my fish all died last night :wtc:

they had a case of ick and i called my aquarium guy... he gave me some stuff to treat the tank and help clear them up... last night, they were looking like they felt a lot better, they were swimming all over etc.... i thought they were gonna be okay...

now i guess i have to figure out how to clear the tank so that i can get new fish and keep them healthy

pH is still at 7.6 i turned the temp up to 80/82, he told me that would help slow the ick...

 

that sucks

 

mine is looking crappy right now but i could care less.....i'm moving next weekend & i'm getting rid of it

 

Was it the medicine that turns the water blue and were you running a activated carbon filter whilst treating the ick? Carbon filters out (adsorbs) the medicine rather quickly.

I haven't kept fish in years. I don't think I've ever had fish die from ick. Most died from being killed by one of the other fish. I think a few got stuck in the rocks and died.

 

This is why people quarintine new livestock.

Unless you want to tear your tank down and rinse it with vinegar/hot water, you're probably going to have to let it sit for a couple weeks for the ick to pass.

 

i used Jungle Ick guard. My carbon filter is pretty old so my aquarium dude told me it would be fine to leave it in.

well, i was told that i probably had a combo of problems ... 1. even slightly overfeeding my fish and 2. a fluctuation of +/- 3 degrees...

i would say #2 definitely, i had an old heater and i had to adjust it from time to time. i bought a new one with a digital thermostat.

the aquarium shop dude told me just to let it run for a week, without a host the ick will die (since ick is a parasite) he told me to change my carbon filter a day or 2 before i reintroduce fish to the tank... i told him i would probably be back to get a few fish next weekend and he said that would be fine.