My Poor Baby Severum has Ich :(

[*Sarah*]

I'm treating with salt and heating the water. I sure hope he can fight it, I love that little guy :( He seems to be the only one in the tank with a problem.
Will the salt be harmful to any other inhabitants? They are:
-clown loaches
-silver dollars
-bosemani rainbows
-neons

[cocoa_pleco]

the neons and clown loaches will be harmed. poor guy!

[~Erik3.8.07~]

you could use ick away, my little tetras had ich a little over a week ago and that stuff cured them in a couple days

[YaYgoldFish]

yeah the clown loaches have no scales therefore salt= bad news. Try putting your severum in a hospital tank with hot water, salt, daily Large water changes and hope for the best.

[squirt_12]

I'm very sorry to hear about that. :( I hope that he/she gets better soon!!!!

[Dave66]

Quickest way to eliminate the ich is a saltwater dip. Get some marine sea salt, mix it in a container, bring it to the same temp as its tank. Let the severum swim around in it for a few minutes, or til it shows distress, then put the little severum in a quarantine tank for a few weeks. The fish can handle the salt, the parasites can't. If you do it this way, you won't endanger your helathy fish.

Dave

[*Sarah*]

Hmm, the saltwater dip sounds like a good plan, though I don't have a "quarantine tank" I only have my 10g whith is housing 2 cories, a guppy, 2 molly fry and a SAE. I could put the severum in there...HOWEVER I noticed today that one of my neons also has the ich...so now what? should i just medicate the whole 100g tank with an ich med???

[cocoa_pleco]

i guess treat the whole tank. thats gonna need alot of meds!

[*Sarah*]

I know. I'm gonna have to stock up :(

[TowBoater]

Sry to hear that. Yes, stock up on all the meds you can, I have a big tool box full of just meds for anything.