Ick on My Black MOlly?

[MatthewLaw]

Greetings All- I see little white dots on my black molly. i have taken some pictures. is this the begining of Ick?? in the third and fourth pictures, those blueish dots are reflection, NOT on the fish.

 

[pwrmacG4]

yes.. that definitely looks like ick.. I would slowly raise the temp in the tank to just over 80 deg and use coppersafe.. works great for ick. good luck!

 

[MatthewLaw]

I assume I shoudl also remove my MOlly from teh tank? or treat the whole tank?

 

[pwrmacG4]

what size tank is it? if the molly looks to be the only one with it.. remove it and treat it seperate.. if you notice that other fish have it too.. just treat the whole tank

 

[joy613]

Ick has a free swimming stage to its life cycle so you will need to treat the whole tank. If you remove that fish chances are there is some still left in the tank and will attack the next weakest fish. If you have any snails or catfish you will need to find a medicine that is safe for them or remove them.

 

[MatthewLaw]

got it. thanks....