oh no! i have an ich outbreak in one tank and it has plecos in it so i dont wanna use salt, so what else is there? i need your help fast please! my super cool blue panaque male is in this tank and it has got to him too. I really need to get this under control fast

I have read that you can use salt with plecos, as long as you add it a little at a time. keep an eye on your pleco to be sure it is OK if you do so. I have treated for Ich in the past with a pleco in the tank using salt and increased temp with no problems, but I may have just gotten lucky.

ok m reading more and more stuff just like that so i think i may be ok to use salt. i was a littlw worried about the one but i think it was just the hihger temp mking it even more apt to look for food. I have 2 air pumps going too. I just bought some jungle ick tabs from walmart that i might try

I have used salt with plecs and have had no problems. The ich treatment you bought from WalMart will probably be more harmful to the plecs than the salt will be.

ok. the jungle stuff has vicgtoria green and acriflavine in it. i thats anything like malachite green i wont use it at all.

I would try and avoid using any meds.I would Increase the water temperature up to 85-88 degrees.
Us aeration by adding air stones, warm water doesn't hold as much oxygen.
Along with a temperature change and added aeration, add about one teaspoon aquarium salt per gallon to the water to help the fish recover from the stress caused by the disease. Salt is also harmful to Ich. Do a 50 percent water change on a daily for a week. I have followed this method with great success.

thats what im finding out is the best way from everyone i ask so far so thats what im gonna do. iwish i as a uv steilizer too but oh well.

Salt and heat are best and very effective and cheap. Here is an article to give you some insight.

http://www.freshwatermadness.com/Ichthyophthirius-Multifiliis-White-Spot-Infections-in-Fish-Part-1-h39.htm

i just did a ten gallon wc(its a 55 gal tank) and re added salt to compesate for it. Ill jut do daily wc untill its cleared up. Its already killed my blue panaque but everybody else in the tank seems to be only mildly effected by it

Daily water changes are not necessary. In fact I think it will add more stress to the fish with ICH. You really cant do much besides heat and salt and wait it out.