How long until the ick goes away?

Question

I've been treating my goldfish with ick for 4 days using QuICk Cure. I haven't seen any improvement. When should the medicine start working?

It says 1 drop/gallon, so that's what I've been doing.

I don't need to worry about quarantining anymore since the other 2 fish died.

They all seemed fine, but then Thursday morning, they were lying at the bottom on the gravel not doing too much. By Friday, I knew something was wrong, and that's when the white spots were visible. I started treating them with QuICK Cure on Friday. Saturday morning, the first fish died. The second one died yesterday. The last one is looking pretty bad.

Answer 1

I believe the dose for Quick Cure is one drop per gallon (except for tetras, catfish, and scaleless fish). It can take 10-14 days to clear your tank of this. Part of what you can do is to make sure you're using the correct dose, remove any carbon from your filter (the carbon removes the medication from the water!), and raise the temperature of the tank.

I know that goldfish prefer cooler water (it holds more oxygen) but cooler temperature also slow down the life cycle of the parasite. When it's on your fish, it's proteced by a cyst that forms around it - it's not until the cyst bursts and releases the parasites that they can be killed. So if you can, raise the temperature a few degrees each hour so your fish aren't shocked by the change. This may be only a few degrees, or as high as 88-90o if done slowly. Goldfish can tolerate this for the time needed for treatment, as long as you have a filter or airstone to keep the water well circulated for oxygen.

It's important to keep treating for 3-5 days after you no longer see any spots on your fish, just to make sure all the parasites have been killed.

Answer 2

Hello first of all it can take upto 4 weeks and more usualy case is Five days though.
i am guessing it is a freshwater tank if this is the case i would suggest stop the dose wait 24 hours then swop to a firm called interpet you can buy this from many aquarium shops aka pets at home this treatment works far quicker i find .
and for personal point of view think about going tropical becaus with tropical if you get ick you just raise your temp up a few degrees and the treatment obviously and its gone in a few days.

lol kirt

Answer 3

Sometimes Ick wont go away. It's very difficult to treat ick and it takes a lot of treatments and refilling the tank. Keep the fish with ick quarantined. Good luck!

Answer 4

you are using one drop for every two gallons right? If so give it some time. If they survive the next 2 weeks I'd say they'll be fine. (for fish anyway)...