Nikki wrote:
Well I was asking also because these are the fish I got when I got the
guppies from my LFS, they all had ick, which may not of been smart to buy
them, but they are closing, they were the last of what she had and I felt
bad, I treated the guppies with ick med and had a lot of problems with them
I lost some but think I am on the right road now, been doing a lot of water
changes and i am feeding less, I was reading about bettas and ick and it
said turn heat up to 80-85 use salt and the ick will come off got to the
bottom of the tank and die from the salt, and it would also help prevent any
other bacteria problems since they were sick with ick, I also wanted to use
salt in my guppy tank being the problems they had but I have African dwarf
frogs in there and they don't tolerate salt, but I may remove them and use
it, im not sure yet.
I have another question about my guppy ill post separate.
Nikki

You were kind to buy the last few fish. I'm sure they'll make it
through. Here's a good link about ich that explains its lifecycle and
how to do high temperature and salt.
http://www.skepticalaquarist.com/docs/health/ich.shtml

Bettas do fine in high temperature but dislike salt. I've never tried
to treat a betta that way. I put the temperature at 82F and usea
Formalin/malachite medicine like Quick Cure. I find Quick Cure
reliable, easy, and safe.

Once the spots are gone, you need to keep treating for about two weeks
with medicine, or one week with high temps and salt. With Quick Cure,
once the parasites are gone, I dose again on days 3, 6, 9, and 12. On
day 14 I put the carbon back and figure I've killed all the ich that was
in the bottom of the tank.

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