case of the ick. one dead. advice needed.

[mrtony86]

Hey guys. New to the forum. New to aquariums. First off some back ground info on the tank. Tank has been going for rougly 3 months. 85 gal with overflow. Homemade wet/dry box. Fresh water from well. Ive lost one geophagus and see another one starting to swim weak. White dots on a few of my fishes. One of them actually has a small pink rash. ive heard and read stories of people using espom salt to treat it and to warm the water. Currently I have a heater warming to 86. I was wondering has anyone used this method and what is the ratio im suppose to used. thanks.

[sunkenmetal]

Test the water make sure your water parameters are good.

go to the pet store get some freshwater aquarium salt. Just follow the instructions on the box.

[troy tucker]

Ick is one of the easyest to fix. The thread ( curing ick without chimicals ) in the first post here. lots of good info. there. If you haven't already looked.
good luck

[mrtony86]

Had another geophagus but a different kind go this morning. Looked either full or bloated for some reason. Ive started the salt treatment yesterdAy thinkin about doing a 25 or 30%water change tonight. And getting a fw master test kit to further check my water params

[sunkenmetal]

when one of my tanks had ich I did 50% or more water changes everyday for the first week...

[TangoMIke]

Water changer everyday. That is the only way to vacume up the free swimming ick. vacume the bottom of the tank as well as you can. Good luck
Mike

[mrtony86]

Ick is now clearing. Water changes plus salt has saved me lol. How often are you suppose to do water changes and how much? 85g. Most of my fish are small. 6 geo surimensis 7 geo random 5 severums 8 tiger barbs.