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My peacock cichlids and fry have unfortuantely got ich thanks to a friend thinking it was a great idea to add fish to my tank as a xmas present.. i have so far raised temp to 30 degress and have done a water change... first i added tri sulfa which i have never had any luck with but it was all i had!! i then found a rapid spot treatment and added that at half dose.. waited a couple of days and they were looking worse.. they now have clamped rotting fins and are sitting at the bottom of the tank. I have also noticed red marks on there fins.. not sure what that is.
i have lost 6 of my fry already! :#(

Last nite i bought a bottle of mutli cure so did a 25% water change and added that at half dose as recommended for fry.

Can anyone help?? I dont know what else to do!!

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Sounds like you might have mixed up a cocktail of medications and now nothing is working.

Every time you do a water change you weaken the origional medician. I would do several water changes and use one good ICH treatment and add some Melafix which should be compatable with most meds.

Other than raising the temp, add plenty of airation, & turn the lights off. Also reduce the feeding to a minium every 2-3 days.

Keep treating for several weeks after the ICH has dissapeared. Then do several water changes. If you can add carbon to the filter do so for a short time to remove all the medications

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Thanks for your reply Keith.

i had a look today when i got home from work and a couple of my cichlids have picked up which is good.. however the other 2 look quite worse for wear! i havent touched it since adding the multi-cure so im hoping that will work. Unfortunately i have to go away for a few days so i wont be able to keep an eye on it if i do a water change tomorrow and redose the mutlicure and add melafii have that one handy! ) will that be ok? i added the multicure thurs nite.. so tomorrow morning wont quite make it three days....

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i have also added extra airstones and have increased the air on the other 2 in there. I will stop feeding them while i am away.. i have my brother coming to feed the fish in my other tank but ill tell him to leave them alone.. should i still feed the fry? i have only a handful left now

i removed the carbon from the filter but wont be able to replace it in time.. will doing a quick 25% water change be good enough?

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The fry should be able to survive on minimum anount of food.

I would not add the carbon until you are completly 110% sure all the ICH problem has gone. Regular water changes also when problem has gone will certainly help, do several at 3-4 days appart.

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