I bought golden fishes about two weeks ago.
Then I use Sera Costapur(first day, third day, fifth day and I changed to 1/4 aquarium's water on the seventh day.
On the prospectus normal dosage: on the 1st and 3rd day add 22 drops for each 40 litres(10.5 US gal.) of aquarium water, in serve cases dosage again on the 5th and 7th day.
A slight increase in temperature aeration the same time will speed up the healing process.
But they still ill. I don't understand nothing.
2006-09-24 19:23:32 · 8 answers · asked by ece t 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
Everything you need to know is in this link. Read it once, twice, three times if you need to, but just read it.
Ich - how to treat it and how not to treat it
http://aquafacts.net/wiki/index.php/Ich
2006-09-24 19:42:20 · answer #1 · answered by sly2kusa 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ick. Yuck. I had a moore fish with ick. I think it might be too late for your little fishies, but you can get ick medication at petco. it's a blue medicine, that you drop into the water for a few days. that would clear it right up. It did work for my fish. he lived another year after that. both before and after the ick is dealt with. you might also want to completely change the water as ick is contageous. if there are other fish in the tank, seperate the infected fish and treat both bowl and tank with the ick medication. btw, you can get a refund for the petstore selling you an infected fish.
2006-09-24 19:33:08 · answer #2 · answered by Chit P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ah I'm sorry...that's unfortunate. I lost many a gold fish to this as well. You can't win against it, it's really hard. Just keep trying to use what you're using...but don't be surprised if they die. That so called "medicine" doesn't usually work either. Go buy some new ones from a clean tank at a good pet store....you'll just have to try again.
2006-09-24 19:26:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mix 1 teaspoon of table salt (without iodine) per 2 gallons of water in your tank . Repeat this dose 3 times every 12 hrs and you should see that they are cured.
2006-09-25 02:00:06 · answer #4 · answered by Mantra 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Adding to city guy's answers, raise the temperature in the tank as well over some time. This speeds up ick's lifecycle which exposes them to the salt quicker.
2006-09-25 02:25:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try adding salt for freshwater fish (one tablespoon for every five gallons). It will kill the ich, and cause the fish to produce more slime so they cannot suffer from a new attack, and heal faster.
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2006-09-25 04:43:24 · answer #6 · answered by iceni 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We owned a full line pet store for years.
Although treating them doesn't always cure ICK.
You might try repeating you same meds again.
2006-09-24 19:36:35 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Goto Walmart and get WARDLEY WaterCare ICK Away. IT WORKS, if they are not past the point of no return.
2006-09-24 21:15:16 · answer #8 · answered by ladieslovekewlrob 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋