I suspect one of my fish my have ich. Given that it's former tankmate died of some kind of parasite perhaps alongside of ich.
Is it ok to administer heat treatment (raising water temperature slowly, 2 degrees F per day till about 84-86 degrees), and chemical treatment with this product I have called AP Pro Quick Cure that says it effectively treats Ick, Gasping for Air, flicking against rocks, and Protozoan Parasites.
Is it ok to do this even though I'm not POSITIVE that this fish has ich?
Precautionary Ivh Treatment
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One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
Read this before posting!!
Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
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To treat Ich on puffers read this.
http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9
Heat and salt are the best way and maybe some Melafix to help healing of the skin.
http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9
Heat and salt are the best way and maybe some Melafix to help healing of the skin.
Hilly
Yeah, I read that 3-4 times already. 
My question was is it OK to do it as a precautionary measure, just in case the puffer that lived with a puffer that died from parasites & ich left some lingering around in him.
Will it harm the fish to do an ich treatment if they do not have it?
My question was is it OK to do it as a precautionary measure, just in case the puffer that lived with a puffer that died from parasites & ich left some lingering around in him.Will it harm the fish to do an ich treatment if they do not have it?
55 gallon aquarium. Crushed coral substrate. 1 rock, 1 piece of coral. 8' bubble tube. 4' T5 light. Emporer 280 filter. 3 fake plants. 2 GSP's. Heater & Thermometer. 80 degrees. More info coming a long as I progress. 
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IMO, chemicals should only be used if all other treatments fail, as they tend to cause more problems than they solve. Heat and salt are almost always sufficient to treat ich, and won't hurt the fish if its not ich, and chemicals aren’t needed.
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