Best Way To To Possible Ich

[Aquascaper]

Tank has 5 Platys and 3 DF's, one Platy has some white specks which could be Ich so what's the best way to deal with it if it is?

Thanks

 

[deftuch]

Tank has 5 Platys and 3 DF's, one Platy has some white specks which could be Ich so what's the best way to deal with it if it is?

Thanks

raise temp to 28 degrees and use half the normal dose. remove carbon and zeolite from filters, that should get rid of it

 

[Aquascaper]

"Half the normal dose" of what?

From what I've read some fish meds aren't safe for frogs

 

[Essjay]

I'd be worried about any treatment with frogs in the tank. I don't know if they'd survive treatment with salt or a medication. I would rather remove the frogs for the treatment duration, but you'd have to be careful of where you put them. A tank with other fish would run the risk of transfering the infection with any water on the fish. Is there any chance of a temporary set up for the frogs, maybe a quarantine tank? If the frogs stayed in there for a couple of weeks, the whitespot would die out without fish to infect so it would be safe to put them back. That's what I do with my snails.

 

[deftuch]

"Half the normal dose" of what?

From what I've read some fish meds aren't safe for frogs

half the dose of whitespot treatment. because they are scaleless arent they? king british white spot control is safe to use. interpet only claims to be harmfull to elephant nose cichlids. a 28 to 30 degree salt bath may well be a good alternative

 

[Aquascaper]

Is there any chance of a temporary set up for the frogs, maybe a quarantine tank?

As luck would have it there's a spare brand new tank kicking about which I was in the middle of converting into a sump for my marine tank. Only problem is putting a filter on it. There's a 260l Juwel vision with a cycled Eheim external running awaiting fish and a fluval 1+ being cycled in there too. I suppose at a push I could transfer dome media from the Eheim to the fluval and stick that on

 

[Essjay]

If necessary, change the water daily. Keeping the frogs warm is the main thing so wherever they go needs a heater. So long as you keep their water conditions under control they should be OK.

deftuch - the problem with frogs is that they aren't fish so they could well react badly to a medication that is safe for fish. I remember being told at university about being careful when using animals to test human medication. We were told about an anaesthetic that puts humans out cold but sends cats into a hyperactive frenzy. Different animals respond differently to the same substance. And humans and cats are a lot closer related than fish and frogs.

 

[Aquascaper]

QT all set up with a heater and the Fluval 1+ filter with some borrowed media from the Eheim external (which has been nowhere near the infected tank).

Will get meds tomorrow and transfer the frogs before dosing the infected tank.

So that's 5 tanks running in our house now

 

[Essjay]

Sounds like a good plan! I know what you mean about multiple tanks. Just when you think you have enough, something happens to need another one. Like when my frogs started nipping my betta's tail I had to move them into the QT to live out the rest of their lives.


Don't forget to remove the med in the tank before putting the frogs back.

 

[Aquascaper]

Yeah I will, I have some activated carbon pads that I can throw in the filter for a few days before moving them back.

Plan to keep them in the QT for a couple of weeks to allow time to treat and remove meds in the infected tank and to temp adjust everyone back to normal.

 

[Aquascaper]

Well as it turns out it wasn't Ich at all.....just sand that the wife had kicked up when doing a water change tuat had stuck to the fish....doh!