wildechild_01
Fish Crazy
Tank size: 31 USG
pH: 6.8ish
ammonia: 0ppm
nitrite: 0ppm
tank temp: 78 F
Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior):
My Loach was showing definite signs of Ich, and so this time i chose to take the medication route rather than heat and salt everyone seemed to be doing fine until the loach died last night, the Tiger barbs in the tank have been a little aggressive towards each other and as a result some of them have "authentic Battle Damage" (said in the voice of Jack Black for those of you who care) in the form of some nipped tail fins and a little side body damage, visable in the picture. I noticed a day or two ago that the barbs were starting to head stand a little more often than normal, but attributed that to the fact that they have taken to scavenging the bottom of the tank and stealing the loaches food, so maybe they are looking for food i am not sure. regardless i noticed some white on the ends of the barbs tails mostly where they had previously had obviously nipped fins, i didn't think to much about it until this morning when i noticed the one barb had what looked like white fuzz on his battle damaged side.
Volume and Frequency of water changes:
20-30% daily for last 7 days due to Ich Treatmen
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank:
Kordon Rid-ich+
Label says Contains, Formaldehyde 4.26% (11.52% formalin) and zinc-free chloride salt of malachite green
Tank inhabitants:
8 Tiger barbs
Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration):
Exposure to chemicals:
Just what is in the Rid-Ich
Digital photo (include if possible): Sorry the picture is not great, these guys are hard to photograph, you can see the red on his side where the other barbs have been nipping as well as the white "fuzz" the tail is hard to tell but along the end of it there are a few whitish areas, not really spots so much as pale whiteish sections
pH: 6.8ish
ammonia: 0ppm
nitrite: 0ppm
tank temp: 78 F
Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior):
My Loach was showing definite signs of Ich, and so this time i chose to take the medication route rather than heat and salt everyone seemed to be doing fine until the loach died last night, the Tiger barbs in the tank have been a little aggressive towards each other and as a result some of them have "authentic Battle Damage" (said in the voice of Jack Black for those of you who care) in the form of some nipped tail fins and a little side body damage, visable in the picture. I noticed a day or two ago that the barbs were starting to head stand a little more often than normal, but attributed that to the fact that they have taken to scavenging the bottom of the tank and stealing the loaches food, so maybe they are looking for food i am not sure. regardless i noticed some white on the ends of the barbs tails mostly where they had previously had obviously nipped fins, i didn't think to much about it until this morning when i noticed the one barb had what looked like white fuzz on his battle damaged side.
Volume and Frequency of water changes:
20-30% daily for last 7 days due to Ich Treatmen
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank:
Kordon Rid-ich+
Label says Contains, Formaldehyde 4.26% (11.52% formalin) and zinc-free chloride salt of malachite green
Tank inhabitants:
8 Tiger barbs
Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration):
Exposure to chemicals:
Just what is in the Rid-Ich
Digital photo (include if possible): Sorry the picture is not great, these guys are hard to photograph, you can see the red on his side where the other barbs have been nipping as well as the white "fuzz" the tail is hard to tell but along the end of it there are a few whitish areas, not really spots so much as pale whiteish sections
