Oh no, ick?

[Kris P Bacon]

I have a 29 gallon. Sailfin mollies (some) have white dots on tail fins. Recently had some deaths, they go lethargic on the bottom, then kick off.
Other fish are small plecos and gambusia, none effected. Only the small mollies are effected. (hope I don't lose "big daddy")

I just got done reading guppies thread on treatment. Can I use non iodized salt? Can I net effected fish and physically remove the spot?

All fish are wild caught and untreated.

 

[kno4te]

Wouldn’t physically remove the spots. Need to treat with salt and heat or with meds. Gotta choose on or the other form of treatment.

Prefer noniodized salt due to potential packing agents in it.

Salt 1 tsp per gallon x 3 (6hours apart). Increase ur temps to 86degrees. Get a powerhead or pump to churn the water. Once the spots are gone then leave like this for an additional 7 days. Gravel vac and clean as normal. Every water change replace the amount of salt removed. It take a couple weeks for it all to clear.

Other option is meds, can try paraguard, Kordon ich, and api ich cure.

 

[Rocksor]

The whole tank is infected, so you have to treat everyone in it. With the salt treatment, you have to keep the temperature at 87F or higher so that the ich will stop reproducing. Salt will kill the ich when they hatch from the gravel.

Pickling salt or ice cream salt will work. Some folks even use water softener salt.

 

[Kris P Bacon]

The whole tank is infected, so you have to treat everyone in it. With the salt treatment, you have to keep the temperature at 87F or higher so that the ich will stop reproducing. Salt will kill the ich when they hatch from the gravel.

Pickling salt or ice cream salt will work. Some folks even use water softener salt.

What about plain, non iodized salt?

 

[kno4te]

What about plain, non iodized salt?

It’ll work just fine.

 

[Rocksor]

What about plain, non iodized salt?

the other salt I mentioned are generally cheaper by the pound than the morton's non-iodized salt.

 

[Kris P Bacon]

the other salt I mentioned are generally cheaper by the pound than the morton's non-iodized salt.

Got the dollar store brand. I was reading on dosing, 1-3 teaspoons a gallon. Said to repeat in 12 hours? Did not mention a WC...surely you don't just keep adding salt?

 

[kno4te]

Do a water change now. Then add the salt. 1 tsp per gallon and repeat again 6hrs and then again after another 6hrs. This will be a total of 3tsp per gallon. Do it in these increments so not dump a lot of salt at one time.

Replace salt with the amount of salt taken out. So if 100g, do a 50% water change. Replace water and add salt for the 50g removed for a total of 3 tsp per gallon. So 50x 3 = 150tsp (~3cups).

Hope that helps.

 

[Kris P Bacon]

I wonder if the salt will kill my grass shrimp? I caught them in the river, 35 miles inland from the harbor. Not sure how much, but certainly brackish.

 

[pops]

A pic would really help.