TheHamsterFish
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Hi all, yesterday I noticed typical ich symptoms (salt spots and cloudy eyes) and started treatment by raising the temp to 88 gradually (2 degrees per day) and adding ich guard. I have Proform-C which is a malachite green and formulin treatment. I'm not using hyposalinity because of using malachite green and formulin. Since proform is made for ponds, I adjusted the dosage level to 15ml per 150 gallons based on their reccomendation of 100ml per 1000 gallons. The sales point of proform is that you dose everyday instead of every three days like most meds. Doing it that way, should it take three days for the tropite ich to be killed off or should I medicate longer? Should I remove carbon from my canisters or no?
Should I continue to do a 25% WC before dosing again the next day?
Tank size:150g
pH:7.0
ammonia:0.0
nitrite:.2 ppm
nitrate:10ppm
kH:100ppm
gH:80ppm
tank temp:78 (88 to speed up ich cycle)
Fish Symptoms: ich salt spots and cloudy eyes, rubbing on Deco, darting
Volume and Frequency of water changes: 10% weekly, 25% bimonthly
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: activated carbon, bio cylinders, salt, seachem prime, seachem stability, seachem clarity, stress coat, proform C
Tank inhabitants: 2 Bala Sharks, 4 Angel Fish, 6 Denison, 2 Pictus Cats, Bristlenose Pleco. Both cats, two Denison and both sharks have died.
Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration): new fake rock Deco (chlorine and sodium thiosulphate soak before addition), Java Moss, Bristlenose Pleco
Should I continue to do a 25% WC before dosing again the next day?
Tank size:150g
pH:7.0
ammonia:0.0
nitrite:.2 ppm
nitrate:10ppm
kH:100ppm
gH:80ppm
tank temp:78 (88 to speed up ich cycle)
Fish Symptoms: ich salt spots and cloudy eyes, rubbing on Deco, darting
Volume and Frequency of water changes: 10% weekly, 25% bimonthly
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: activated carbon, bio cylinders, salt, seachem prime, seachem stability, seachem clarity, stress coat, proform C
Tank inhabitants: 2 Bala Sharks, 4 Angel Fish, 6 Denison, 2 Pictus Cats, Bristlenose Pleco. Both cats, two Denison and both sharks have died.
Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration): new fake rock Deco (chlorine and sodium thiosulphate soak before addition), Java Moss, Bristlenose Pleco