Clown Loaches have ICK

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clown loaches can't tolerate salt well brudders. if y'all wanna add salt make sure its completely dissolved in a portion of water before pouring it in
 
Driftw00d said:
my loaches just had it too. Rid-Ich+ at full strength , 88f temp with 1/4 water change everyday did the trick for me. Gone in 2 days. Make sure you up the oxygen too, heat and meds tend to use it up.
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GOOD GOD MAN!!!

i hope you had the water well aerated

ich cant be gon in two days thats impossible maybe the visible signs disapear but the parasite is still present
 
They will tolerate salt at treatment level but as ice-dragon pointed out dissolve the salt in some water first so you don't get brine pools. add it where the water enters from the filter so it mixes quickly. Also treat as soon as you can, the longer you wait the worse it gets and it can kill your fish from gill damage if it gets bad enough. Hiya Ice-dragon, welcome to MFK.
 
guppy said:
They will tolerate salt at treatment level but as ice-dragon pointed out dissolve the salt in some water first so you don't get brine pools. add it where the water enters from the filter so it mixes quickly. Also treat as soon as you can, the longer you wait the worse it gets and it can kill your fish from gill damage if it gets bad enough. Hiya Ice-dragon, welcome to MFK.
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thanks...
 
I agree. 1tbsp/10g dissolved before you add it to the tank. When my CL came down with ich in my 220, I added almost 2 cups of salt. They had no more problems after that.
 
i got ick once when i bought my loaches.. The LFS also got ick on all its loaches.. he said throw salt directly in the water. quite a lot of salt.. after reading on loaches.com i stuck with malachite green.. none of mine died... all 30 loaches at the LFS died :D

So be careful when dosing salt atleast... Don't toss salt directly in tank
 
Jif said:
i got ick once when i bought my loaches.. The LFS also got ick on all its loaches.. he said throw salt directly in the water. quite a lot of salt.. after reading on loaches.com i stuck with malachite green.. none of mine died... all 30 loaches at the LFS died :D

So be careful when dosing salt atleast... Don't toss salt directly in tank
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non-sense

i measure it and dump it right into the tank

it disolves slowly rther than quickly


the best way to treat CL's with ich is 2 tablespoons per 5 gallons

and increase the temp to 87-89F

dont worry about the high temp, just keep the water well aerated, and they will be fine, when i treated my trio of clowns they seem so happy in the warm water.

last but not least treat for about 10 days and the ich should be gone.
 
well i dunno except 85 plus kills ich.. and that all 30 died at my LFS adding only salt... they didn't increase temp thou...
 
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