Sarah C Mckee
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Do you see ick on any other fish.
No I don’t see any on any other ones yet
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Do you see ick on any other fish.
Ya just follow the directions on the package. All you can do is hope and try your best to save them. And thats good that the other fish dont show much signs of ick which is great. Next time quarantine any new fish before putting it in with the others.
Plecos are pretty hardy fish so as long as you stop the ick from spreading you should be good because once the ick is all over the fish it is alot harder to save them.
I’m treating a tank if neon tetras and cories right now. I am now using Ich-X, heat at 86F, and salt. So far, so good with all of my fish. I do 1/3 water change daily before adding med and more salt. Only add back what you took out in aquarium salt and dissolve it first. Also gravel vac daily and then disinfect vac in bleach. Rinse with Prime and water.
Ich-X is highly recommend by Cory at Aquarium Co-Op and by many others. It is safe for scaleless fish. My fish are all doing fine.Ich X contains Victoria Green (aka Malachite Green), which is poisonous to all animals and fish. Do not overdose it because it will kill all the catfish (and possibly all the fish) in the tank.
You also want to avoid using heat and chemicals and salt at the same time because they all reduce the oxygen levels in the tank. You either use heat (30C/ 86F) for 2 weeks, or use chemicals like Malachite Green or Copper Sulfate. But having the temperature at 30C and adding chemicals can push the fish past their limit and kill them.
*NB* Malachite Green/ Victoria Green is carcinogenic (causes cancer) so avoid inhaling or ingesting it and avoid getting it on your skin or clothes. Wash your hands with soapy water after using it or working in the tank.
Wipe the inside of the glass down and do a 75-90% water change and gravel clean the substrate between treatments because Malachite Green does not break down very quickly in water.
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Before you treat the tank, do the following things.
Work out the volume of water in the tank:
measure length x width x height in cm.
divide by 1000.
= volume in litres.
When you measure the height, measure from the top of the substrate to the top of the water level.
There is a calculator/ converter in the "FishForum.net Calculator" under "Useful Links" at the bottom of this page that will let you convert litres to gallons if you need it.
Remove carbon from the filter before treating or it will adsorb the medication and stop it working.
Wipe the inside of the glass down with a clean fish sponge.
Do a 75% water change and gravel clean the substrate. The water changes and gravel cleaning will reduce the number of disease organisms in the water and provide a cleaner environment for the fish to recover in.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it is added to the tank.
Clean the filter if it hasn't been done in the last 2 weeks. However, if the filter is less than 6 weeks old, do not clean it. Wash filter materials/ media in a bucket of tank water and re-use them. Tip the bucket of dirty water on the garden/ lawn.
Increase surface turbulence/ aeration when using medications because they reduce the dissolved oxygen in the water.