Good evenin/morning guys and girls.
so after adding my new fish the other day from their quarantine tank, I now have an outbreak of ICH in my tank
I’ve been reading lots of posts on here and I believe it was one from @Colin_T that stuck as he seems to know his shizzle.
70% water change done with slightly warmer prime treated water added, temp dialled up to 30c and the water level just below my outlet nozzles to increase surface agitation and more oxygen in to the water as I’m not using an air stone.
so far it’s only the neons that have tiny white spots, started yesterday when i noticed one white dot in a fin in one of them. Dam it’s quick to spread.
Anyway reason for this post is that I’ve also read that some people say that heat will cause more problems to the fish so I’m going to do a little diary for beginners like me to follow and understand that chemicals are more harmful than an increase in temp.
So day 1
1 out of 8 tetras had 1 white spot in his dorsal fin. (Monitored for confirmation of ICH)
Day 2
6 out of 8 tetras with multiple white spot, confirmed ICH.
Water change 70% with a good gravel vac and glass cleaned. filter media rinsed in bucket of old tank water(only if your filter has been running for 6-8 weeks or longer if not then skip this stage),
New water added to tank at a slightly higher temp than normal 27c (used IR thermometer) with prime to de-chlorinate.
Dials on heaters set to around 31c and monitoring the temp with a thermometer (heaters turned off at 29c and now sat at 30c/86f) DO NOT RELY ON THE TEMPERATURE SETTINGS ON THE HEATERS ,THESE ARE GUIDES.
Extra surface agitation allowing a better gas exchange in the water to keep the oxygen sats high in the higher temperature water, THIS IS A MUST WHEN INCREASING THE TEMP.
I will post day to day reports on how the fish are doing.
Photo isn’t the best.
so after adding my new fish the other day from their quarantine tank, I now have an outbreak of ICH in my tank
I’ve been reading lots of posts on here and I believe it was one from @Colin_T that stuck as he seems to know his shizzle.
70% water change done with slightly warmer prime treated water added, temp dialled up to 30c and the water level just below my outlet nozzles to increase surface agitation and more oxygen in to the water as I’m not using an air stone.
so far it’s only the neons that have tiny white spots, started yesterday when i noticed one white dot in a fin in one of them. Dam it’s quick to spread.
Anyway reason for this post is that I’ve also read that some people say that heat will cause more problems to the fish so I’m going to do a little diary for beginners like me to follow and understand that chemicals are more harmful than an increase in temp.
So day 1
1 out of 8 tetras had 1 white spot in his dorsal fin. (Monitored for confirmation of ICH)
Day 2
6 out of 8 tetras with multiple white spot, confirmed ICH.
Water change 70% with a good gravel vac and glass cleaned. filter media rinsed in bucket of old tank water(only if your filter has been running for 6-8 weeks or longer if not then skip this stage),
New water added to tank at a slightly higher temp than normal 27c (used IR thermometer) with prime to de-chlorinate.
Dials on heaters set to around 31c and monitoring the temp with a thermometer (heaters turned off at 29c and now sat at 30c/86f) DO NOT RELY ON THE TEMPERATURE SETTINGS ON THE HEATERS ,THESE ARE GUIDES.
Extra surface agitation allowing a better gas exchange in the water to keep the oxygen sats high in the higher temperature water, THIS IS A MUST WHEN INCREASING THE TEMP.
I will post day to day reports on how the fish are doing.
Photo isn’t the best.
What is ICH?
This is a common question that is often asked, what is ich and how is it recognisable and what causes it? The real term is ICHTHYOPHTHIRIASIS. OR commonly known as white spot. It is an extremely comon parasite that affects aquarium fish. It is highly infectious and potentially lethal and...
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