"dc" wrote in message
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"Tynk" wrote in
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I'll have to disagree with you about Quick Cure being magic.
As long as you treat for a full week. I know it only says 3 days on
the bottle, but we all know the cycle of Ich is longer than 3 days.
Treat for a week and the Ich is gone like magic. = )

Well let me put it this way; I have had a hell of a lot of experience in
my
use of QuickCure over the past two years on hundreds of subjects. If you
want it to work like magic you have to address all the variables leading
to
the infestation, and not just medicate for the free-swimming parasites
themselves. It is possible for an animal to remain infested with Ich
cysts
for over a week on a full and regular dosage of QuickCure if the cause or
contributes of immune system failure is not recognized and addressed. I
have seen it on a number of occasions on a number of subjects including
cichlids, goldfish, loaches, and platys to name a few.

In most circumstances QuickCure works very well on its own, but it is not
magic. Other variables including stress and general health play a major
role in proper recovery from an infestation. If you've faced the disease
as often as I have you will eventually encounter an occurrence that
requires more care than simply throwing a formalin and Malachite green at
it.

dc I just wanna say cheers for some great posts there.
very well done
I have also faced whitespot too many times to like.
My worst cases have followed powerloss to all tanks.
extreme stress and then shipments of new fish.
Sooner or later if your quarantine isn't good you get an outbreak.
Don't rinse nets or have a system?
Could have a nice outbreak.
But yea fish hide their symptoms as long as possible
It's how they prevent being 'thinned from the herd'
And every disease/parasite ONLY usually becomes a problem when the
environment favours it over the host.
For whitespot I like heat and salt.
up to 30 deg C
prob 1 tablespoon of swimming pool salt per 20L
and then the malachite
and usually a bit of melafix to help them patch up.
water change after 3 days, retreat water change after 3 days, retreat.
then after those 9 days I turn the temp slowly down.

Good food is a good way to heal fish too
I think spirulina flake is worthy
as are mozzie larvae
and chopped shrimp/prawn and chopped peas
earthworms and duckweed
a healthy diet and good water gives fish a bloody good chance at fighting
off almost anything
and when that fails massive doses of steroids, antibiotics and other
additives and technology can be used to keep them alive.
clean water and good food is cheaper tho.