Ich

[alexanian]

Hi there,
I just finished treating my 190 gallon for Ich so i thought I'd share with you.
My tank has some plants so i didn't add salt at all. I just bumped the temp to 32 deg. C, I think that's around 87-88 F, for three weeks. From what I read the key is to have a good circulation in the tank to make sure there are no dead spots that will have lower temps and to provide good airation. I did loose a couple of loaches ( they are the ones that brought Ich ) and a couple of angels. Few cories also died but most likely from the high temps since all sterbai survived but pandas did't. Also you need to keep the temp stable like when you do water changes, you should do it with the same temp water and not colder because it's kick start reproduction of the Ich cysts. Now for salt you need at least 1 table spoon per gallon from what I read on line, but i didn't and it worked. I also seen articles that warn about using medicine with high temps, so do one or the other not both, the fish won't be able to take it.
Best of luck to you and your fish

 

[Sidney73]

Hi there,
I just finished treating my 190 gallon for Ich so i thought I'd share with you.
My tank has some plants so i didn't add salt at all. I just bumped the temp to 32 deg. C, I think that's around 87-88 F, for three weeks. From what I read the key is to have a good circulation in the tank to make sure there are no dead spots that will have lower temps and to provide good airation. I did loose a couple of loaches ( they are the ones that brought Ich ) and a couple of angels. Few cories also died but most likely from the high temps since all sterbai survived but pandas did't. Also you need to keep the temp stable like when you do water changes, you should do it with the same temp water and not colder because it's kick start reproduction of the Ich cysts. Now for salt you need at least 1 table spoon per gallon from what I read on line, but i didn't and it worked. I also seen articles that warn about using medicine with high temps, so do one or the other not both, the fish won't be able to take it.
Best of luck to you and your fish

Ok, thanks for sharing alexanian!

 

[Sidney73]

I know this comes ridiculously late but I never let everyone know I never lost a single fish after that Ich outbreak. Not even the clown loaches. I should have let you know and told you how thankful I am that you all took the time to help me out! Sorry about that! About a year later I lost the Uaru and fire mouth pretty much overnight, but then the tank seemed to stabilize. Fast forward a couple years, I'm about to lose my jd, and my tank looks awful. Little by little it got absolutely covered in beard algae until you can't make out what anything in the tank is. Just all black fuzz. I have an internal overflow (a quarter pie shaped separator in the tank) that I only realized recently was gathering tons of muck, I probably don't vacuum the gravel thoroughly enough and I'm sure I overfeed, so I'm paying the price. My 4 Pictus Cats are huge and bother everyone, I should probably rehome them. I have a question about feeding. I know about the 30 second to 1 minute rule, but they are absolute pigs. I think no matter how much I feed it would be gone in 30 seconds (they'll just take bigger bites, lol) , so I need something more measurable? I feed 3 frozen cubes every other day (I alternate shrimp, bloodworms, emerald entree and a couple others.). On the off day I alternate flakes and pellets (I think I go overboard on the pellets) and I give zucchini or cucumber every couple weeks. Can anyone tell me a measurable amount of what to feed based on how many fish i have? I have an 8 inch Severum, 2-5 inch loaches, a 5 inch Frontosa, 2-3 inch roseline sharks, and 4-3 inch Pictus cats. (And if he pulls through, a 6-inch jd.)