So I bought 4 x 2.5" clown loaches today. I put the in with my spotted gars inside a 40. I never thought to look for ich... then I read a thread and saw someone say it looked like salt sprinkled over the fish... so I'm pretty sure my CL have ich. I took the loaches out and put them in a 10 and cranked the temp up. I'll prob go buy some salt tomorrow. I took the gars out and put them in the 150. They were probably together for 5 hours or so... do I need to treat the gars for ich too or am I safe?
Ich question
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I don't know that I'd call you "safe". It's likely that some of the protozoa ended up in your tank. I'd jack the temperature up to a good 82 in your gar tank, if that's possible (I know nothing about gars) just to be safe. At least keep it at 80 and watch it closely.
WARRNING im not tellin you this is the right answere but only my personal exp..
I have keept fish with other fish that had ick and they were never
effec. And i aalso have feed my fish/fish with ick and they did no becom ill...
I have keept fish with other fish that had ick and they were never
effec. And i aalso have feed my fish/fish with ick and they did no becom ill...
It is a toss up but why risk it. gar will easily tolerate 85-86 degrees and 2 teaspoons of salt per gallon for 10 days, so will the loaches. Remember that if even ove of the parasites reached the substrate it can produce up to 2000 more.
Clown loaches almost always get ick when transported be very careful if you medicate with anything because scaleless fish are very intolerant of some medications
Clowns tolerate the salt very well but are very sensitive to both formalin and malachite green (common in many anti-ich meds)
