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Caveman
05-21-2005, 9:40 AM
Hi, I have been recently treating one of my tanks for Ich and all the fish but two Etroplus suratenis have recovered from it. All of the other fish recovered about a week ago but the Ich on the Green Chromide just keeps coming back. Should I remove them temporarily and treat them in a seperate established tank? I am thinking of making them full brackish to see if this Ich problem continues.
piranha45
05-21-2005, 10:09 AM
you're trying to keep a brackish fish in freshwater, so if the fish is not doing so well, i think the solution would definitely be to make the tank brackish.
Caveman
05-21-2005, 10:15 AM
They arent always brackish the store I got them in was keeping them in fresh and they appeared to be doing great. I will raise the temperature up a bit before making the brackish switch.
redtailfool
05-21-2005, 2:11 PM
If you have several small vacant tanks, ive read an article from TFH
about alternative treatment for ICH.
What they do is they transfer the fish from one tank to another every
12 hours for 3 days ( at 84 degrees) .This is done so that the newly hatched ICH would be left to die in the tank and would break the ich cycle.
There is also another modified method but i cant remember what it was. PM me if you want more details.. ill gladly look it up for you.
Wes
sleepyflight
05-23-2005, 5:41 PM
I'm sure I'll get bashed for this because it will sound a bit extreme (temp. wise) I've always raised up the temp to 85-86 and get some salt in there. The hatches also can't survive the high temperatures. Never had a problem taking the temp that high. I have it happen sometimes when I get feeders from this LFS
redtailfool
05-23-2005, 6:29 PM
I'm sure I'll get bashed for this because it will sound a bit extreme (temp. wise) I've always raised up the temp to 85-86 and get some salt in there. The hatches also can't survive the high temperatures. Never had a problem taking the temp that high. I have it happen sometimes when I get feeders from this LFS
Thats not extreme. That is actually a good treatment for ICH.
But you might want to avoid feeding feeders regularly because
you might get something worse next time.
sephir420
05-23-2005, 7:12 PM
how long have you been treating for ich
piranha45
05-23-2005, 7:18 PM
I'm sure I'll get bashed for this because it will sound a bit extreme (temp. wise) I've always raised up the temp to 85-86 and get some salt in there. The hatches also can't survive the high temperatures. Never had a problem taking the temp that high. I have it happen sometimes when I get feeders from this LFS
that's what I do with all diseases. my tanks go to 90+ in the summer oftentimes anyway.
iheartfishies
05-23-2005, 7:46 PM
that's what I do with all diseases. my tanks go to 90+ in the summer oftentimes anyway.
Good god.
Daddyo72
05-25-2005, 1:35 AM
I'm sure I'll get bashed for this because it will sound a bit extreme (temp. wise) I've always raised up the temp to 85-86 and get some salt in there. The hatches also can't survive the high temperatures. Never had a problem taking the temp that high. I have it happen sometimes when I get feeders from this LFS
I do the same. Was going to post that fact but you beat me to it.
BTW, how often does he do water changes? I do weekly water changes and ALWAYS add salt after every water change and keep the heat at 82-84 always and I never get ICH. Not yet anyways. I have purchased fish with ich (very cheap) and nursed them back to health.
sephir420
06-10-2005, 6:56 PM
there is allot of info about ick on this link. check it out
:idea:
http://www.skepticalaquarist.com/docs/health/ich.shtml
bluedempsey
06-24-2005, 5:53 PM
there is allot of info about ick on this link. check it out
:idea:
http://www.skepticalaquarist.com/docs/health/ich.shtml
it's o.k
CooyaFNQ
07-13-2005, 7:14 PM
Great piece on white spot (Ich) at www.fishdoc.co.uk/disease/whitespot.htm
It explains the cycle so you understand how the treatments work
I had that problem with a loach of mine, the Ich kept coming back. I was told to get a hospital tank and have one on hand always so that any fish that has Ich or another type of disease may have a place to stay without infecting or reinfecting the rest of your tank. Sometimes Ich will come back several times, try not to stress your fish out alot also. If you do have a brackish fish in freshwater try adding a little aqauarium slat to the water also, that helps to.