Temperature to remove ich

Richards Aquarium · Dec 24, 2023

What's the highest temperature I can go to to speed up ich ? And how much do I raise it in a time period to get to that temperature?

fishyjoes · Dec 24, 2023

What's the context? Are you increasing the temperature of a tank full of inhabitants - or an empty tank that's being fallowed out?

Richards Aquarium · Dec 24, 2023

My bad. I have a hippo with ich. Then the rest of tank is 2 clowns, one diamond watchman gobie, one anthias, one firefish and red leg crabs and snails. I don't have qt. This is the second bout of ich for hippo he is doing good eating good he fought off first batch but here iam again.

vetteguy53081 · Dec 24, 2023

Richards Aquarium said:
What's the highest temperature I can go to to speed up ich ? And how much do I raise it in a time period to get to that temperature?

You cant really speed up the process of elimination for ich as you would with velvet however ich cycle can be shortened at 80.5 and with velvet 81-82

Richards Aquarium · Dec 24, 2023

. I have a hippo with ich. Then the rest of tank is 2 clowns, one diamond watchman gobie, one anthias, one firefish and red leg crabs and snails. I don't have qt. This is the second bout of ich for hippo he is doing good eating good he fought off first batch but here iam again. so am i ago raising the temp and how long should i take to get to the 80.5 its a 75 gallon

Jay Hemdal · Dec 24, 2023

Richards Aquarium said:
. I have a hippo with ich. Then the rest of tank is 2 clowns, one diamond watchman gobie, one anthias, one firefish and red leg crabs and snails. I don't have qt. This is the second bout of ich for hippo he is doing good eating good he fought off first batch but here iam again. so am i ago raising the temp and how long should i take to get to the 80.5 its a 75 gallon

Raising the water temperature to cure ich only applies to freshwater ich. Marine ich is a different species and actually is more dangerous at higher temperatures. 78 f is the best temperature to use to keep the oxygen level up and keep the ich parasite from reproducing too fast.

Jay