Freshwater Ich ICH-x and UV?

[tpirovol]

Can I use ich-x and a UV light??

 

[Doctorgori]

UV sure, but as far as the meds go, may as well get whats known to work, or is it a cost/availability thing?

 

[ying yang]

I believe seen @Jay Hemdal say that freshwater ich is different than saltwater ich so on that basis I would say medications would be different you would of thought

 

[Unitylover]

freshwater ich is very easy to murder. first, if your fish species allows it, increase the temp to 82* Fahrenheit, maybe use some garlic, and if that doesnt help, use super ick cure or something.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Can I use ich-x and a UV light??

I think your question is, will UV light affect ich-x? UV will break down chloroquine, I don't know about formalin or malachite green which are the two ingredients in ich-x.

Ich-x doesn't work well for marine ich, I see you are in Canada, so it may be a supply issue that is causing you to use it.

Jay

 

[GARRIGA]

Had ich once in freshwater. Used Paraguard and raised the temps to 88. Not sure which did the trick. Fresh easier to resolve because high temps not killing most fish.

 

[situming123]

I don't recommend you use both of them in the same time. If you are not using a high volume ich-x, UV is fine with it, but not making any different for the treatment. However, UV IS NOT helping to kill Ich. so you'd better turn it off when dosing copper or ich-x, make sure the temperature is 82 degree