great Ich again!!!!

[Toothpik]

great i have ich again!... appearantly i didnt kill it off last time....it went about one week then boom it comes again sigh..it looks like im back to buy more maracide....

[chefkeith]

Sorry to hear it.

Good luck with the treatment. Hopefully another round of treatments won't be too harsh on the fish.

[Toothpik]

i hope so too....im going to try 2 1/2 weeks of treatment and gravel vac bc it seem to do the trick for 2 weeks so maybe another half or full week would do the trick

[shari2]

make sure you do more frequent water changes with bottom vacuuming, and don't add any new fish!

Don't stop treatment until you have seen NO spots for a FULL WEEK to 10 DAYS.

To emphasize:
Do frequent, and thorough water changes. Don't forget to add the appropriate amount of your treatment to the return water.

[Toothpik]

yes Ma'am! yeah i have learned my lesson but good news i got my eheim 2217 today

[fhm_usa]

What's the name of the medication you use for ICK?

[shari2]

there are quite a few:

salt and heat (salt is not so great for loaches)
Rid Ich
Quick Cure

and others with malachite green and/or formalin.

see the sticky at the top of the page or look here for more info:
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm ... 0&aid=2421