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l have and aquarium and l noticed that the fish are starting to have some white dots on their tail , the vet told me that it is ICK and l got ICK SUPER CURE , l have a biological AQUASAFE filter and l am afraid if this medicine will kill the benefetical bacteria. and what are the after maths of ICK SUPER CURE DROPS?

 

does ICK SUPER CURE drops kill the benefetical bacteria in my aquariums

No! Most ich remedies used properly will NOT kill nitrifying bio bacteria in ur filter.

These bacteria r gram positive & it would take a medication that is effective against gram positive bacteria to kill these (such as Erythromycin)

I would read these two current information articles as a reference to what I just stated:
Medications; all about:
http://americanaquariumproducts.com/Aquarium_Medication.html

Nitrogen Cycle:
http://americanaquariumproducts.com/Nitrogen_Cycle.html

And for further information about the treatment & prevention of Ich I highly recommend this article:
http://americanaquariumproducts.com/Aquarium_Ich.html

:~) C

 

does ICK SUPER CURE drops kill the benefetical bacteria in my aquariums

Not all of it. If you do lots of water changes and you do not leave the meds accumulating in the tank. You should not loose MUCH. If you do, then I would put the fish in a different tank!

 

does ICK SUPER CURE drops kill the benefetical bacteria in my aquariums

Most of the medicines developed today will leave most of the beneficial bacteria alone, so you wo not have much of a problem in that respect.The Ich medicine is for killing the ich parasite and not a bactericide. After you have cured the ich, put the carbon back into the filter and do a partial water change.

 

does ICK SUPER CURE drops kill the benefetical bacteria in my aquariums

Chemical cures will kill bacteria in your tank, and will also harm you fish. Some fish die when you put these chemicals in the tank, so I would shy away from that. Saying that, a natural cure is SALT. 1 table spoon of aquarium salt per 5 gallons, and rasing the tempreture to 87-89F should do the trick. Keep this up for 2 weeks, and the paracite should be gone! After 2 weeks, start removing the salt by doing small daily water changes.

Good luck

Rob

 

does ICK SUPER CURE drops kill the benefetical bacteria in my aquariums

not entirerly.. kills only micro cosmic(RELLY SMALL) bactiera nothing o worry about becaus when you do the water change the new plancton will re juvinate lost ones