ich in my 30 gallon community...help!

[mpr163]

So this morning I awoke to all my tanks inhabitants covered in Ich

I know the basic steps of curing, however I have some scaleless fish and am not sure how to go about dosing the tank. I plan to purchase a new heater, and slowly raise the temperature to 82 degrees (currently at 76 degrees). The tanks inhabitants include 4x Neon Tetras, 4x Black Neons, 2x German Blue Rams, 1x Skunk Corey, 1x Rainbow, 1x Dwarf Gourami, 3x Rummynose tetras, 1x Knight Goby, and 3x Livebearers (Platy, Guppy, and Molly). I know the treatment is suppost to be cut in half for tetras, so do I need to seperate the fish for different treatment dosage? Any tips greatly appreciated. Also, I have a 20 gallon cycled and ready to go if seperating the fish is at all necessary, it had convicts in it that I gave away yesterday, so I do have a seperate tank readily available. Thanks!

 

[MATTCB]

I would leave all the fish together and do 1/2 dose on the tank for the recomended time period based on the med you are using. At the end of the med cycle do a partial WC and add carbon to remove residual meds, you can and probably should redose the tank if there are any signs of ich, twitching, scrathing or loss of color. The heater is a good idea and with your selection of fish should be kept at 80-82 degrees all the time, 76 is to low. Best of luck.

 

[albyoscar]

Chemicals suck and discolor the silicone ich is easy to cure with heat and salt , slowly bump the temp up to between 82 ande 85 degrees and add aquarium salt and should clear up in a couple of days but continue treatment for 7 days with waterchanges and salt

 

[mpr163]

today is my water change day, should I do my normal water change before I start treatment? and yes the heater thing was over-due, frankly i'm suprised its lasted this long because its a low wattage one I was using since my other one broke, so its been maxed out keeping the tank at 76. But thanks, I was thinking doing a half dose might just take a little longer for the other fish which is fine, I just want to minimize losses!

 

[MATTCB]

today is my water change day, should I do my normal water change before I start treatment? and yes the heater thing was over-due, frankly i'm suprised its lasted this long because its a low wattage one I was using since my other one broke, so its been maxed out keeping the tank at 76. But thanks, I was thinking doing a half dose might just take a little longer for the other fish which is fine, I just want to minimize losses!

Keep your WC on schedule, it is important as the meds can affect your ph which can cause a bunch of other problems. It can take a little longer with the 1/2 dose but should be affective in the long run. Make sure to monitor your water through out (ph,kh,amonia and nitrite)

 

[mpr163]

Keep your WC on schedule, it is important as the meds can affect your ph which can cause a bunch of other problems. It can take a little longer with the 1/2 dose but should be affective in the long run. Make sure to monitor your water through out (ph,kh,amonia and nitrite)

ok, well I work at the LFS and we do free water testing so I'll problly just be using that to my advantage when I go into work =] Thanks again...I'm just mad that I didn't notice signs before they were all full blown Ich covered...

 

[MATTCB]

Anytime, best of luck to you....

 

[Lupin]

Read info here. I included instructions for scaleless fish. The most important thing in adding salt where scaleless fish is involved, is DISSOLUTION. But dissolution should be applied all the time. Even in saltwater setups, salt is still dissolved to avoid injuries.

White Spot, Ich ((Ichthyophthirius multifiliis) - Read information!