All my peacocks died my gar are still alive and several feeder gold fish. I will keep doing the temp at 86 ,water changes and use ick gaurd.
Fish keep dieing
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Aw, i would say check to fish for ick in the store, or your friends house in this case, good luck next time, dont be discouraged
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Feeder goldfish can be a huge source of illness. I dont use them anymore for that reason
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+1 next time try to get pellet trained bass or breed ur own feeders
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Bad advice! Double dosing meds will kill your fish faster then the ich will. I do half doses on even fish with scales. Always works. If half doses (suggested for scaleless fish) will kill off the free floating parasties (only lifecycle the ich can be killed) why won't it work for scaled fishes. Common sense eh? It's also much easier on the fish and prevents overdosing...
Peacock bass do have scales.
And just because you treat and don't see spots doesn't mean the ich is gone. If the spots are gone it means ich larvae have hatched out of the fish, and dropped into the substrate, they then swim up when a fish passes and reinfect. The time the chemical or salt is effective, is when the ich hatch out of the fish, or out of the substrate.
Vacuuming the substrate when doing water changes helps remove the ich before it attaches to the fish.
And just because you treat and don't see spots doesn't mean the ich is gone. If the spots are gone it means ich larvae have hatched out of the fish, and dropped into the substrate, they then swim up when a fish passes and reinfect. The time the chemical or salt is effective, is when the ich hatch out of the fish, or out of the substrate.
Vacuuming the substrate when doing water changes helps remove the ich before it attaches to the fish.
Thanks for all the advise I removed everything from the tank, put temp at 85% and a couple water changes. I bought 6 more peacock bass last week and a couple tiger stripe shovel nose. They look good so far
Next time...don't treat with medication and heat-salt. Do one or the other. I prefer and have had success with heat only
