My ~3inch pbass has the early stages of Ich. I have since raised the water temp. to 84 degrees and added about 6 tblspn of aquarium salt. (he's in a 55 gallon right now). Today I bought some Quick Cure Ich medication at my lfs. I haven't used the medication yet because I have a couple questions about the process of adding it. Do I remove the carbon from the filter? I've read online that I should do large 50% water changes daily but the lady at the fish store said do small 10% water changes. Which is the best? How much and how often to I add salt when doing water changes? Is there anything else I can do other than what I have mentioned? If there are any success stories of treating pbass of Ich I would really appreciate the sharing. Thanks.
Baby Pbass w/ ICH
- Thread starter jkennedy
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remove the carbon from the filter. i'd treat for 3-4 weeks just to be sure cause you will find yourself doing it again in a month if you don't. i do 3 day treatments, with an off WC day inbetween. after 2 sets of treatments i give a 3 day break. then 2 more sets. do WC's between each set too. you want that s**t out of the tank.
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take carbon out on all medicines. it neutrilizes it. keep the tank well airiated too, and add a powerhead if you can to add water movement which aides the medicine.
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take carbon out on all medicines. it neutrilizes it. keep the tank well airiated too, and add a powerhead if you can to add water movement which aides the medicine.
yeah i don't like dead fishUllopincrate;2892999; said:
if my new NGT that i am spending $200 for dies from something like ick i would give up my hobby. not only that now that i have these smaller fish again i am forgeting how easy it is to get that stupid parasite in your tank when introducing new fish. from now on i am quarintining(sp. check) every new fish for 4 weeks.my fish had ich last week..i raised the temp to 86+ and added the salt..no signs of ich anymore. be careful with the ich meds, they have been known to wipe out the fish that dont have it.