Questions about Ich

"Tynk" wrote in
ups.com:

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.