A couple of days ago I noticed a couple of my fish were getting a case of ich. I turned up the heater to start raising the temp. I usually keep it at 82 degrees but when it got up around 86 my jag started swimming in a very depressed manner. His dorsal fin down against his body and sad looking. This morning was even worse. He was laying at the bottom resting with his stomach on the sand not moving. He's not breathing heavy, just laying there looking very sad. I've noticed Oscars do this at the lfs sometimes and always thought they were going to die soon. I'm really worried about him. The temp is 87 degrees F. Could it just be that the temp is too high for him?? Has anyone experienced this? Do I just let him ride it out? What should I do? Please help. My Jag is 12" and I've had him for a while. Don't want to lose him.
Jaguar in trouble??
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demjor19;856324; said:
No a couple of smaller fish do. My hospital tank is in use for fry right now since I haven't had a sick fish in so long I thought I could put the space to good use.
I moved a massive bubble producing powerhead into the tank to oxygenize the water more. Maybe it will help.Thanks for the advice Repair. I have always been told that 86 degrees is the 'magic number' that ick cannot survive at. Oh and I added salt earlier also to help them produce more slime coat. Thanks again.
Salt kills the parasite. The reason that you raise the temp is so it speeds the life cycle of the "ich" from weeks to a few days. Make sure you use at least 1 cup for every 30 gal of water.
You cannot kill the "ich" while it is on the fish but once it hatches before it gets on the fish the salt will kill it.
Normally it is a lot better in 3 or 4 days and seems to be gone it a week or so but I allways treat them for a month with the salt and temp.
Remember as the water temp goes up you have less oxygen in the water and you will not to agitate the water more then normal.
You cannot kill the "ich" while it is on the fish but once it hatches before it gets on the fish the salt will kill it.
Normally it is a lot better in 3 or 4 days and seems to be gone it a week or so but I allways treat them for a month with the salt and temp.
Remember as the water temp goes up you have less oxygen in the water and you will not to agitate the water more then normal.