EMERGENCY CLOWN LOACH HELP!!!

[stevenrox]

ok so i brought 33 1-2" clown loaches at a fish store about a week ago i got home and they all had ick. I've bumped up temp and added salt 1tsp per gallon and did water changes and still not helping. The loaches are still dropping like flies!!! i lose like 3 everyday. i think i only have about 19 or so nowany help?

 

[Deep Blue Sea]

get a UV light and salt and heat are the othly other things i could think of, maybe try giving them a 1/10 dose of ich medacine for the tank and hopefully they wouldnt be affected by it

 

[stevenrox]

thanks but uv light super nessecary because i dont have a extra one laying around.

 

[Deep Blue Sea]

its nto super necessary but it may help because it kills the free swiming bacteria

 

[stevenrox]

ok. any other advice?

 

[Danny Monster]

damnn tat sucks. good luck

 

[stevenrox]

damnn tat sucks. good luck

yes it does they are just getting more and more "frosted"

 

[zerojquan85]

ok so i brought 33 1-2" clown loaches at a fish store about a week ago i got home and they all had ick. I've bumped up temp and added salt 1tsp per gallon and did water changes and still not helping. The loaches are still dropping like flies!!! i lose like 3 everyday. i think i only have about 19 or so nowany help?

the best u can do is keep up what ur doing and do more and more medication... It might be too late since ick and loach dont mix very well.. The stronger ones will survive.. but thats all u can do for now..

Best of luck.. keep doing water changes and medicatoin.. only hting i know to speed the ick process and kill it..

Make sure to remove carbon.. and use ICK medication.. salt doesnt work.. quick cure or rid ick are good products..

http://www.petmountain.com/product/...k-16-oz.html?gclid=COn6nf7SyKACFRBbbQodFVh76w

http://www.getridofthings.com/get-rid-of-ick.htm

the medication are blue in color

 

[Danny Monster]

yes it does they are just getting more and more "frosted"

i had bought 12 cl but out of all of them only 1 died jumped out some how iono... lol

 

[TwistedPenguin]

You're doing exactly what I would be doing. Is the tank cycled? That would be my only concern. It normally takes just about exactly 5-6 days for the ich spots to disappear. (But continue the treatment for the full 10-14 days).