fish have ick, and tank has clown loaches in it. help.

[F1 VET]

The idea is prevention, make sure water quality stays good and you can for go these issues in the future, once you have ick and successfully rid it you should NEVER get it again... Salt and 86 + 50% every 3 day wc.



Go S. Vettel #1 rb8

 

[rabbithearted]

My water quality always is really good, everything where it should be. Weekly water changes done and good filtration and air flow. Just the introduction of a fish who was not quarantined long enough, I guess.

Also, I think the drop in temperature here in Michigan all of a sudden didn't help it any. It's been in the 90's+ lately and then all of a sudden the next day it was in the 60's, and in the 40's at night. So it was a major drop in temperature.

 

[Oddball]

If you need to use, or prefer to use, meds I'd recommend methylene blue or maracyn-II. Either med is safe enough to treat fish eggs so your loaches won't get burned my the med.

 

[rabbithearted]

This stuff actually seems to be working a little, they've had two doses of it now. I'm seeing less spots on my knife, and the loaches are back to swimming around and not laying in the corner doing nothing. My green severum only had one 2 spots on it's tail and now they are both gone.

I would rather not use medicine on them but the way my loaches were acting, like they were not themselves at all, barely moving or anything. I wanted something that would work fast and save them and not take weeks to work.