Ick?

[Don Vito]

Ok, my water parameters are zero ammonia, zero nitrIte, and below 30 ppms of nitrAte. The PH is around 7.2 The tank is filled with 4 clown loaches *which have the ick* and one ghost knife *ick free* I dont have a hospital tank :( The only reason I can think of is that my bed was up against the tank stand and it was shaking the stand whenever I was on it. I have moved the bed out and it is not touching the stand. The loaches have been in hiding for a while now. They don't swim around much, they hide between big leaves. I am treating them with mardel "Maracide" for the ick. If anyone could tell me anything else that might help or that might be wrong, could you please let me know. Thank you very much!


~DoN~ :HP:confused:

[aquak]

Reduce stress as much as possible. Turn out the lights and give them garlic-soaked food. Turn up the heat as much as possible. (I'm not sure how high a temp the clowns can tolerate, but 82F is usually recommended.) Maybe someone else has some ideas. If you do a search, you might find how CrazieEddie healed his fish's ich without any meds. It included having the light out and the heat up, but I think he did something else as well. Good luck!