oops - clown loach with ich

[bubbs]

) Last sunday i bought 2 clown loaches. The minute I released them into my tank, I noticed a few small white spots on one of them and panicked as I thought it was ich. I have never had ich in my tank before and tried to catch the fish to take him/her back to the lfs.

No chance!!!! hiding under the filter housing never to come out - or so it felt like.

Monday morning I'm straight down to the lfs to buy some treatment. I've been treating the tank for 5 days and the spots are going , then the next day some more appear.

Just read a few threads on this forum which say only treat clown loaches with half dosage. This is where my worry starts. I didn't know this and have been giving full doses. Will I have done much harm? How long does ich take to go?

Any advice most welcome. Thanks

 

[CathyG]

Hi Bubbs,

What form of medication are you using?
And what are your water parameters? If you test for hardness (GH) and calcium (KH) and PH, it may make a difference as to how much you can dose, dependant on the meds you have chosen....

 

[bubs]

in future bubbs, check for white spot before putting in the tank!

Good luck anyway.

Ps what similar names we have - are we related?

 

[justupgraded15]

Clown Loaches are very likely to get ich when they are transported. The best way to treat ich on loaches is to raise the temperature of the tank 2 or 3 degrees. Also, a full dose of medicine can be used. I used IchClear by Jungle at full dosage and the ich was gone on my loaches in 3 days. I have also had success with RidIch+ by Kordon.
J.R.

 

[bubbs]

I've been using Sinclairs white spot medicine. All spots seem to have gone today but will use one more dose I think.

Only thing is that it did not tell me to remove the carbon sponge, should I do this?

Thanks all for your replies.