Cure ICK naturally without KILLING your Fish

Ick (or Ich) is a nasty Fish infection and many quickly resort to medicines and drugs which, while effective, can also kill all of microfauna in a fish tank and stress out the fish. There is a much simpler and a natural way to get rid of ICK. Check out this short to learn the simple secret from Father Fish.

[DashDrones]

2-3 weeks to get rid of Ich for me but father fish's advice of 86/87F is perfect. Understanding the ich's lifecycle is key..

[RuRichelieu]

Had an outbreak and this worked for me. Also had a hospital tank with warm water and aquarium salt and that worked too.

[sergiomorales]

Excellent information thank You father fish 😊

[mihailucianmanolache]

Did that at FF advice... worked just fine

[Strawebbie]

Found Ick on my black skirt tetras, in a 55 gal with a bunch of other fish. I don’t have the cure thing. Tysm I hope this work. I love your videos

[Birdofthetacklebox]

I’ll definitely try this for my 55 gallon I’m setting up soon. But I’ve had success with methylene blue. It demolished my ick outbreak in my sister’s tank.

[TheBudgetAquarist]

I used the garlic technique and my fish quit breeding because the breath was so bad

[olivierperreault]

Hi Fatherfish, I’ve been following you for a while now and was wondering if you could do some species profiles or speak about must have fish to help the different step of the cycle. Love you videos !

[vjsharma]

I used this on the new fish that I bought from I also put some aquarium salt it actually worked

[shackleDev]

For ich i personally like to quarentine the fish in a tank with a little salt added and with the temp increased slightly, the salt dehydrates the ich while being safe in low consentrations to the fish (i only don't use this method on scaleless fish like cories, since they cant handle salinity)

[davidaix]

Same thing as doing a salt bath probably less stressful but only if you have a species that can take that tropical temperature

[BenOchart]

Great advice. Are you going to Aquashella in Daytona?

[JasonFolk]

Always watch new fiah when added and or quarantine them for 3 to 4 weeks if possible. I added two neon tetras i loat my e entire tank because of those two fish spreading ick to the others 😢 if you see a spot take action it only aids you in the long run. Keep on fishing friends'

[MaryGraceNazareno-hn]

Hello father fish, Can i feed my betta during treatment?

[mr.octopus]

From what I've learned of ich lifecycle from scientific papers, it detaching from the patient zero is only the first stage of it's propagation.
It will multiply by the millions at the bottom and come back in a few days to infect everyone.
Temperature doesn't kill ich, it only is making the infection cycle faster (which you need to do if you want to actively cure your fish before it enters the mouth and gills).

The only way (they say) is to take patient zero out of the tank when ich is still attached and wait for it to detach, then reintroduce him into the main tank.
If ich has already detached in the main tank you have to take everyone out of there, ich will only die out if there is no one to infect.

So I don't really understand how the raising of temperature alone can do any good against ich. It has to be a little bit more complicated than just this (?)

P.S.
Also they stated that a fish that has recovered from ich will get immuned from further infections. So this can explain why you don't necessarily have to take the sick out but it also implies that every fish in that tank will be infected and will have to recover fast.

[laurabustos]

I've been lucky to not have any ich outbreak since the 90's!! But I'll definitely be adding this info to my Awesome Fish Advice Playlist!
Edit question; although I don't have any issues, would garlic be a good thing to feed 1x weekly or so as a preventative for overall health? And is it ok to use in my shrimp tanks too, as a preventative? 🙏

[TheBreechie]

Please don’t think I’m trying to question your advice, I’d just like a tiny bit more info for clarity because I’m super curious!
I heard lower temps will slow down the lifecycle of ich, and I did some googling that said similar. My thinking is that lower temps give more time for you to control and eradicate the issue but I just know there is a reason why you prefer heat, and a shorter timeframe to address the problem…. I wondered if someone might explain why this is the case…

[Someone-byjm]

Ill set up my first aquarium in about a month, im starting with EITHER cherry shrimp OR a male betta, i wonder if thats okay

[FlyingLime]

Mr. Father, if I use ich medication (you know, the good old blue stuff), will it kill the beneficial bacteria in the tank?
What I did was I isolated 2 of my ranchu who contracted ich as soon as I *spotted* it.
Afterwards I bathed them in methylene blue + epsom salt everyday for a week, and doused the isolation tank with that blue ich medication. After 2 weeks, I reintroduced them to the general populace and everyone is doing fine.
My question is, if everyone in the main tank got sick, should I douse the entire tank in ich medication? Would it kill the bacteria? Because I know methylene blue does, so I bathe them in a bucket for like an hour at a time.

Thanks.

[MikeHancho-tgmq]

I took your advice and it killed my Male Albino Bristlenose Pleco, and 14 Tiger Barbs. You really should mention what Epistylis is along with your Ich advice. Especially raising the temperature that high slowly within a 4 hour time period. I watched all of your video's for advice. Ich and Epistylis look A LOT ALIKE! My fish didn't have any spots on the eye's and yet it was still Epistylis. I brought in my new year having to euthanize my beautiful fish one, by one, by one. I need an explanation from you so I can put this to rest.