Ich and Catfish... Assistance Please

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Lion8974;1575636; said:
Thanks guys. Like I said, I take extreme measures to make sure my cats are healthy and this is just killing me.

I already raised the temp from 76-77f to 80-81f. I just need to add the salt. Also, would an airstone work for adding additional oxygen? I use one in my wet/dry and I have reverse flow pumps pushing up from the gravel to circulate water. I can easily add the airstone to the main tank if recommended to do so?

Last, how long between water changes of the tank while the salt is doing its thing?
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I know how you feel...it drives me nuts when I see one of my fish ill.

I've actually performed water changes while treating the tank just because I have a lot of VERY messy feeders in there so I don't like risking any anaerobic bacteria forming while I'm treating.

What I do is treat the whole tank, let it sit for a few days and then I do 25% water changes every few days and just treat the water that your adding to the tank with salt. The salt doesn't evaporate so you don't have to treat for full capacity on a water change.
 
ok... so this weekend I'll knock out a 25% water change and then a couple more times in the week or two following.

Thank you guys for your help. I so appreciate it!
 
My kittie cats!
Mang (RTC)
Toni (TSN)
"I need a name" (Marble)

(I removed the red eyes from the flash in the photo)
 
Try ich attack by Kordon. Its organic and I have been using it. So far so good!
Another member with cats has also tried it and reported good success. That same member used rid ich and other ich meds.
 
basslover34;1582917; said:
I see a fat guy at a buffet when I look at that picture.... Guess who the fat guy is...:ROFL:
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OK, I'll bite... Who?
 
Beautiful cats!! I'm glad they're doing well.

That's crazy that they all lined up like that. :ROFL:

It's like total chaos whenever I try to photograph my catfish...especially my wyckii...but he's satanic anyway. :D
 
The funny thing here is that the TSN mouth is larger than the RTC and Marble. I am soon going to be dropping my TSC and Marble back into their previous 135gal home because I am concerned about the RTC sizing them up. But he hasn't to this date. Matter of fact, I'm going through plecco's like no tomorrow. I have one that is 20" long and thick, but my RTC keeps head butting him off the sides of the tank. Funny, but not!
 
Also, My RTC is very affectionate (if it is possible to say that). He loves me dragging my fingers on him as he swims by. If I don't touch his back, he'll swim under my hand and slowly swim up towards my hand until his dorsel fin is touching me. He also likes me to grab the base of his tail, let him go and do it again. When I release him, he makes the abrupt u-turn so I can do it again. This goes on and on until the TSN gets skiddish.

The 3 are pretty tame and I can snap pics all day and night and they don't freak out or swim away like I notice other fish do.
 
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