Hey whats the best product for treeting ich and mouth fungus?

there are so many options,


one of my rock bass got mouth fungus somehow, and a few others are showing signs of ich, I have them quarantined as best as I can.


If I need to, I'll use a copper based medicine that is hard core, but Im not putting that in my main tanks...


I currently am using melafix in the main tanks to keep it a bay, but I might need to bring in some bigger guns as they aren't showing much improvements after 5 of 7 days.


any advice would be appreciated. I don't have very much experience with diseases

I use quick cure for ich. Also turn the temp up in the tank.

koo, Ill try that

If you want to try coppersafe for ich it works amazingly. I had very sensitive fish like neons and loaches and half dosing the coppersafe and slightly raising the salinity worked great. Problem is that you are in texas and when i was living there we had a high amount of copper in the tap water but this was in Houston. So just be careful. A quick salt dip will help get rid of the fungus...done correctly the salt dips work fantastically! I believe the correct solution is 1/2 cup salt to 5 gallons of water. Leave the fish in for 30 secs to 2 mins. Basically when the fish stops actively swimming and starting to float is when you want to pull them out. Ive used this technique with koi and other fish that have open wounds and ulcers and mouth or fin rot several times. It will raise the fish's slime coat so your water may become foamy for a short time.

great advice. thank you

Clean clean water and salt. it's that easy.

clean water as in changing the water more often than normal?

Yes

When we have ick , we raise the tank temp to 82° and add some ( sea ) salt

so do you guys think that ich is always in the water until the fish becomes wounded or stressed, or it comes in on a foreign object and can infect perfectly healthy fish

ick is always in your aquarium its just how you manage to keep it under control there is a article on the forum somewhere that i posted i will try and locate it for you and paste the link here in a reply

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=16+2160&aid=2421

http://www.aboutfishonline.com/articles/ich.html

https://usafishbox.forumotion.com/t2032-ich

cool, thanks for the links

turning up the heat does work around-98degrees-btw I've used this method to cure ick in 2 days

Sorry , but I believe you will " cook " your fishes at 98° Actually , I know you will .