HOW TO medicate sick aquarium fish - Cure for ICH

How to cure aquarium fish ich
A full tank of aquarium fish was contaminated and became infected with parasites... But not for long.. i beat them. Heres how!
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[@TehPwnererJr]

This is one of those videos I've always wanted but never wanted to ask for because it felt like it would be asking for your fish to be sick and for you to share their misery for our benefit. Treating an accidental illness and educating us as a result is probably the best possible situation for you to share this kind of information.

[@PuzzleME.]

Screw the backlash of the negative people. Keep doing your thing DIY King.

[@josselynoprey7363]

WOW. I can’t stress enough how informative this video is. THANK YOU so much for going so in-depth about this. As a young fish hobbyist I found this video really helpful and never really came across someone who went as far as to explain a fish illness. Thank you again Joey for being so great!

[@PhishHeadxbl]

We need more videos like this! Edit- I don't want you to have more sick fish. Just want more information like this

[@meganmegan1222]

Watching this video on my phone while my boyfriend plays his game, didn't realise he was listening until I hear "damn this guy really knows what he's talking about" leads to a 30 minute conversation on quarantining and infection control. King of DIY bringing couples together haha

[@groggygreg1063]

how dare you distract him from his game like that... sneaking in a "conversation" during game time, you control freak you!!

[@meganmegan1222]

groggy greg I'm a pro at sneaking in conversation got to tear his attention from warframe to me somehow! :)

[@EvelynTheLeapord]

I love that you made this video. It's such a common problem in this hobby, and this video will help a lot of people save their fish.

[@donovanhill2558]

Boy he loves being married I don’t think he’s ever showed his ring as much as he has this video lol

[@MissStockley1]

Sorry missed the explanation - was watching Frank play in the bubbles

[@emilymartin7116]

Love how educational this video was, I never was certain what ick really was! Thanks Joey, glad your fish are all doing well.

[@chubbywaterpig6521]

Lol sorry they were sick, but I kept smiling looking at Frank play with the bubbles

[@TheNellehFox]

Weirdly, I'm kinda glad this video got posted today. One of my fish has gotten sick and I've been at a total loss for what's wrong with him. With Joey talking about his being unwell, I feel like it's not just me, and everyone has to deal with it. I don't have to feel so useless v.v

[@jonstfrancis]

Good luck with your fish!

[@TheNellehFox]

jonstfrancis Thank you! His colour is still off, but he's not lying on the bottom anymore. I'm just relieved, lying on the bottom is usually a death sentence.

[@KelseyDrummer]

And it all started with a net. It’s so simple, it kind of blows my mind.

[@frez9944]

Joey : so let's go through the cycle of iche! Stien : OK Frank start photo bombing and posing! Random red rainbow : hi Joey! Hi Joey! Feed me! Frank: shut up Joey! They are here to see me! *starts acting really cute behind Joey *

[@nelanneaquino2988]

its very hard to listen when frank is playing with those strong bubbles joey -_-

[@aadentrn6475]

Ick is very common in the fish keeping hobby and easily treated. Joey forgot to mention this but if you treat with any medication, remove any activated carbon in your filter.

[@Izamar92]

Aaden Trn Agreed he forgot to mention it, though it was probably because he's stated he doesn't use any carbon.

[@mitchelll899]

Aaden Trn it's a stress induced parasite. Good news is in a giant tank it spreads slow. Bad news is once established it becomes like a flu plague of the Cascade effect on them. But like you said very easy to treat if done promptly at first signs by raising salinity slightly and keeping the lights on 24/7 to get them out of the cyst while dosing with a mild anti parasitic medicine.

[@roguexsweets2447]

Frank is so distracting doing barrel rolls in the background he's such a ham I love it😊😊

[@bettablue2660]

Frank loves the bubble bar in his tank! He’s getting a bubble massage.

[@ambersherry4869]

Andrea Shelton I was watching him do that, he's so cute!!

[@honeybee3682]

Thanks for giving us your honesty on the bad side that fish keeping sometimes brings. If the King of DIY still has some issues the odd time , it makes us feel more human with the hobby! Ive learnt so much from you and Rachel O'Leary ( The fish Pimp 👊🏻)

[@allisonbarry720]

thanks for being honest. Videos like this are more helpful than you think.

[@crawfys85]

Really great video man. Informative, honest and interesting. Lovely stuff.

[@briansmeback8912]

Absolutely love the transparency. Definitely one of the better explanations of the problem as well. Thank you! And happy belated birthday! 🤙🏼

[@roboorb8477]

As much as we learn from your successes we learn so much from your slip ups as well. Your honesty in the realities both positive and negitive also allows the new fishkeeper to not get discouraged when things dont go to plan. Thanks for another great video.

[@chaz65]

I'm totally listening but, Frank playing in the bubbles :D

[@bradleyj.fortner2203]

A lot of guys wouldn't admit to making any mistakes. But, that's how we learn. And by making your mistake public, we can all learn from it. Thanks for that. I'm kind of glad it happened too, seeing as how everything turned out all right.

[@joshsancho7931]

Would you consider leaving the camera running for like an hour on a different tank each week? Maybe with some tunes on top. Would be cool. Tres cool.

[@zotteke1991]

Josh Sancho this!

[@Raindropfishing]

like the eagle cams sounds cool to me

[@symbioticanimalalliance674]

I love when you show every aspect of the fishtanks, everyone loves to act like their tank is "Just perfect" it's just not so. It's being proud of the downside and the upsides that makes the better fish person. Not what the tank looks like now.. This can happen to ANY of us guys.. Thanks for sharing joey!

[@toriandtilly]

Professor Joey and his white board

[@cindyluroman7238]

Thank you for your open honesty.. I appreciate this truly.. Thank you, hope everyone is ok..

[@kahlanstewart]

This is my biggest fear amongst my fish. I'm scared of losing them from cross contamination, the way Solidgoldaquatics was devastated, for example.

[@pimama9281]

I had to learn the hard way to quarantine. Had one molly take out my entire tank of mollies. Joey you are so right, proper quarantine procedures are extremely important!

[@res1492]

Frank loving that air stone in the background

[@camerazeye7923]

Thanks Joey. Can you consider doing a video series on common fish problems/medications and how to deal with sick fish?

[@thekingofdiy]

In the 10 years I have been making videos, this was the first time I had a sick fish to use as an example. I prefer to h e examples and results rather than just saying what to do.

[@camerazeye7923]

understandable. however for those of us who are newbs we have little or no idea of hbow to deal with a sick fish,what to do or where to even begin to look for information. with res[ect.

[@jesstriplett1005]

Great video. I was wondering if you could talk about sick fish in another in more depth. Like how and when to know to treat with meds and how to know what is affecting your fish and how and what to do when you know there's something wrong but it's internal so you don't know what it is of what to do about it. As well as what causes our fish to get sick of get ich when it's a case of no new fish and water quality is good. This would help me so much . I haven't found any info on this topic and would love to know what to do in this situation. Thank u. And as always another awesome video from the king! Love you man. Can't wait for the next one.

[@nikkikrzy8733]

Who else watched frank play in the bubbles😂😂😂

[@truly1676]

Ok...who else could only focus on frank in the background playing in the bubbles.

[@sdas2208]

Kudos to you for sharing this Joey. Ich is a pain in the wrong place for millions of fishkeepers around the world. The bad part is that it can stay unseen for long periods and hit when least expected; the good part is that if the fish survive the outbreak their immunity against a reinfection goes up greatly.

[@cube.in.]

7 minutes into video i was like, f*ck it. I'm watching Frank.

[@orionseal117]

Thank you for stressing the need for quarantine. I myself have received so much grief for even suggesting that people would have much fewer problems with their tanks if only they were to quarantine any new fish for six weeks. I stress quarantine for everything including fish, invertebrates and plants. Even on your DIY Fishkeeper FaceBook page I get attacked for even suggesting such a thing. Like you, I rarely have problems with illness in my tanks. However about six months ago one of my big tanks blew a seam and I had to partially rebuild and reseal it. Shortly afterward this tank was inundated with bloat and I lost several of my favorite breeding Angels and all my scaleless fish from that tank. That said........ The sickness came and went without me being able to identify the actual cause of the problem and my plants and fish are slowly returning to "normal" with no losses for the last 9 weeks. Again, thank you for stressing the need for quarantine. If they won't listen to me, Hopefully they WILL listen to you.

[@biamfromphrog6890]

I don’t understand why people would have to QT invertebrates, they almost never have any diseases. Quarantining corals make sense cause they almost always have parasites like flatworms and sea stars. But I do believe that anybody MUST QT, especially is saltwater because 99.9% of marine fish are from the wild and have a very long collection/shipping process. These fish come very stressed and skinny.

[@orionseal117]

I lost an entire tank of mollies in a week after adding two apple snails and a mini crab to it. Was it something with the inverts? I don't know, but I'll never do that again!

[@RachelOLeary]

Solid advice, Joey!

[@minibrand8122]

man I love your videos because you treat your fish very good with nice tanks compared to other people I see on KZbin

[@JacobWat]

"February 18th" this dude in the future

[@LaviniaDeMortalium]

awww, our birthdays are a day apart. Happiest Birthday, Joey! Thank you for the informative video on Ich. Definitely one of the most common maladies for beginners.

[@farihnaharmubarok6728]

I was very distracted by frank whole time 😂😂😂

[@candacesawyers893]

Absolutely phenomenal detailed explanation on the most common and under explained aquarium problem thank you. Your are extremely knowledgeable about all of this and it's one of the things I love the most, this hobby.

[@StephanLiebenberg]

Frank loves the bubbles!!

[@victorliang6407]

This is great. Nice shot with the frank tank in the back.

[@rehanmaharjan8563]

I almost cried watching frank playing with bubbles RIP

[@gnilrack]

amazing content in this video, things that many aquarists already know but would like to have had this explained this well at the start of their hobby. this video should be liked more and easier to find on youtube for new aquarists to learn from

[@davidhull1981]

Had this a few times in the past when adding new fish. If tropical like mine simply water change as you said and raise temp to 30 degrees Celsius. The ich cannot survive the higher temps. Tried meds. just raising temp has worked best for me.

[@pr0xy544]

i literally just got some first symptoms of ich before i saw this. this really helps

[@_zefi_otb]

That slow zoom was mega dramatic lol

[@ainoaguy]

Joey, I appreciate that you show when things go wrong and own up to your mistakes and show us how to fix it. I believe that its the best way to show that these things happen to everyone regardless of someone's experience level.

[@tectonicimp7801]

Is it low quality for everyone

[@Hydraklin]

Tectonicimp Games yes

[@miriamlewis1751]

KZbin hasn't finished processing it yet. This can happen sometimes when you are early to an upload. It should be higher quality in a few hours.

[@louisguagenti6600]

Thank you! I’m going through an ich crisis and this video helped immensely! Thank you.

[@spittingkitty4361]

Don't have fish. Don't want fish. I'm only here for the arm porn. Bless you and your tight DIY shirt, Joey!

[@Benkhuc]

Spitting Kitty I mean he goes have a nice rack... ing system

[@ambertom6450]

Thank you for posting this! I'm brand new to the hobby, and when my fish had a few spots of ich on him a month ago I thought I'd done something wrong and thought he would kick the bucket. Did some research and added some salt to the tank and bumped the temperature and it was all okay! It's nice to see an expert dealing with this sort of thing too though!

[@Snoekvisser1972]

A dedicated net for each tank might also help to prevent cross contamination.

[@dreabenson7228]

I was preoccupied by Frank playing in the bubbles and couldn't pay attention to the diagram. Lol he's a funny fish.

[@sofierichterdamm7830]

This was very informative, thank you. Love your videos.. Can you maybe do a series on the different common health issues you might expect with you fish, and how to treat them? We just lost our little betta to dropsy, and couldn't find anything informative as to how to treat it or look for symptoms of the sick in the fish. In fact any time he were sick, we mostly had to guess for the cause and treat by that estimat. Do you have any chart or book you refer to incase of sickness in your aquariums?

[@maddie646]

Sofie Richter Damm ooh yes! I second this

[@larsdamen9115]

360p? Anyone else dealing with this? Or is it not finished rendering yet?

[@colinpeake8494]

If it came from the Vieja did you also treat that tank? I would just to be on the safe side. It would always be in the back of my mind when those sumps get connected.

[@SMattx76]

Happy Belated Birthday Joey. Glad the fish are better.

[@Steeler903]

Can you do more videos explaining aquarium diseases?

[@Mo-vu7jc]

i don't even have a fish yet but man this youtube community has me prepared for just about anything i'm so damn grateful, so glad i found your channel

[@DBO5k]

Best fish tank video I've seen so far as someone whose dealing with ich and a begginer, i need a you tube fish guy lol, so im subscribing thanks

[@CosmicDuskWolf]

I'm glad you made this video so I know what to do if I get a fish with ICH.

[@isaacquine112]

I think you should change the name of the video to ‘how to treat ick’ to help people find it

[@dawnruhl8405]

Loved learning about diseases. More please! I am in love with your Angel fish tank. Breathtaking. They're my second favorite freshwater fish, Bettas are my favorite. But your Angels are what made me subscribe, and your content has me looking forward to your videos.

[@UnleashedSkaters]

you should care for a shrimp tank

[@carterchui5395]

Unleashedskaters yas that’s a good idea

[@firaamai]

After watching you I had decided to aad an aquarium in my house keep helping us like this by sharing your knowledge 😇😇

[@StephanLiebenberg]

Great to hear how you treated it. I have one question though... Why not treat the veeha (or whatever they're called) I mean you know they carry ich, they're just more immune?

[@happyshabbygames]

Awesome commitment to your fish. This was really helpful.

[@atharvasaudagar2039]

So informative.. thank you joey ..you're the best :)

[@CRaXII]

Had it once and almost wiped out my entire community tank. Ich is such a nightmare if you don't know how to deal with it or being too slow to react. This vid is very helpful and encouraging!

[@davido1989fly]

Lol frank in the bubbles

[@q.yvonnem7185]

Learned so much from this video. I work in a pet store (we don’t have fish, but we have supplies )and you have helped me learn so much!

[@markanthony1079]

i having the ich problem right now. and its really giving me a hard time. but im definitely gonna follow you instructions on how to get rid of it. and we have same burth daayyyy...

[@59DrPandas]

I do too I think it's from the live plants I got

[@Xeradorie]

Thank you so much for posting this! I love that you post the bad as well as the good! ❤️

[@CarlosCruz-zb8ym]

It should be stressed that Ich is always within any body of water and is dormant. Factors such as wounds, bad water quality, and stress can cause fish to be susceptible to ich. Constant water changes are key, raising the temperature to 87 F ( Raise by 1-2 degrees every 12 hours) will kill ich at it’s early stages. If severe, malachite green or methylene blue, as well as API ich cure or API salt, may be used. This is all on my experience, please correct me if I am wrong. Cheers.

[@jayminpurohit867]

Can we add methylene blue directly in main tank?

[@thirstyrabbittanks2u191]

Good job brother. Top information getting out there. I never understood the salt in every water change either. Theres a really big lad in Australia promoting put salt in from the start and add every water change. Ive never ran salt until they got sick. Again thanks for sharring the downs as well as all the ups. Well done on the fixing and the QT. Keep up the top work mate

[@daisybelyshev1907]

When do i stop medicating?

[@saulguerrero5890]

I love the video Joey , so much great info here, its awesome. I personally do E.M Erythromycin, General Cure, and Ich X when I quarantine my fish. Its plant safe, shrimp safe, snail safe, fry safe. I do it for a week (7 days). I monitor my fish after the 7 day period, if the fish look healthy and happy I put them in the main display tank. I have never had an issue with this process. You can mix all 3 medications without any problems.

[@connerjones9572]

When the gallery is finished you should build a green house type thing for a pond for koi

[@dwainkitchel1316]

it is possible to cure a fish from ick by setting up 7 aquariums and move the fish each 24 hours to a new tank in the line for 2 weeks. because of icks life cycle it will die off in the free swiming stage before the fish is back in that tank and will not be able to find a host. great video Joey and sorry yer fish got ick

[@Krispykashew]

Sounds like a pain..

[@Sqtgdog]

My birthday is Feb 1st and my Son's is Feb 5th. Interesting to find out your an early Feb guy too. Maybe that's why I enjoy your personality :)

[@tabou6905]

What are your plans for the channel and videos once the rack is complete?

[@MannBergPig]

You used that same net on Frank and Stein the Bicher in the video where you moved them to the new tank.

[@stevethomas9320]

So what do you do with the fish nets? Does the ick just die outside the water or do you need to let it soak in medication?

[@55dgirl551]

Steve Thomas you could keep seperate nets for each tank but when I worked in a pet store we had a bucket that had formalin and water in it and you had to dip the net after using it or in between tanks.

[@Beregar79]

I do not know how long tomonts can survive out of water but the theronts certainly can't at all. There are other encysting parasites, bacteria and viruses that can though. For a while at least. You can just disinfect the nets (i.e. bleach) or use hot water. Doesn't even need to be boiling hot but all the better if it is because it works against nearly all other parasitic/bacterial/viral sources as well. I guess there could be a few that can encyst themselves well enough to survive but I doubt ich tomonts can withstand boiling water. Certainly not bleach. I just use hot tap water to clean my nets and buckets and so far no issues of transmitting diseases. I've never had ich but I've had a few bad (most likely) viral infections that are basically incurable. For example I got a patch of neon tetras a few months ago that are still in quarantine three months later because they came up with something slowly killing that is completely immune to all treatments I've tried. It seems to affect only neons as I have a kribensis in same quarantine and he is perfectly healthy. It spreads slowly from one neon to another though (or maybe has long "bloom" time).

[@kiwi_in_sylvania5449]

I love the drawing of the fish Joey!

[@ReeferGil]

Great vid, Thanks for sharing

[@zerroabear435]

God so much information about illness here. This is what I love about you Joey. Something wrong you'll show it and will openly talk bout it and explain why it happen how it affects the fish and how to treat it prevention care and what it it is.

[@ProgramsGalore]

I'm glad that the pros like you show what you do wrong and what can go wrong. It shows this hobby isn't perfect all the time and that's why we work towards giving our buddies the best!

[@Ayaksha]

Hi joey. my fish sometimes get ich, white spots. i always use salt and they will be cured.

[@kevindb47]

I have learned more here in 17 minutes then in my entire school career

[@SGTMorales]

I once made the mistake of adding the water that I purchased a fish with in my aquarium and gave my Oscar skin rot. I did my research and was able to cure the rot and save my Oscar.

[@Hangar77]

Great talk on Ich and the importance of a quarantine procedure. Happy to hear the fish are doing well now. Thanks for sharing!

[@douglasmilligan9040]

I've tried medications a few times, never helps me. I always revert to aquarium salt, heat and water changes. Always works for me!

[@cloudeedragon103]

QUARENTINE YOUR FISH: I always make it a point to quarantine my fish for at least six weeks. I've been in the hobby for almost a decade now, and not too long ago I got a small shipment of ranchu from Chicago. The fish didn't show signs of ick until four weeks later. I'm very glad that I had them in their own tank because by the time I noticed the ick, it was sadly too late and they died within three days while going through treatment. I have since learned from this experience & have extended my quarantine period to 8-10 weeks depending on the fish. That may be very excessive, but I haven't had any cross-contamination problems since!

[@NazFXStudios]

Would love to see you do a series of videos on treating illnesses