that same tank have ich. I'm at the point where I want to flush everything and either put it away or start new. I found ich-x on amazon, but it's not through prime, so it would take 2-3 weeks to arrive, and it's $64! I'm in Canada, where apparently the postal service desperately needs our money, so they charge eleventy-billion dollars to ship anything (lol sort of). Even if I can't get the exact thing you reccommend, you've still given me (yes, this sounds super cheesy) the will to go on! LOL Anyway, love your videos, I hope you keep making them. Thank you thank you thank you! A Canadian fan
Since you are in Canada, embrace and learn how to use salt. It’s a great tool and can cure what your fish had. I have videos and blog articles on it to help make it easier to learn how to use salt.
It’s always interesting to hear the the debate in ich. I’ve been in the hobby for 30 plus years and have never had a random case of ich in an established tank. How common is that for it to happen? Great video Cory!
I personally use Super Ich Cure from API in all of my in home aquariums cause I can’t find ich x anywhere and api is a little more accessible to me then Ich x but I use it at my work on our sick fish and it works wonders. We don’t quarantine our fish (not my decision) but the ones that do some with Ich on them are healthy by the third day of treatment
This is exactly what I needed to hear. I actually purchased ich x by chance and just started to dose it today. It's been kinda freaking me out but now I know that I've identified the correct issue and have chosen the best treatment. Thanks for the peace of mind.
I really want to thank you for this video. I watched it a few months ago and decided that you were right, it's better to have this on hand when needed than to suddenly need it and not be able to get it in time. I bought some and it's just been sitting in the cabinet unused, however, 4 days ago I had an Ich outbreak and 20+ fish were infected. I rewatched this video, pulled out the Ich-X and started treating them. As of today, I only see 1-2 spots on the fins of a couple of fish and I only lost one (the mostly severely infected little guy) and I can't thank you enough. I've never dealt with Ich before and was surprised how quickly it took hold. I observe my fish pretty well every day and by the time I saw it, one fish was covered in spots and the other 19 had them all over their fins. I think taking your advice and having this on hand saved my fish! Thank you!
In the past I used Maracide by Mardel to cure ich with great results. I decided to change to Ich- X because I use it with General Cure and E.M. Erythromycin for my quarantine treatment that Cory uses. Also I have no idea if Maracide can be used with General Cure and E.M. Erythromycin and I do not plan on trying to see if they do. I have had great results using Ich-X to cure ich. Thank you Cory. Good video.
As a novice when it comes to having fish, I was panicking and frantically searching the internet for how to help my new rose Betta. I have him isolated from my main tank, and will be treating BOTH areas. This video really helped me understand how Ich works, and how to tackle treatment, and preventative treatment for the future. Thank you so much!
"Cory's really dumb!" I enjoy your videos, new to the hobby and I've learned a lot from many of your videos. Thanks for the channel buddy, best of luck.
Cory, I have a question. It says to do a 30% water change then redose. My question is do you redose the entire tank, or just dose the 30% you put in the tank. I am confused. Please help.Thanks.
@@karebearsanimalhouse7195 that's not actually correct. Your tank is a closed system, meaning the medicine remains in the water. You should only redose for the amount of water replaced.
@@kensacco6003 You are mistaken, sir. The directions from the manufacturer are clear. You redose the entire volume of the tank. Gas off of certain chemicals occur, and what does not is removed/safely diluted by the water change, allowing for a full, safe redose. With some medications, your advice would be accurate, but not with the ingredients in Ich-x.
I loved the information you imparted about ICK. Your tone and pace made it so easy to absorb the information. What I have not found on ANY VIDEO is HOW TO TREAT by SHOWING how to treat. How to Quarantine (or do you?), How to clean the "features" in the tank (or DO YOU NOT NEED to remove them?) How to keep aerated in a SEPARATE tank? SO many questions that a video watching you remove/treat fish would be INCREDIBLY helpful- especially for a novice. Thank you.
Perfect timing because I have rosy loaches that have ich and my bottle was almost empty when I went to use it yesterday. Ordered right away from you and it already is on its way!! Amazingly fast shipping
Interesting, I treated my quarantine tank with 2 clown loaches with Ich-X as directed and they were both deceased the next morning. One of them had spots on it's fins.
I love Kordon rid ich plus. It’s basically the same thing formalin and malachite green. Same ingredients as ick x just easier for me personally to get ahold of. Works great on FW ick as well as SW brook and uronema. I think it’s a slightly higher concentration though.
Man, the delivery just keeps getting better! I still think you have the best and most relatable metaphors around, really helping people to understand things that seem to be way above our heads. Very nice..
I found your advice using Ich-X, after subbing to your channel, a couple years ago. I have followed this regimen the three times I've had Ich since, and it worked perfectly. All fish survived and did well. Period. Thanks Cory for all you do for the community. You are very appreciated!
We all have our preferred methods for treating ich, filtering our tanks and making tacos. Good job on explaining how to diagnose and treat fish for ich, as well as advice on why not to do all the common mistakes and jump to conclusions.
I’m beginning treatment for ich today. I purchased some neon tetras and some otocinclus about a week ago. Two of the neon and one of the Otos have begun showing signs of ick. I had ordered the trio meds to have just in case. They came in today. Thank goodness. I went to the local LFS and purchased the rest of the stock I had planned on putting into the tank. I figured I may as well get them all in there and treat the whole gang at once. I’ll keep you posted. But thank you so much for your easy to follow advice. MUCH appreciated!!!
Hey Cory I have a question. Once you do that treatment 5ml per 10 gallon, and wait 24hous do a water change about 25%. So you add more ich x for that 25% water you change or an other full treatment?
Yes. That's what I just read too. Clean in overnight bleach & tapwater solution. Let dry several days. Not the gravel, Ich-X treats the gravel. Just clean: net, siphon vac, supplies used that are resistant to water corrosion fr an overnight soak 👍
Just wanted to know after putting in the treatment when do I change my water and how many times? And do I add more treatment after a small water change after I put the treatment already? Cause it says not to use more then once per week.
Leon Black wait I thought you’re supposed to dose every 24 hours until symptoms resolve? I’m so confused. Lmao i haven’t bought the product yet though, what does the instructions say?
Thank you SO much for this. I purchased this product from your site hoping I would NEVER need it. Well, ICK struck my 90g. I'm on my first 24 hours of treatment. Keeping my fingers crossed for a full recovery.
I always appreciate your videos! Love this product ever since I came across this video about a year ago! I still have watched this one multiple times to refresh this information!
Hi Cory, thank you so much for sharing your experience and knowledge! So helpful for when one is panicked and overwhelmed. My beloved goldfish are struggling with this nastiness right now. 😔 So my question is, while I’m doing their daily water change and Mrs treatment - am I doing the full dosage of medicine each day? I have an 80g tank so if I exchange the 30% water, am I only treating the water I’m adding or do I do the dose for all 80g again?
I spent the last 45 minutes reading through comments. At 1:19, the pic of a “not ich” fish is, most likely, a fungal issue, per Cory via a reply deep down in these comments.
Thank you Cory. Very informative info on Ich. At my first sign of Ich 1 year ago, (I don't know where it came from), I ordered Ich X. I used it per the directions. I did not lose 1 fish. I am currently battling Ich again, as I bought a new fish and did not quarantine it. (My bad). But anyway my snails and fish have all done very well with Ich X, and it has worked great! Thanks for sharing your wisdom! :)
I got the med trio from Cory. It sure has saved some fish for me. I brought some rummy nose tetra home from the local shop. A couple days later when they were not so shy, I noticed Ick. treated the whole tank. Now all the fish are doing great. I just purchased a Betta from a local shop. His colors looked great, but he did not. So I bought him to try to help him. Started meds 3 days ago. He is looking better and is a lot more active and is eating better. Thanks Cory. The med trio works great. I now have a quarantine tank. I treat all new fish. It is well worth the preventative cost than waiting till something happens and you have to play catch-up with a disease that may wipe your whole tank out
when you get new fish and you are treating with ich-x, general cure and erthromycin, do you treat them all at the same time, or do you let them all run their course individually? and if so, in what order? thanks
I am dealing with this very problem right now. I bought ick x and I’ve been using it for two days and already notice a difference. It kind of freaked me out to put this blue stuff in my aquarium. I was so glad to see you recommend it. Thanks for the great content.
Full tank, the Ich meds lose straight after 12-24 hours. The water change is to remove some of the med, some of the free swimming Ich, some of the dead Ich and give some nice fresh disease free water to speed up the healing process.
I've been running a retail fishroom for over 20 years, and have treated ich a thousand times. I concur! Ich-X works well, but really any formulation with formalin and malachite green does the trick. I have to stress to slavishly follow the directions on whichever formulation you choose, and PLEASE do the water changes indicated. As Corey said, Ich medication can kill your fish faster than disease if you are careless. Watch your fish like a hawk for the first 2 hours after adding the meds. If they seem irritated, off-balance, or are gasping at the surface, do a water change to dilute the medication. The usual suspects are Clown Loaches, Bala Sharks, and especially scaleless catfishes like Pictus Cats. Also, im glad to see corroboration on salt. I could talk for hours about everyone's favorite cure-all, but that's a serious can of worms. Maybe a good video idea?
Ich-X is am amazing product to have in your toolkit. I have been keeping fish for about 20 years and the one thing that I found amazing with this is that it's the only treatment iut there that can treat both ich and epistylis as well as fungal problems that can arise when sickness stresses your fish, and it won't kill your fish. Some fish are very sensitive to temperature changes and salt, like Cory said. I've also experimented with other methods that were suggested to my in the past and they worked in some case, while others it killed my fish. I always have a big bottle available for the just in case along with some metroplex to help with the bacterial infections. The best thing I can suggest is to study as much as you can about your fish and when treating for anything, always keep a close eye on them.
Thanks for posting this Cory, your timing couldn't be better. I picked up some new African Cichlids last week, have them in a quarantine tank and it appears they have ich. This is my first time dealing with the parasite and I'm treating with ich x as we speak. I'm feeling confident that I'm using the right product thanks to this video. Again thanks for posting, I enjoy the channel.
Thank you so much! I'm a new aquarium owner and my fish got ich and I was panicking but now I feel more confident about dealing with it and preventing it from happening it the future.
I know this was posted a long time ago but I came here to say that I couldn’t agree more! I’ve kept fish for many years, my whole life if you count my childhood. Since I started using Ich-x, and since I learned about the ins and outs of ich, I have not lost a single fish to ich. I’ve certainly had fish come down with it, but never a fatality. I use a combination of ich-x, heat, and salt when safe. If the fish in question can’t handle higher salinity or heat, I use whatever combination of those things is safe. I’ve used ich-x safely with plants, inverts, scaleless fish, and otherwise sensitive fish with no issue. 10 out of 10, highly recommend. The only other thing I would recommend aside from the instructions on the bottle is to treat the whole tank even if you QT the sick fish. If the ich is on one fish, it’s there and can infect the others. Last week, I bought my daughter a super red BN plecostomus. Two days later, in quarantine, huge case of ich. One week later, he’s completely cured. It works!
I love the straightforward information that we get from Cory and the fact that it is his personal opinion and he doesn't push it on you but has the proof to back himself up. I use ich X only and it has worked all three times that I have gotten it in different tanks thumbs up!
I have ick, Canadian so listen to your wonderful advice and use something very similar Will be less desperate and treat all my tanks. Thank you so very much 💖 💓 ❤
Old Video, just re-watched it. Good learning Video..... 👌 just had Ick hit some of my tanks 😟 Thanks for the video, had not dealt with Ick for more than 5 years. Wanted to make sure I was doing it right! Ick meds and salt are my way of doing it. Hard to raise temps since I run with no heaters here in S. FLA. I did however open the windows and let the 90 degree temps in to room and shut the AC vent to warm the room up to over 80. Thanks again! Old Video, but information is on point!
Great stuff I bought it at a pet store a half hour from me for $15.80 before tax. I am so glad I found you. This was vary helpful. This was my first experience and the owner told me I should always expect that I have ICH. I have a sick red dalmatian sail fin Molly and it's his first day in a quarantine tank with ich. I've noticed he had clear spots in his poop. I've done melafix pimafix and now he's under ich-x. Because it treats saprolegniasis and trichodiniasis. I don't know what is wrong with him. But I'm not giving up. I don't know if your name starts with a c or a k but thank you Corey
10 gal Quarantine tank. Set up over a year under filtration and always been ready to go matching the ph of my other two tanks. Just in case. The only other fish I've had in the 10 gallon tank were 11 baby mollies. I did a c-section surgery on their mother after finding her dead in my 75 gallon.
New fish keeper. One of my new fancy goldfish has ick. I was devastated. I drove 45 minutes to a mom and pop fish store to avoid Petco (all of their fancy goldfish are NOT for sale) and this is the product that the owner gave me!
Exactly right. If you do A and I do B and we both end up at C. Then we are both correct. And just because I do B doesn’t mean D,E, and F won’t work either. This applies to many aspects of the hobby. Keep up the great work Cory.
Cory you rock! Ive seen dozens of your videos and theyve helped me so much! Brand new fish in a finally well established tank and 2 have ick i didnt notice at the fish store ive had my 3 oscar fish water pups only a few days and as a super newbie i super appreciate these videos! Ive done tons of research, but these videos do the information so much more justice. Thanks for taking the time to really explain all details!
