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Wow, thanks! I will ask my mom about getting a filter at walmart tomorrow. That makes sense about it setteling on the bottom. I will try that kind of treatment. Will Melifix work? I have some already. So do I put the filter in without the sponges and carbon in it? Sorry, my brain is tired. (My g-ma coughed till like 3 this morning, and then I work up super early not being able to sleep anymore) Thanks, I feel a little better, but if I eat anything my stomach is NOT happy. All I've had in the past two days was 3 bowles of cereal. But I'm kinda getting my hunger back.Lol, Sick of Ick would be funny, lol!
Are you positive this is ick though? There's a fungus that fish can get that looks a lot like ick. You may want to get yourself an antifungal and antiparasite treatment and use that together with the ick treatment. This way you'll for sure be able to kill off anything it is (well, I can't really say for sure as nothing is 100%...some cases are so bad all the treatments in the world may not work).
My husband said the best thing to use would be Kordon Rid Ick Plus Disease Treatment. He got it at Petsmart. This stuff works really good...it can rid your fish of stuff like ick and others in 2 days. It's like $7.00.
Okay, here's what you do. You need a filter on the tank that had the fish with ick in it (if it's actually ick and not something else). When I said not to change out your filter earlier, I meant the sponges in your filter...I'm sorry, I should've worded it better. You need the filter itself though...ya know, it's like a pump that filters the water through it. See, without a filter, all the ick treatment is doing is settling on the bottom, as it doesn't have anything to filter the treatment through the tank (in other words, nothing to circulate the water). Do like I suggested and do a complete water change. Do not completely rinse off your gravel...just rinse off your gravel a little bit 'cause, like I said, you don't want to kill off the beneficial bacteria or you'll end up going through new tank syndrome. Put your gravel back in your tank and attach the filter to the tank. Do not put sponges in your filter and especially do not put carbon or activated charcoal attachments on or in it - depending on the type of filter you have, as ick treatments will not work with carbon. Then put your water in. Make sure you're treating your water with a dechlorinator and conditioner after the water is put in. We use Tetra Aquasafe. Follow the directions on how much to use per gallon of your tank. After all that is done, treat the tank, with no fish in it, with ick treatment. Follow the directions on the treatment as to how long you should treat the tank for. This way it should kill the ick off of everything before you put your new fish in. Once you've run the treatment for as long as it says to, go ahead and put the sponges, carbon filled sponges and carbon or activated charcoal (whatever you're using) back in your filter. Then add your new fish.
Now, for the tank your females with ick are in, you will need a filter. Like I said, without a filter all the ick treatment is going to do is settle on the bottom and it's not going to work. Like I said too, do not put a sponge or carbon/activated charcoal in your filter. Do the same thing with the water change and cleaning off the gravel, filling the tank back up, putting something in the water with something like the Tetra Aquasafe I suggested, putting the filter back on, treating the water ick treatment and everything I mentioned above, to the tank your females are in...though, of course, this time you'll be putting your females back in that tank once the water change and all is done. Run the tank they're in without a filter for as long as it says to use the ick treatment. Once the ick clears up you can put the sponges and carbon or activated charcoal, or carbon filled sponges, back in the filter.
One thing you may want to do is get is a biological supplement because you are gonna be thoroughly cleaning your tanks. This will make sure that if any beneficial bacteria that got lost in the cleaning, gets replaced and will help prevent new tank syndrome.
I hope I explained all of this well. If you have any questions or need anymore help, feel free to ask.
Oh, I'm sorry you're sick. I hope you get better.
