My tank has a case of ich that The Fish Store is now calling "Super Ich." They
say it came out of South America about six months ago, and infected a Florida
fish farm before spreading pretty widely throughout the industry. They said
they had to call in a fish pathologist to get rid of it themselves, that they
were at their wits end for about a month, though they say they have it under
control now.
From what I've observed, this strain is especially virulent, and the white dots
the fish get are a little bit larger and more widespread than normal. Two weeks
of rid-ich didn't touch it. It still looks like untreated ich. Three days of
quinine seemed to knock it down a little bit. I've now moved on to rid-ich in
combination with copper sulfate and more quinine, after losing two big clown
loaches and a beautiful, beautiful big old bosemani rainbow--the king of my
tank.
I have raised the temperature, I've done three water changes, I've run a diatom
filter, I've constantly dosed with rid-ich, and have now run a course of quinine
and copper safe. I've got about 2/3rds of fish looking OK and 1/3 still looking
pretty unhappy. I simply cannot think of anything else other than more of the
same. The Fish store advises the trio treatment for at least 21 days, that it
takes that long to run its course.
Has anyone else run into this? Suggestions?
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