Ick infection? HELP!

[Scrubby]

Hi all bros,

My carps kena some kind of disease, cloudy eyes + skin flaking, and within one day half the total number of carps died! :crying: after i did a google search on what might cause this, i suspect it might be ick infection. the remaining carps are still weak and i expect more to die :sad:

have changed 50% of the water, added salt, and poured some copper sulphate (or potassium permanganate) solution to the water, and it seems that it is slowing down the death rate. wonder if any of u bros have any good solution. please provide your advice asap, as the carps are dying real fast! :sad:

[Mystique]

Hi all bros,

My carps kena some kind of disease, cloudy eyes + skin flaking, and within one day half the total number of carps died! :crying: after i did a google search on what might cause this, i suspect it might be ick infection. the remaining carps are still weak and i expect more to die :sad:

have changed 50% of the water, added salt, and poured some copper sulphate (or potassium permanganate) solution to the water, and it seems that it is slowing down the death rate. wonder if any of u bros have any good solution. please provide your advice asap, as the carps are dying real fast! :sad:

You have done the right thing to do water change and add salt w copper sulphate.

Monitor and do another round of 20-30%water change after 2 or 3 days.

Meanwhile, clean up your filter.

[Mystique]

http://www.fish-hub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42

The above link would help. All the best and hope your craps recover well.

[Scrubby]

thanks bro mystique,

i'm still monitoring the situation, more than half fatality. sigh...

[Scrubby]

any idea what suddenly caused this?? i need to find out the cause so that i can keep alert.

[Mystique]

any idea what suddenly caused this?? i need to find out the cause so that i can keep alert.

Primarily due to poor water conditions. Its important to clean up the filter on weekly basis if u feed on daily basis.

If u seldom feed, u can clean your filter once a fortnight basis.

[Scrubby]

Primarily due to poor water conditions. Its important to clean up the filter on weekly basis if u feed on daily basis.

If u seldom feed, u can clean your filter once a fortnight basis.

bro mystique, i clean filter and change water diligently every week leh, this never happened until yesterday when more than half suddenly died. was really shocked. :sad: anyway, i'll be on alert and monitoring the situation.

[Mystique]

bro mystique, i clean filter and change water diligently every week leh, this never happened until yesterday when more than half suddenly died. was really shocked. :sad: anyway, i'll be on alert and monitoring the situation.

Well, ok, hmm....let me think. Did you clean the filter media at least once a month?

We normally clean the filter wool on weekly basis. And the filter media at least once a month.

[Scrubby]

Well, ok, hmm....let me think. Did you clean the filter media at least once a month?

We normally clean the filter wool on weekly basis. And the filter media at least once a month.

bro mystique, i clean the filter media and wool every week, because the water gets dirty fast, i rinse them in a pail of the pond water (not tap water becos i don't want the chlorine in the tap water to kill the existing bacteria).

anyway, before i found out it was ich infection yesterday, i thought it was too much bacteria, so i started rinsing the wool with tap water. this morning when i found out it was ich infection, i poured in the copper sulphate solution. now the dying is slowing down, but the remaining carps are in quite bad condition, so i guess they can't make it for long. anyway, from now on, i just have to keep the water clean and add in copper sulphate solution diligently.

[Mystique]

bro mystique, i clean the filter media and wool every week, because the water gets dirty fast, i rinse them in a pail of the pond water (not tap water becos i don't want the chlorine in the tap water to kill the existing bacteria).

anyway, before i found out it was ich infection yesterday, i thought it was too much bacteria, so i started rinsing the wool with tap water. this morning when i found out it was ich infection, i poured in the copper sulphate solution. now the dying is slowing down, but the remaining carps are in quite bad condition, so i guess they can't make it for long. anyway, from now on, i just have to keep the water clean and add in copper sulphate solution diligently.

Hmm, normally we will throw the wool away every week. And start a fresh filter wool.

Meanwhile, wait after 2-3 days to do another round of water change. Keep up the medication til fish recovers.

[Scrubby]

Hmm, normally we will throw the wool away every week. And start a fresh filter wool.

Meanwhile, wait after 2-3 days to do another round of water change. Keep up the medication til fish recovers.

thanks for your help, bro. if this batch all wiped out, will have to get a new batch liao. :sad:

[Scrubby]

just came back from my ICT, the entire batch of carps + suckers all wiped out by the ich disease... :(