I would go with 86 deg, 89 is a little high. I would continue adding salt until you hit 2 TBSP per gallon. If that is ineffective, use a half dose of quick cure. This is my exact treatment method. I have lost one loach to ich in two years, and that one was skinny.
Clown loach and ich
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ewurm;1686582; said:
Okay, thanks. I just set the tank at what the other one was at and will add some salt and bump the temp a little tomorrow. I read somewhere that malachite green is toxic to them and that quick-cure will dye your tank. Apparantly, at least the first part isn't true.
Heres what I would do, when buying new clowns. Get them home, put them in the quarantine tank. And let em sit there for a month. Watch em. if they get ich, crank the temp. My clowns that I didnt quarantine gave the whole tank ich. I turned it up and got it to 97 degrees. Week later, all clear... I will now quarenteen all new fish.
Ok. I have them in a 10gal (3 @ 2.5" each) by themselves right now, which is pretty much a disposable tank if it gets too ugly since they're so cheap. Hopefully, I won't need to use it. They're eating fine and everything else, so they should pull out of it. I'll reply when they've gotten rid of itewurm;1686842; said:
I had one dead after I got home from work last night and one dead this morning when I got up 
They were fine until I moved them. I only bumped the temp to 86 yesterday and it's at 87 today, so it shouldn't be too high. I also increased the salt last night (only by 2 tbsp in 10 gal). I hope the other one pulls through. I'm not sure if the quick cure will help at this point. The weird thing is that when they were in the 40g, the only other fish that got ich were tetras. There were 5 other loaches/botias in there as well as a couple bichirs and none of them got it and the clowns had ich for probably 3 weeks. I have only lost one fish to ich before, so this sucks.
They were fine until I moved them. I only bumped the temp to 86 yesterday and it's at 87 today, so it shouldn't be too high. I also increased the salt last night (only by 2 tbsp in 10 gal). I hope the other one pulls through. I'm not sure if the quick cure will help at this point. The weird thing is that when they were in the 40g, the only other fish that got ich were tetras. There were 5 other loaches/botias in there as well as a couple bichirs and none of them got it and the clowns had ich for probably 3 weeks. I have only lost one fish to ich before, so this sucks.