API LIQUID SUPER ICK CURE Fish remedy, Freshwater and Saltwater Fish Medication 4 fl oz(Pack of 1)
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| Brand | API |
| Liquid Volume | 4 Fluid Ounces |
| Item Weight | 4 Ounces |
| Item Form | Liquid |
| Target Species | Fish |
About this item
- Contains one (1) API LIQUID SUPER ICK CURE Freshwater and Saltwater Fish Medication 4-Ounce Bottle
- Treats “ich” white spot disease in fish and secondary bacterial fish infections
- Quickly kills ich parasite, typically within 24 hours of first dose
- Use only in freshwater and saltwater aquariums not with reef aquariums
- Dose every day for five days when symptoms first start occurring
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• Whitish cottony tufts or patches appear on the mouth, skin and fins of tropical fish, goldfish and koi. • We recommend API PIMAFIX. |
• Fins appear ragged and split. Disease can progress until fins and tail are completely eroded. • Secondary fungal infections commonly occur. • We recommend API MELAFIX (or BETTAFIX if you have a betta fish), or alternatively PIMAFIX or FIN & BODY CURE. |
• Fish develop a bloated appearance due to accumulation of fluid in the body cavity. • Scales may appear to stick out from the sides of fish. • In advanced cases, fish lose the ability to swim and may float upside down. • We recommend API MELAFIX (or BETTAFIX if you have a betta fish) or PIMAFIX, or alternatively FIN & BODY CURE. |
• Fish show blood streaks in the fins and body. • We recommend API MELAFIX (or BETTAFIX if you have a betta fish), or alternatively PIMAFIX or FIN & BODY CURE. |
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• Eyes develop a whitish haze and/or protrude from the head. • Hazy or slimy patches appear on the bodies of fish. • If infested with parasites, fish may scratch on objects in the aquarium and exhibit rapid breathing. • We recommend API MELAFIX (or BETTAFIX if you have a betta fish), or alternatively PIMAFIX or FIN & BODY CURE. |
• Fish exhibit open red sores on the body. • We recommend API MELAFIX (or BETTAFIX if you have a betta fish), or alternatively PIMAFIX, E.M ERYTHROMYCIN or FIN & BODY CURE. |
• Raised, gray patches are observed on the fins and mouth areas of fish. • Live bearers, such as guppies and mollies, develop grayish patches on their backs, giving rise to the name “saddle back disease.” • Infected areas may develop into red ulcers and infect the gills, causing rapid loss of fish. • We recommend API MELAFIX (or BETTAFIX if you have a betta fish) or PIMAFIX, or alternatively E.M ERYTHROMYCIN or FIN & BODY CURE. |
• Fish will scratch against objects and appear listless. A grayish film may form on the body. • Rapid breathing in fish may be accompanied by gasping at the surface of the water, or the fish sitting on the bottom of the aquarium. • Gills undergo severe damage, leading to suffocation and death. • We recommend API MELAFIX (or BETTAFIX if you have a betta fish), or alternatively PIMAFIX, E.M ERYTHROMYCIN or FIN & BODY CURE. |
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• Most parasitic worms are not visible without the aid of a microscope. Fish will scratch against objects and appear listless. A grayish film may form one the body. • Rapid breathing in fish may be accompanied by gasping at the surface of the water, or the fish sitting on the bottom of the aquarium. • Gills undergo severe damage, leading to suffocation and death. • We recommend API GENERAL CURE. For secondary or fungal infection, use MELAFIX (or BETTAFIX if you have a betta fish) and PIMAFIX together. |
• The most obvious symptom is the pitting and erosion of skin and muscle tissue around the face of the fish. This erosion appears to be a symptom of the parasite’s presence in the intestinal tract, not on the surface of the fish. • Many fish exhibit poor appetite, weight loss and nervousness; without proper treatment, death ultimately results. • We recommend API GENERAL CURE |
• Early symptoms of this infection in fish include darting in the aquarium and scratching against the gravel and ornaments. • Fish exhibit labored breathing and may remain at the water’s surface, near filters and aeration devices. • White spots may or may not be visible on the fish. • We recommend API SUPER ICK CURE along with API AQUARIUM SALT |
• Fish may scratch on objects in the aquarium. • Slimy skin may develop on fish and fins may be clamped. • Labored breathing may be observed. • We recommend API SUPER ICK CURE along with API AQUARIUM SALT. |
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| API MELAFIX | API PIMAFIX | API FIN & BODY CURE | E.M ERYTHROMYCIN | API SUPER ICK CURE | API AQUARIUM SALT |
| Fin And Tail Rot | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Use in combination with medications | |
| Dropsy and Malawi Bloat | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Use in combination with medications | |
| Bacterial Hemorrhagic Septicemia | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Use in combination with medications | |
| Eye Cloud, Body Slime | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Use in combination with medications | |
| Open Red Sores | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Use in combination with medications |
| Mouth Fungus – Saddleback Disease | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Use in combination with medications |
| Subclinical Parasitic Infestation | Melafix & Pimafix used together | Melafix & Pimafix used together | ✓ | Use in combination with medications | |
| Ich (Ichthyophthirius) | ✓ | Use in combination with medications | |||
| Fungal Infection | ✓ | Use in combination with medications | |||
| Bacterial Gill Disease | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Product Description
Rid your fish of ich quickly and effectively with API LIQUID SUPER ICK CURE Freshwater and Saltwater Fish Medicatio. API LIQUID SUPER ICK CURE Freshwater and Saltwater Fish Medicatio works quickly to heal freshwater fish of icthyophthirius (“Ich”) or Cryptocaryon, highly contagious parasitic diseases. Ich, also called white spot disease, is a highly contagious and destructive, microscopic parasite that burrows into gill and skin tissue, causing severe damage and secondary infections. Early symptoms include white spots, darting and scratching against surfaces while more advanced stages can cause labored breathing. This freshwater fish treatment not only helps cure Ich, but it also provides a synthetic slime coat that helps protect against secondary infection, where the natural slime coating of the fish has been disturbed by the parasite. Use at the first sign of “Ich” or white spots. Some scaleless fish are sensitive to this medication, so treat them with 1/2 the normal dose. Some saltwater invertebrates, such as corals, may be sensitive to this product, so it is not recommended for reef aquariums. This medication will cause a slight discoloration of water which can be easily removed by adding activated carbon to the filter. Dose according to directions on product packaging and label. This treatment can be used in freshwater or saltwater aquariums. With API Aquarium products, it’s easy to keep a beautiful saltwater, freshwater or reef aquarium. For over 50 years, API has been creating innovative, research-driven solutions that make it easier to care for your fish and aquarium. API Aquarium Treatment Supplies are designed to work in conjunction with each other to provide best results to control algae, promote healthy bacterial growth and help control and cure fish diseases and conditions such as ich and fin rot. They work to provide a safe, hospitable environment for fish such as tropical community fish, cichlids, goldfish and more. With API, you can spend more time admiring your fish, and less time scrubbing your tank. Make sure to use all products as directed in order to ensure the best results.
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Product Dimensions : 1 x 1 x 4 inches; 4 Ounces
- Item model number : 12B
- Date First Available : June 15, 2004
- Manufacturer : Mars Fishcare
- ASIN : B0002ASG9K
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,482 in Pet Supplies (See Top 100 in Pet Supplies)
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Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2023
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Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2023
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!
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I misdiagnosed my goldfish believing it was parasites as the symptoms were similar, when they simply had a treatable fungal infection.
There’s no specific information or advice in relation to goldfish on the internet and all the websites I was seeking information on for a possible diagnosis was in relation to tropical/aquarium/marine fish which I didn’t know.
I didn’t know because the websites don’t inform you which fish they are referring to (just tank fish) and how goldfish live in completely different waters.
I was slowly killing my goldfish after treating them for ICH which they didn’t have.
I rang several vets seeking advice only to be told they don’t treat goldfish. Clearly vets in UK don’t see fish as important just like many people out there don’t. They are only fish I’m told.
This so called medicine super ick cure… please be careful using it, if you do use it make sure you are 100% certain that your species of fish does have parasites.
What I now know is some white flecks on your fish could just be a fungal infection.
That’s all it was on my goldfish but nobody informed me otherwise.
The solution is dark blue like a dye and turns the water blue. I was put off by this knowing I was adding a unknown chemical to my tank water and treating my fish for something they didn’t have.
So when it didn’t work and they were still rubbing themselves against the glass to relieve the itch (from a fungal infection) I believed the treatment didn’t work so out of desperation and wanting to help my fish I treated them 4 times. This solution stripped them of their natural slime coating and stripped them of scales and inflamed their skin from a bright orange to a dull dark red. They then got pop eye as a result of the inflammation. I had to do the humane thing and have them put to sleep and I just turned up at the vets asking them to help. They were reluctant but then agreed but would charge me £35 to put them to sleep.
It’s broke my heart.
If vets don’t treat fish, books don’t provide clear information and the internet says the same thing and is mainly articles on USA websites then where can you seek advice in a timely manner to help your sick fish?
I was desperate and even vets don’t give advice when I was willing to pay!
Considering the lack of info/advice you have to be the expert when treating your fish.
My question is to the manufacturers of this medicine is- Why don’t you include an instruction leaflet? Why don’t you provide contra-indications or possible side effects?
I don’t care if the solution stains my tank, I want to know if the solution will kill or save my fish? I want to know what fish species the medication is specifically for?
It’s expensive to buy the treatment but you provide nothing about what COULD be or MAY not be symptoms of ICH, or the cause, or which fish species are prone to the disease.
Poor manufacturing, poor product and no warnings whatsoever that it COULD harm your fish.
My fish are dead as a result of your blue dye medicine.
Lesson learnt for me.
I bought this medicine thinking it wouldn’t do anything but it did. Within the first treatment, I would say 90% of it was cleared and the second dose just topped it off. I did add tonnes of garlic cloves to the water aswell which worked a treat.
This morning we have checked on him, the white spots have started to vanish, he is a little lethargic today so we have continued with a second dose & 50% water change. I have added garlic to the water & increased temp to 26C. It also seems that he has more bronze/gold on him than before.
Video was taken yesterday (day/two days after treatment)
Photo this morning
It might be a while yet till he’s fully recovered but it seems this medicine has definitely helped
Thank you.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 13, 2021
This morning we have checked on him, the white spots have started to vanish, he is a little lethargic today so we have continued with a second dose & 50% water change. I have added garlic to the water & increased temp to 26C. It also seems that he has more bronze/gold on him than before.
Video was taken yesterday (day/two days after treatment)
Photo this morning
It might be a while yet till he’s fully recovered but it seems this medicine has definitely helped
Thank you.
