So first. Yes, I have done lots of reading about ick including the awesome very detailed post on here about all different diseases.
I picked up this 14" fire eel a few months back and it took me a good month or so to get him to eat anything. Finally, I got some earthworms in him and shortly after and I believe in no way related I saw a few white spots on his body. My firs thought was Ick so I read a lot about it and finally decided to just turn the temp up to 86+ degrees. I have not added any salt.
My next step is to add salt as it has been well over 2 weeks and although his white spots have gone down there are still a couple small ones on his underside that worry me. It should be said that none of my other fish (Cichlids) have shown any signs of issue.
So my question is this. If it has already been above 86 degrees for more than 10 days and the white spots are still there. Is there a chance it's something else? If temperature alone did not cure this thing will salt actually help? Should I be looking at alternative solutions?
The tank is a 170 gal with a 50 gal sump.
In advance. I have tried to get pictures with no success.
Thanks for any advice.
I picked up this 14" fire eel a few months back and it took me a good month or so to get him to eat anything. Finally, I got some earthworms in him and shortly after and I believe in no way related I saw a few white spots on his body. My firs thought was Ick so I read a lot about it and finally decided to just turn the temp up to 86+ degrees. I have not added any salt.
My next step is to add salt as it has been well over 2 weeks and although his white spots have gone down there are still a couple small ones on his underside that worry me. It should be said that none of my other fish (Cichlids) have shown any signs of issue.
So my question is this. If it has already been above 86 degrees for more than 10 days and the white spots are still there. Is there a chance it's something else? If temperature alone did not cure this thing will salt actually help? Should I be looking at alternative solutions?
The tank is a 170 gal with a 50 gal sump.
In advance. I have tried to get pictures with no success.
Thanks for any advice.