I had 3 goldfish and now I only have 1, the other 2 died from ich what should I do!?

Question

Is there any inexpensive things I can do to help the last one? That will work QUIKLY!! And, if they all die, do I have to buy a new filter and gravel? Will all the decorations have parasites? How can I get rid of it? Help!

Answer 1

Are you fish in a bowl or tank do you have proper filtration if so did you remove the carbon filter as if its kept in while treatment is ongoing,the treatment wont work,
when i treat for ick it can take 14 days to completely kill the ick you must of had a bad case to of lost 2 of your fish,
i treat on day 1 then on day 4 and if there after 7 days i do a partial water change and then treat again,
the treatment will kill all the spores but it does take time and there is no quick fix

Answer 2

Change 75% of the water. Raise the heat to 83 degrees. Add one tablespoon of non iodized rock salt per gallon. Leave fish in this for 2 weeks will get rid of ick. If the fish dies, break the tank and filter down, wash with hot water and hydrogen peroxide. Let dry and leave everything outside in direct sunlight for 3 days. Rinse and start over, set everything back up, with new filter media. Add only one or two small cheap fish. Danios work great. Let the tank cycle. When ammonia and nitrite levels drop to zero, and there are nitrates in the system, then it is safe to begin your collection. Only add one or two fish at a time and only once a month until the tank is stocked. If you do not have a quarintine tank running along side the main tank, you are runnning the risk of bringing ick into the main tank again. The first couple of fish can be quarintined in the main tank, then those that come after need to be seperated for about 3 weeks, to make sure they are healthy. What I might do is after the danios get the tank cycled put them into a 10 gallon quarentine tank and get that one cycled before you add new fish to it for quarentining. I know it sounds like a lot of work, and it is, but its the correct way to add fish with out risking disease. What you want to do is keep disease out of the main tank at all costs. A little patience and perseverance pays off with healthy growing fish instead of dead ones.

Answer 3

I hope you had them in a big tank
Just for the one you have, you need at least a 10 gallon tank just for him

The best thing to do is getting a heater and turn the temperature up to 88 degrees and keep it there for at least 10 days, the spots should disappear after a few days, but to really kill it you need the temperature up for 10 days

you should also add about 1 tablespoon of aquarium salt per 5 gallons
Do regular waterchanges of 25% every 3 days, after the treatment is done cut it back to 25% weekly again, and top of the water with salt again, but only as much as you took out

And goldfish can tolerate high temperatures for this short period of time


Hope that helps
good luck


EB

Answer 4

The last fish is probably also infected. Get ready to flush the last fish.
Then clean the tank. Let the gravel and filter and other stuff all dry completely since the bacteria can't survive out of water.
Treat the water, and start over.
Some ick killers at pet stores, but initially treating the water before adding it for partial water change is the best way.
Prevention is better than trying to cure.

Answer 5

they make cheap medicine that goes in the water. you should be able to get it just about anywhere... pet stores or walmart. its just a little blue tablet that you drop in the tank. it will take care of all the decorations and gravel too. if you use it when you change the water too then it will help prevent the ich from coming back

Answer 6

Hi The most inexpensive way that I know of is to increase the temp. to 86 degrees and add some aquarium salt to the tank.

Answer 7

Do you have carbon in your filter?

Answer 8

chalk it up as a loss and buy a real pet