Description: Ick is the most common disease with fish.
But luckily its one of the easiest to cure! Ick is a parasite that latchs on to your fish and feeds on its blood, Ick resembles little tiny grains of salt on the fish' body. Its very contagious so if one fish has it, all your fish are going to get it
TREATMENT: is very simple. First put up your water heater a few degrees, for coldwater fish just heat up the tank a few degrees. this will speed up the process of the ick. IN 3-4 days the Ick will fall off to regenerate. this is when there vulnerable. For when they latch on to your fish they are unvulnerable to the medicine or water condition. So treat the tank with Ick treatment for 7-14 days. Take out the carbon filter because this takes out the medicine and do daily 25% water changes 10 hours after the medicine is givin. THis should clear up the tank of Ick
CAUSES: A number of things can cause Ick.
-dirty water, stress, offbalance water conditions, alcers/cuts and new fish.
PREVENTION: Make sure your PH is in balance. Don't overfeed your fish, leftover food can grow bacteria and a fish' immune system will go down if overweight. Avoid stressing out your fish as much as possible, only do partial water changes for intance. And when getting a new fish make sure he has no sign of ick and keep him in a iscolation tank for 3 days.
But luckily its one of the easiest to cure! Ick is a parasite that latchs on to your fish and feeds on its blood, Ick resembles little tiny grains of salt on the fish' body. Its very contagious so if one fish has it, all your fish are going to get it
TREATMENT: is very simple. First put up your water heater a few degrees, for coldwater fish just heat up the tank a few degrees. this will speed up the process of the ick. IN 3-4 days the Ick will fall off to regenerate. this is when there vulnerable. For when they latch on to your fish they are unvulnerable to the medicine or water condition. So treat the tank with Ick treatment for 7-14 days. Take out the carbon filter because this takes out the medicine and do daily 25% water changes 10 hours after the medicine is givin. THis should clear up the tank of Ick
CAUSES: A number of things can cause Ick.
-dirty water, stress, offbalance water conditions, alcers/cuts and new fish.
PREVENTION: Make sure your PH is in balance. Don't overfeed your fish, leftover food can grow bacteria and a fish' immune system will go down if overweight. Avoid stressing out your fish as much as possible, only do partial water changes for intance. And when getting a new fish make sure he has no sign of ick and keep him in a iscolation tank for 3 days.
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