i need an easy way to get rid of ick, i already tried ick gone from wal mart. he still has it. how should i go about getting rid of it, i dont have a quarantine tank. my other fish dont have it at the moment, and i really love my oscar. please help.
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Don't just take out the sick fish,if one has ich it's in the tank and the whole thing must be treated or your other fish will soon be sick to.I am not really familiar with treating ich but if you have a local fish or pet store try going there to ask for help,many times they are quite knowledgeable.Some one else may also answer this question that can recommend an appropriate medication.
In the long run, it is cheaper and easier to flush your oscar and replace it. You can spend a lot of time, grief and money trying to cure it. When raising fish, it is best not to get to emotionally attached, unless you have the funds to play the expensive game of fish doctor. Meanwhile, as soon as you can get the sick oscar out of the tank and replace all the water and change the filters, the better off the survivors will be. If you don't do this, you may lose the entire community and have to start over with new fish.
With ich, you need to treat the tank, not the fish. So, you don't want to QT a fish with ich. Usually you have to use the meds or treatment for at least 3 weeks. That's probably why you haven't seen an improvement. I'd recommend-if you don't have tetras, loaches, catfish, plecos, or any scaleless fish in the tank, to use the heat and salt method. Here's a few links, it talks about ich and different ways to treat it, but again the most important thing is to continue the treatment for about 3 weeks:
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ichthyophth...
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