Ick?!??!?!?

Question

is it true that if goldfish have ick u need to buy them medicine called Kanacyn?!?!?

Answer 1

Kanacyn is an antibiotic which may or may not work and may affect different types of fish in the tank with the infested species in negative ways. Usually used with loaches and ick and a tropical tank.
Goldfish should be in a cold water tank. Test your ammonia, ph and nitrite levels to be sure there isn't a dirty water problem causing diseases to begin to run rampant in your tank and fix those as well as treating for disease if necessary. There is a good product called stress zyme that can help maintain a tank with good water conditions.
There are many ways to treat ick aka whitespot - white spot medicine available at a pet store for a few pounds but if you use this and you have a filter take out the carbon filter OR a salt bath for each fish (don't use too much salt) or remove the whitespot carefully with tweezers or a cotton bud and clean the enitire tank before putting the fish back in (don't leave them in the salt bath long! put them in some fresh water) but if you choose this be mindful of new tank syndrome for a few weeks.

Answer 2

Yes goldfish can have Ick. It looks like salt is on your fish. The medicine that I have used in the past is Quick Cure. You can buy it at any fish store or Walmart. But there are many different brands that do the same thing. Ick does NOT look like cotton. If that is what it looks like your fish has columnaris. This is a fungus that grows on the fish usually on their fins. If that is what you have try Binox it is a product from Jungle Laboratories. With any medication read the directions. Bionx does not effect scaleless fish. Scaleless are any type of tetra and any type of catfish.

Answer 3

there's this stuff call ick away you can get just about anywhere fish are sold (cheapest at Walmart). Just but a few drops in the water it'll go away

Answer 4

yes fish get ick its a cotton looking fuzz that grows on them. Im not sure what the medicine is called you can get it any where tho. If your fish does have it then you need to treat it or the other fish will get it too and die.

Answer 5

there are many treatments for Ick. you can even get stuff called ick away. but yeah if they have it you need to get rid of it.

Answer 6

no but buy a ick treatment, you can find it at your local petstore such as petco or petsmart

Answer 7

Please do not add chemicals to the water to treat ich. Some of these chemicals are down right dangerous to you and your fish.

The most effective and safe way to kill the parasites is to treat your water with salt. here is a great link on the process...

http://www.loaches.com/salt.html

Answer 8

Yeah, sounds right. White stuff on thier eyes and fins. Good luck to you and your finny friends.

Answer 9

Yes.

Answer 10

Ummm, why don't you just get a new fish, aren't they like 50 cents? If you REALLY like your goldfish (a shortlived aniaml anyway) then I guess you could get it medicine, but I've never heard of people medicating their goldfish before.