what is an easy way of getting rid of ich fast? I have a green tiger barb that is covered in it and anthter just starting to show it. I have a lot of shrimp and snails so most meds are out of the question. I know salt helps with it and with preventing it, it just takes awhile to work. Although preventing it would have been easier, I had been negligent to adding salt to my water changes because I have been doing 50% once a week trying to get rid of my tannins, but I think that stressed the fish out too much and now she has ich. I don't have a heater or anthing yet for the tank because were it sits its at a constant 79 degrees on its own with a fluctuation of only a few degrees at night when my a/c works better.