API Liquid Super Ick Cure Fish Remedy

I used this product in my downstairs 38 gallon tank but the outbreak started in my upstairs 65 gallon tank so I will start there.

I’m writing this review at around 2:45 a.m. on Monday June 4th. Last Thursday at 2 a.m. I noticed that one of my two electric yellow cichlids in my upstairs 65 gallon tank was laying on his side. I proceeded to move him to a quarantine tank. Nothing else seem to be wrong with any other fish in the tank at that time. At 9 a.m. on Thursday morning the yellow cichlid I had moved to the quarantine tank was dead. Thursday evening I noted that the larger of the two yellow cichlids was covered in fuzzy white patches still no other fish appeared to be sick and I still had no idea what was going on. I moved him to a quarantine tank he died the next morning (Friday). I noticed at that time that several of my Guppies in the same tank started to show tattered fins and I knew I had a larger problem on my hands. In this same tank I have two sterbai Cory cats, two Emerald Cory cats, some cherry Barb’s, some gourami, a couple silver dollar fish, and a few tetra.

I spent most of Friday morning and part of the afternoon researching and scouring the internet to try and determine what was going on with my fish and what I could do to stop it. I came to the conclusion that I had an outbreak of Ich on my hands and I immediately ordered this API product to be delivered the next day (Saturday).

However I felt desperate to do something in the meantime so that I wouldn’t lose any more fish so I continued to research and found that using high temperatures and or salt addition to the water could be useful. So I increased the temperature of this tank from 76 to 86 degrees (gradually) I also prepared a mixture of two teaspoons of salt for every gallon of water in the tank. I didn’t have aquarium salt but I did have pure pink Himalayan salt which I ground up very finely and dissolved in warm water before gradually adding the solution to the tank. And then I turn the lights off to reduce stress.

I know that about 90% of the forms online indicate that you should never add salt to a tank with Cory cats. However there are some out there that have had success with using salt in tanks with certain types of Cory cats I will say that mine seem to be doing very well with the salt addition, along with everybody else in the tank. The treatment seems to be a success as everybody else in the tank is doing very well and the Guppies that were exhibiting signs of ich have since started to heal.

NOW… the feedback that you really care about which is about this product.

Friday evening I noticed that one of my fancy goldfish in my downstairs 38gal tank appeared to have a slight whitish film on his fins and I noted that my yellow cichlid in that same tank had one small white puffball on his fins and it was pretty clear that somehow, I still don’t know how, the ich spread to my downstairs tank. But at this point there was only a very small piece on one cichlid and only a little bit on one goldfish.

In this tank I have five fancy goldfish, one sterbai catfish, one yellow cichlid, and one Keyhole cichlid.

Obviously goldfish being more cold water fish I knew that I couldn’t use the extremely high temperature approach I did with my upstairs tank which left me in a very tough position. They’re tank I usually keep at 75 degrees. I knew that my order of this API product would be here the next day (Saturday) but I still felt desperate. I raised the water temperature to 82 gradually and went to bed. The next morning all of my goldfish were covered in white film and all of their eyes were covered in a white cloudy film. By11:30am Saturday one of my goldfish had died. My Amazon order arrived at around that same day at around 2:45pm.

I immediately administered the recommended dose and removed my active carbon filters and turned the lights off I kept the temperature at 82 degrees. I decided not to put this treatment in the upstairs tank since the salt water and high temps seem to be working. The recommendation was to continue the high temp therapy for 2 weeks then slowly return the tank back to normal temperature.

Ok….I KID YOU NOT… at 8pm on Saturday I checked on the fish in my goldfish tank (5 hours after adding API Super Ich) and all of the goldfish had cleared up!! no white film on bodies.. no cloudy eyes and the puffball had fallen off of the yellow cichlid. 5 hours!! If I didn’t see it for myself I wouldn’t have believed it!

It’s just simply amazing. I am going to continue with the recommended application which suggests another application 48 hours from the original application and then doing a water change and resuming as normal… but I am simply in awe!

So yes, my betta fish had an ‘ich’ infection and I immediately went to the internet to get medicine for him. I was hesitant on buying this because of the reviews. But it worked well for me and heres what you need to know about the product to make it work. Remember, YOU buy the medicine, YOU are responsible for pouring the correct dose and to monitor the pet YOU have. That being said, yes this product stains. It leaves a bluish tint to some decor (like leaf hammock suction cups and will slightly tint the glass blue. But in my opinion it doesnt matter, even looks better on the glass. This product shouldn’t be used in large amounts if your fish has an open wound. And if you must, use VERY small amounts because it can and will burn the open wounds. Ex: use half of the amount it says on the bottle and always make sure to stir the medicine in the tank to distribute it. It helps to raise the tank temperature a BIT to hasten recovery, but not necessary. Monitor your little buddy! Its not worth buying this product if you’re just going to kill your fish with your inexperience. So take caution

I used for my parrot fishes for white spots and black spots. Worked very effectively and cured within 48 hours.

This stuff worked great. Got some Cory Catfish from a very reputable local fish store and they had no issues. About 2-3 weeks later I noticed that the Cory’s and my Beta had ick all over their fins, and my beta was not doing well. So I immediately ordered in this from API and within 24 hours I saw drastic improvements. After the second dose a few days later there was none visible. This does come with one caveat though, this stuff is blue and will stain. I opened this in my bathroom and a little bit spilled out. I immediately wiped it up and it had already stained my counter blue in the 5 seconds it was on there. I grabbed bleach and it came right off though. Also beware of anything clear in your fish tank might become dyed/stained blue. I didn’t have my glass seals turn blue like others have said, but the suction cups on my filter all are blue instead of clear now. Also I will say that this stuff did not seem to have any negative effects on my shrimp. Great stuff, just be careful to not spill and dose properly.

For me worked better sea salt .. maibe its my fault