@KGTropicals I know you’re not gonna read this message but I’m in dire need of your knowledge my fishes have the ick and I use the correct amount of medicine and their fins look like they’re burning off only the tip of them not that bad but I feel like it’s going to get worse please help me as soon as possible please
@KGTropicals they’re still eating good so that’s a good sign the temperature is at the correct spot there goldfishes and I know people are going to say they’re just goldfishes blah blah blah blah but they’re my goldfishes and I have the correct amount of fishes in this 50 gallon tank and I do the correct water changes I do in every two weeks depending on how dirty the water is and I feed the fishes just a teeny tiny bit in the morning and before I go to sleep
I think one very important thing to add to this which was not mentioned is telling the difference between Ich and Epistylis. Especially for any people who are new to keeping fish and don’t know the difference. A lot of people see white spots on a fish and they automatically think it’s Ich. If it’s actually Epistylis and you raise the temperature of the tank, you can make the situation worse. Epistylis also has to be treated differently as it won’t respond to traditional Ich medications. Instead of raising the temperature, you should actually decrease it. Two ways to tell the difference is: 1) Epistylis appears as little particles attached to the fish’s skin and gills. Almost as though they are tiny raised barnacles. They are not always uniform, they can also show up in groupings. Ich tends to be flat in appearance. Similar to as if they are paint specks. They also tend to be more uniform across the whole fish. 2) As mentioned before, Epistylis is sort of like a barnacle. It attaches itself to the fish so it can also be on the eyes. Ich doesn’t affect the eyes at all. Epistylis likes to feed off bacteria in the water column. So it attaches itself to the fish to be able to get around the tank. It’s not necessarily feeding off the fish BUT where it attaches to the fish causes irritation to the fish’s skin. That irritation can lead to open sores which start to snowball very quickly into a bacterial infection. So Epistylis is not the actual cause of fish death but it leads to a bacterial infestation that will lead to death.
You may have actually saved my fish. I thought it was ich but it’s actually irregular, raised and one has a spot in the eye. So I did research and gave them Doxycycline. They don’t appear sick except for the white spots.
I went through ick a year and a half ago and almost all my fish died. It was my fault I added to many fish to my 60 gallon at one time I added 11 fish after that my tank got milky white and went through a bacterial bloom. A couple of days went by and I noticed some of the fish with white spots and they were rubbing there bodies on the substrate and decorations. I turned up the temperature in the tank and added some API super ick cure but almost all my fish ended up dying I was left with just a couple of fish. Well I have learned my lesson and will never add that many fish to my tank at one time again maybe 2 at a time that’s it. Keep up the great work John and Lisa you two are awesome I love the channel.
@@rootsnwhiskers8351 Absolutely. I agree. I love this hobby. I've got some fish that are 19 yrs old. A common pleco and a clown loach. I also have a 10 yr old Silver dollar 😊
I've dealt with ich a few times and all I've ever done is turn up the heat, and feed them garlic. I've heard the garlic helps to cleanse their systems while the heat is speeding up the ich life cycle. Your waters gonna stink, but I've never lost a fish to ich. I actually have done this with goldfish. They werent super comfortable with the temperature but they made it through like champs.
@@nickdubbin2636 same. I try not to reach for meds because I've found that little problems can be cured with salt and daily water changes. And sometimes a little heat.
@@musician200X this is good to know. I jumped to meds first because I couldn’t find a conclusive answer quickly enough and didn’t want to waste time. How do you feed the garlic? Do you grind it to a paste?
@@kedeeky you can, you can get fresh stuff and cut it up, or I just put in some minced garlic from like a jar. When i treated my goldfish i only fed them garlic for like 5 days and they cleared up fast. But for ich, heat is definitely your best friend. Meds aren't bad perse but I just try not to reach for them first. Good luck with your ich! You've got this!
Brilliant timing thanks! Just found Ich in my Community tank. Haven't ever had it before and haven't added any new fish for about 2 years. Couldn't figure how it got in. Now I realize my temperature was lower than normal. I've pushed it up and chemically treated tank. Most of all, your video calmed me down!! Thanks again and stay safe.
Great video with some good points on what to for the out break of Ick and the treatment ideas to try first. I love the fishes faces expressions. Cheered me up
Great video Lisa, very clear and direct. We don’t have access to those particular medications where I am from, so it’s pretty much about staying vigilant, treating with salt and heat, and if it is really bad, blast with formalin 😬 It is reassuring to know that heat and salt can work though. Cheers!
I started the hobby in December last year and I absolutely love the hobby. I found my Cardinal Tetras had white spots on them last week, so I researched the hell out of it. Point is, don't just read one review/source. Get the correct medication 💊 Use properly and slowly raise the temperature 🌡. After 4 days this medication was reapplied as instructed and its gone. Wish this was released a couple weeks ago ✌🏼😆❤
Thank you...i have a major ick outbreak. So upsetting. Have lost 3 fish in my 36 gallon tank. Medicating for 2 days. 10% water change, then another 2 days
I have avoided this for so many years. Guess my luck ran out. I was watching this video as my delivery showed up. Talk about perfect timing. Thanks for the great video and especially for tip to continue treating after the ich appears to go away. I feel pretty confident now. 😊
Raise temp to 87 degrees - which kills ick - for a week beyond when you last see it. 82 degrees will do absolutely nothing except spread it faster - even with salt. Fish can take it. Salt (table salt, with or without iodine) will help fish shed it as it stimulates their slime coat. Add up to 1.25 tsp per gallon for catfish, 1.5 tsp/g for most other fish; and cichlids can handle 2 tsp/g. Patience is key, and the temp never dropping below 86 as well. You may need to increase aeration. Once you have killed it all, it is gone. I’ve had clown loach tanks hit 66 in the winter and no ick. I use the heat treatment as a preventative with all new fish.
2 days ago i found ick in my community tank. All my cardinals have white spots but all the other fish seem to be good. I started treating the whole tank anyways. Everything seems good so far.
this came out on the perfect time. i discovered some white spots on my new bronze corydoras today. Just added 100 g of aquarium salt to my 128 L tank. I hope it wasn't too much, they seemed a bit stressed after I poured the salt in.
DO NOT USE SALT WITH CORYS. they're plated instead of scaled or something and salt is very bad for them. I would reccomend turning the heat to about 82 and feeding garlic. The garlic will help clean out their systems while the heat speeds up the life cycle of the ich. I also reccomend daily water changes. Garlic WILL make your water stink though.
@@musician200X yeah i knew they were sensotive so i used half the dose as the package recommended for corys. Thanks tho, i would turn up the heat but i have fish that are sensitive to heat.
@@camillanarvesen understandable. I wish you could turn up the heat because that's the best trick for ich. Do what's best for you and your fish. Good luck!
People always need to remember to remove carbon from filter when medicating. Can be put back in when treatment cycle is complete and that will help clean up the water. But won't work anywhere near as well with carbon left in during medication.
Very helpful! Thank you! I went into panic mode when I discovered spots on two of my harlequin raspboras this morning. Fortunately I had a bottle of Ich X and followed the directions. Following up with your video gives me a handle on it. Thank you!🙏🙏🙏
LOVE LOVE LOVE this video!!!! Easy to follow and Excellent advice!!!! Kudos for the animated graphics John!!!! Lisa, you are a STAR!!!! Thank you for the quick guide!!!!
Thanks Lisa, we were getting tired of seeing the Bald man😂🤣 Very informative video, and there seems to be an on going theme about the harms of stress on aquariums 🤯. (Definitely explains some of my losses😭) Side note is there a crackling noise in the sound earlier in the video or am I just making things up?
I like the way you have related what you are saying to terms most people will understand because of covid. Well made video. Even with 35+ years as a fish keeper I learned a few things
Thank you very much for a clear explanation of this situation. I very much appreciate the detail, sticking to the subject and covering all of it. It helped me very much!
Not an expert but a life long hobbyist, I’ve always had luck with a good large water change 30-40%, increased temperatures for a week or so and adding some aquarium salt (even in freshwater tanks). If that doesn’t work then I will try medicines. Just my experience. All that said prevention is always easier. Consistent water change and monitoring of nitrite, ammonia and Ph (to a lesser extent, I live in hard water USA where ph is difficult my fish don’t seem to mind the high ph so long as everything else is good) levels will avoid a ton of problems in the first place.
@@KGTropicals Yes it is, my comment was meant to verify not correct or argue. I actually typed it at the beginning of the video and was pleasantly surprised to learn that I was doing what the pros do.
Great video! Hate to say it John, noticed a slight background buzz/static noise (while listening on my phone, volume all the way up)…Awesome KGT Betta intro and cool animations none the less!
There are 4 types of fish keepers: koi pond keepers, freshwater monster keepers (Oscars included), salt water keepers and cihclids and discus and all those others
Thanks guys! I thought i had an outbreak a couple of weeks ago but really wasn't sure. I am so terrible with the temperature...I know what temp each of my fish do well in but sometimes when I finger test it it feels too cold, then when I look at the thermostat it reads too warm. I just need to be more trusting of myself. (Same with feeding) Thanks again!
Most exports will tell you 86+F because ick can't survive above those temps. This is the first time I hear this, but everything else is pretty standard.
Fortunatly never had to deal with Ick or whitespot as we call it in the UK .Have salts and meds on hand should it arise but just having replaced my unopened whitespot cure .i call that a victory for good maintenance
tl;dr: I'd also highly recommend to _vacuum_the_gravel_, esp. in a tank where fish had the Ich. I didn't have a case of Ich in my fish tanks since being a kid, years later I didn't do a quarantine with Rams. They went to a planted tank set for them, good filtration, temperature set to 80.6 F (27 °C), regular maintenance and a school of Blue Neon Tetras. Few days later I found out the female had spots on her fin, but they didn't spread and it disappeared later. One poor tetra caught it too, but then it disappeared. Completely forgetting about it, I moved some plants into a community tank. Months later a delayed maintenance and swordtails had a breakout of Ich (guppies, tetras, SAE all seemed fine), so raise the temperature, add kitchen (err...) salt, go to buy some Esha chemicals... it took weeks to cure them and there's no guarantee there are no "spores" in the gravel. Somewhere I read the inert "spores" can survive for quite a long time.
Slightly rude tone here; suggesting ich is avoidable "if you just do your job" while also saying it happens even to y'all occasionally. This was the 3rd ich video I watched and the only one that suggested owners are lazy or ignorant. Love lots of y'all's other videos. There is a lot of negative talk about "laziness" in your videos & usually I Just assume you are referring to people who don't do routine maintenance, and on that I would agree with you. But it is not necessarily the same, and the condescending tone just doesn't help. ❤️ Y'all. ❤️ That you're a couple having fun doing this.
So I want to do a water change clean the filter which I have been lacking and put a heater in the tank, plus meds hopefully this will knock this problem out.
Recently I transferred my halfmoon Betta from a 3 gallon tank to a 5 gallon tank. First couple days he was floating on the bottom not moving not eating. I did water change and that helped swimming eating very active again. I didn't think he was going to make it. Close one.
I’m pretty new to the hobby so I’m sorry if this is horrifying... Have you ever heard of Ick showing up on multiple fish (not always on more than one fish at a time and no more than 1-5 spots on any one fish) but then with zero changes to the tank (no water changes, no feeding, no medicine or temp changes) the Ick completely disappears? My tank is around 70-73f. I introduced fish every week or so in the beginning and they went straight into that tank. I have noticed flashing in the past but then that behavior disappeared within days. The PetSmart had Ick in some of their tanks and the Petco has Ick on their fish almost 100% of the time I visit. I don’t have many options for purchasing fish in my area. Now, after almost 6 months I’ve never seen Ick take over my tank despite not making changes to the tank except when the water tests say otherwise. In fact, there’s not a hint of sickness in my tank. Thankfully. They all go crazy for food and otherwise seem to always be foraging or just up to something. No one on the bottom of the tank or gasping at the top. Is this common? 29g Not heavily planted (I think...but I’m not totally sure how to judge that b/c I have only 7 plant species in there and they’re pretty young) 4 Mollies, 8 Guppies, 5 White Clouds, 3 Neon Tetras, 4 Mystery Snails, 4 Shrimp. I’ve already been able to isolate offspring in new tanks from this “main” tank!
Good timing on this video! I have ONE molly with a few white spots. I raised the temp but can't add salt. Can I treat the tank if I'm not sure that's what it is? I would assume the spots would increase,but they are not...
Do you think you can do a demonstration of HOW to treat and what do you do for the features in a fish tank that may have the ICK on them (or will they?)
Thank u Lisa. I needed to hear ur version of ick treatment. Nothing is helping me. I live with someone who put something in the tank and killed my fish. All but 1. I'm so pissed and hurt.
I’ve kept my 3.5 gallon tanks both past and present cleaned each week did the water changes 2-5 days afterwards and none of my betta fish I had off/on since 2003 have never been struck by ich pop eye or velvet I did lose 2 of them to bloat/swim bladder disease and a real seashell I had used as a decoration
I just had to deal with this, and I'm rather a novice. You said to pay attention to the directions. But then you said to treat.for a couple weeks! So which is it? The bottle of ick x said 3 days tx with daily water changes. I'm confused. BTW my fish showed spots on the black mollies and a rough looking appearance to one female guppy. The 3 days did it, 3 weeks later they are normal and looking happy. I love watching you guys and am learning an actual ton of information. Thank you!
Hi, thank you so much for ll this information!!! One question, after adding the salt for the first time, should salt be added with every water change to the new water? Or once a month to the tank with the 1tb spoon/ 5 gal ration? thank you!!!
A point to add for anyone going to add aquarium salt. It is extremely important to research the type of fish you have on whether or not they can tolerate having salt added to the water. Avoid putting salt with scale-less fish such as catfish (cories, plecos, loaches etc). You could cause heavy irritation and if you add enough, straight up kill them.
@@KGTropicals Seriously guys, I'm not taking the m(ICK) honest............many of my LFS suggest keeping the lights off when treating with white spot medication. I'm really surprised that no one else seems to have heard that advice too!
So I understand use Lisa at the beginning of the video the rest doesn’t really matter as long as Lisa looks like Lisa we are good to GO🤫👙 good good I’m thinking what was that about ick again??!! That I go ahhh she’s beautiful who cars any ways Man U are
Ich is very easily treated in a saltwater tank. It might work for freshwater, but I’ve never tried it. If the fish is still eating, simply soak its food in the liquid from a jar of minced garlic. I had a Coral Beauty Angelfish that was covered in ick. I tried this bizarre cure based on the advice of all old school reef keeper I knew and within 24 hours it was totally clear and it didn’t spread to the other fish in the tank.
@@ethansing8754Hi Ethan! The fish got tired of garlic soaked pellets and stopped eating them. So I don’t know if this remedy truly works or not. The Paraguard works too slow for ich (but great for other illnesses!). Ultimately, what cured ich was Kordon Rid-Ich Plus.
So, what happens if the water is in the correct parameters, temp of water is 78 degrees and fry fish (Fancy Guppies) where in the same tank for 3 weeks, all of sudden get ick? No new fish, added. Nursery tank was cycled before adding the fries in there. Reason for nursery tank, was because I knew my female was pregnant, and I was prepared for the new arrivals. Lost two fries in one day and the white spot appeared over night on only one. Granted these fries are super tiny and I may have missed the white spots and I even use a magnifying glass to see them. Took the one last fry out and placed in a bowl till I could set up another new tank for him to stay in. Cleaned the nursery tank with bleach and all contents of what was in the nursery tank. Boiled water, and rinsed super well. Now the last remaining fry is in a new tank, and will be adding aquarium salt to help just in case. Should I get Ick Medicine also? Thanks for all of your videos! They are super helpful. I've had fish tanks years ago, but just recently got back into it. =)
Hi this was very helpful. I am going off topic, are completely cured epoxy resin sculptures safe for fish. I am a mixed media artist and would like to put some of my pieces in an aquarium.
I find it absolutely crazy that this video lacks so much information and has a lot of lose ends. You guys brought up how medications can be harmful to plants, shrimp, and snails. However, a lot of loaches with smaller scales can't tolerate medications, and require specific treatment. I'm not trying to be insulting, this just seems like a super basic info video from a channel that I have always found to be an excellent source of information. Great channel, great content, great people! This one just left a lot to be desired! Especially on a disease that can clear an entire tank population :(
@@KGTropicals could you be a lil less sarcastic? Did you miss the part where the user was praising you guys in the last paragraph? The arrogance! There are a lot of fish channels, yours is not the only one so be a little humble.
