Ick treatment in a large aquarium.

[charmd2]

yes it will stain your sand......

I know from first hand experience. But it really just made it slightly darker in the long run. After treatment was finished I stirred up the sand really well so it didn't show up as well.

 

[pica_nuttalli]

oto's are closely related to plecos, so i imagine that they won't respond well to adding any salt. i'd put them and the Farlowella in the 10 gallon with an airpump and perform small water changes twice a day. since all the meds will probably do bad things to your beneficial bacteria anyways, i wouldn't obsess over the tank being uncycled. plus just those two small, low-metabolism fish won't produce *that* much waste anyways.

if you remove those guys, then i think you should be safe to use a salt regimen as part of the treatment, which would probably help quite a bit.

 

[FishSticks]

Allright all my questions have now been answered but the one about the True Siamese Algae eaters (hard to find really & expensive shipping! ) Will I be able to use full dose with them in the tank or no?

 

[Blue Lobster]

A tidbit on salt, ICH and fish.

Ich cannot tolerate salt above 1 part per thousand of salt in the water, most fish can.

 

[frankycee]

Well, i'm losing my battle against ICH it seems

i've raised the temp, added salt, medicated and did 25% water change about every other day, but the ICH is progressing (slowly but surely)...

Guess i'll get a chance to start a new tank soon