Hello,
I received a betta fish as a gift and as I am completely new to taking care of any kind of fish I have been doing a lot of research and realized that my betta has Ich for the past three days.
Current conditions :
1) Betta is in a bowl: 1.6 Gal ( this is something that I am using to treat him.I already have a 5.5 Gal tank for him)
2)Medications available : Ocean Free Aquarium salt and Malachite Green F
3)No thermometer or heater
4)The current temperature here is around 30C/86F.But as I don't have the thermometer yet not sure about the water temp. The room the bowl is in is neither too warm nor too cold, should be around 30C/86F as well.
4)No Water conditioner either. I have ordered Seachem Prime but am yet to receive it. I keep water in a bucket for a day and use that for a water change.
5)I am changing the water every single day since he got Ich.
How I am currently treating:
I put one drop of the malachite green yesterday( The malachite green I have has no instructions) but did not see an improvement. So last night while doing the daily water change instead of the malachite green I added the aquarium salt instead. I added about one and half tsp. and added half a tsp more today after 12 hours and another half a tsp after another 2 hours.
Can somebody please help!
Will the salt work without raising the temp?
If not Can I use Malachite green along with the salt?
And what is the exact dosage of the Malachite green to be used?

Please help . How do I go about treating him with only these supplies??
I received a betta fish as a gift and as I am completely new to taking care of any kind of fish I have been doing a lot of research and realized that my betta has Ich for the past three days.
Current conditions :
1) Betta is in a bowl: 1.6 Gal ( this is something that I am using to treat him.I already have a 5.5 Gal tank for him)
2)Medications available : Ocean Free Aquarium salt and Malachite Green F
3)No thermometer or heater
4)The current temperature here is around 30C/86F.But as I don't have the thermometer yet not sure about the water temp. The room the bowl is in is neither too warm nor too cold, should be around 30C/86F as well.
4)No Water conditioner either. I have ordered Seachem Prime but am yet to receive it. I keep water in a bucket for a day and use that for a water change.
5)I am changing the water every single day since he got Ich.
How I am currently treating:
I put one drop of the malachite green yesterday( The malachite green I have has no instructions) but did not see an improvement. So last night while doing the daily water change instead of the malachite green I added the aquarium salt instead. I added about one and half tsp. and added half a tsp more today after 12 hours and another half a tsp after another 2 hours.
Can somebody please help!
Will the salt work without raising the temp?
If not Can I use Malachite green along with the salt?
And what is the exact dosage of the Malachite green to be used?