I agree, tiger, it's contrary to basically everything I've read as well. I'm simply saying the precedent in the group is certainly there (and very common at that) and the biological mechanisms are effectively already in place. So it isn't outside of the realm of possibility. I guess we'll find out in a few days if it is ich or if it's flukes. If it's a resurgence of flukes, it would explain why malachite did absolutely nothing to treat it!
Ich questions
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Malachite green is effective in treating a variety of external parasites, including fluke. There can be other reasons why MG didn't work for you: One common failure is under dosage. Follow the instructions and put full dosage daily or evey other day as recommended even if symptoms have gone. Holding back can do more harm as any unkilled pathogens can come back with greater vigor. A second common failure is expired medication. I once used a 10 year old MG in my shelf and lost half the fish that could easily be cured if I had known that MG can expire even if it still turned the water green.
The MG was good, had to buy three new bottles of it. I started with normal dose, then upped it to about 2.5 dose near the end before swapping out to copper. It said however many drops per gallon, I can't remember specifically how many, I definitely gave some very generous drops at first too. Honestly after all the MG and copper I'm shocked my synodontis didn't die, being scaleless and all. He never missed a beat, tough little species.
Help!. How do I know my juvenile cichlids have ick? Notice couple white spots on there back fine and a few of them were rubbing against either the sand or clay pots.
Here is a photo of a cichlid that came in with a bad case of Ick
Most of the time it starts very subtly
a less severe case below
One other tidbit I find fascinating
In certain desert pools, or other seasonal areas where water temps reach into the 90sF and dry up.
Ick reappears with the reason rains.
It may be that certain individuals go dormant, sit in mud or sand, and exist dry for months, or it may be that other individuals are dried, and carried in by the wind.
Most of the time it starts very subtly
a less severe case below
One other tidbit I find fascinating
In certain desert pools, or other seasonal areas where water temps reach into the 90sF and dry up.
Ick reappears with the reason rains.
It may be that certain individuals go dormant, sit in mud or sand, and exist dry for months, or it may be that other individuals are dried, and carried in by the wind.
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Sounds like it has it. Post some pics. Does it looks like the pics that Duanes posted?
