how to cure ick?
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well its a start so far she said i can have theheater running from 1 pm to 5 pm so thats a start. so i cranked the heater up to 84 and from 5 at nite tell morning the woodstove will be going
Why is it that you can't have a heater running 24/7?? Does it make the house too warm when the wood stove is on..? 
have no idea but we will see when the elec bill comes so if its in the low 100.00 im able to keep in running 24/7 if it climbs higher then im screwed. right now its at 127.00
Oh I see, I honestly don't think the heater is the cause for high electric bills, but it all depends on what you're using.. probably uses less power then a computer! 
So I hope you're able to keep it running!!!!
So I hope you're able to keep it running!!!!
Just so you know, an aquarium heater does not use THAT much power. It's not on all the time, just when the temp needs to be raised in the tank.
Your fish will not live at those temps very long. You may want to look into coldwater fish if a heater is not an option. they are TROPICAL fish (tropics..warm areas..bahamas...ya know?)
which means they need temperatures that are in the high 70s-low 80s.
Heater + rock salt (kind you use for ice cream, make sure its food grade) will cure ich in livebearers and will do less damage than most meds. Livebearers are incredibly tolerant of salt, mollies can actually be slowly adjusted to live in seawater.
Malachite green medications will work, but it can be hard on the fish, and it will stain everything in the tank green.
Sorry people were so argumentative over things. shoot me a PM if you need any more help.
Your fish will not live at those temps very long. You may want to look into coldwater fish if a heater is not an option. they are TROPICAL fish (tropics..warm areas..bahamas...ya know?)
which means they need temperatures that are in the high 70s-low 80s.
Heater + rock salt (kind you use for ice cream, make sure its food grade) will cure ich in livebearers and will do less damage than most meds. Livebearers are incredibly tolerant of salt, mollies can actually be slowly adjusted to live in seawater.
Malachite green medications will work, but it can be hard on the fish, and it will stain everything in the tank green.
Sorry people were so argumentative over things. shoot me a PM if you need any more help.
Fish that don't need a heater---goldfish white cloud montain minnows zebra fish giant dianos. If you like your livebears you need a HEATER AND ON 24/7. Keeping it on 4 hours a day will be a waste of time. A heater will probally cost a quarter a week to run. Ever thing of doing natives?
