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LOgan SLOgan · Members Joined: 02 Apr 2005

I bought some ick medication called Liquid Super Ick Cure
Did any of you hava a good expereince with this?

Logan
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Susan Wright · Regulars Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Location: Tulsa, Ok

LOgan SLOgan · Members Joined: 02 Apr 2005

ya I'm one step ahead of you but the last stuff I bought I treated for a long time and when I stopped, it came back.
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Susan Wright · Regulars Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Location: Tulsa, Ok

Susan Wright · Regulars Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Location: Tulsa, Ok

Here is a very good article on ich: It explains the life cycle, treatment and prevention of ich. It is one of the best that I have read.

http://www.aquamaniacs.net/forum/cms_view_article.php?aid=27

Marcos : This might make a good addition to the article section if we can get permission since there is always questions on the forum about ich.
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LOgan SLOgan · Members Joined: 02 Apr 2005

my water temp is uasully around 26 degrees because I got balas(there small and I do plan on getting bigger tank) but I've turn it up to 30 degrees so it will kill the ick and I put two airstones in for more oxygen and I took out the carbon and I'm gonna clean it tomorrow. thanks for the article ill post again after a day or two.

Oh and do you now if plecos have scales?

Logan
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Susan Wright · Regulars Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Location: Tulsa, Ok

I am glad the article helped. Glad I could be of some assistance.
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LOgan SLOgan · Members Joined: 02 Apr 2005

I'm not sure if it was in this book I read or the article you sent me but one of them said(it could of bin both) that ick dies above tempatures of 26 C. I was wandering if you kn ow what stage this would effect them? or is this not true?

And I heard that there are mother cells that start and reproduce the daughter cells and they and can't be killed by medications. does that mean you just keap treating until they lived there lifespan?

Logan
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Susan Wright · Regulars Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Location: Tulsa, Ok

According to the article
With the warmer temps the life span of ich is 7 days. The adult ich is when you see the white spots on the fish. the 2nd stage is when they drop off and while in the gravel or whatever is when they are multiplying.(at this stage is when most people don't see them and think that it is eliminated but at this stage is the hardest to kill. In the 3rd stage during the pupae stage is when they are the easiest to kill. That is when you want the med in the tank. This is the reason why you treat for at least ten days, to go through all three stages.

The raising of the temp is basically speed up the life cycle so it is faster to rid the tank of ich. In cooler water it just takes more time.

The temp isn't what kills the ich, its the meds and the water changes that you do that rids your tank of the parasite.
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LOgan SLOgan · Members Joined: 02 Apr 2005

sorry about that post I should of done more research. I found out that at one of the stages they do poorly in high temp. sorry about that.
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