Curing ick

mike d. wrote:
I had three or four fish in a ninety-two gallon tank, and they got ick, and
I treated it(the tank) with the blue copper compound but I didn't remove
any charcoal. I don't know if my charcoal was old and spent, or if it just
didn't stop the action of the copper sulfate, but the fish very quickly &
very completely recovered. Mike.
"Gottcha" wrote in message
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I recently had an ick outbreak in my tank and was wondering. If i add kick
ick do i need to take my activated carbon out of my filter? I was told
that
it will remove all medications from the water.

All that out of the way now ... this might be the way I'd go (at least
before dropping to copper in freshwater aquaria.) However, all snails,
plants and salt sensitive fish (such as Corydoras, etc) must be removed
first:

http://www.skepticalaquarist.com/docs/health/salt.shtml

And, as the article points out, this is the "original" salt treatment
for freshwater aquariums. The "new" treatment is usually deemed to be
half those doses.

However, many of us will go up to the full original doses, if necessary.

Regards,
JS
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