Firstly, hi to all
great site with tremendous information on all aquaria aspects.
spend't hours reading but still im very confused as what is the best route for my case.
Owned various fishes with success but new at catfish.
i got two rtc's a week ago, at the lfs the cats were in the same tank with some paroon sharks that seemed to be lightly infected with ick.
here is all information i can provide:
Day 3, noticed that they seem to be trying to scratch their sides by moving fast by theis sides
first 4 days, cats doing fine eating one cube of hicari bloodworms at morning and one in the evening every day, they seem to like them greatly, 20% water change
day 5, they seem to be a bit less active and one of them loses just a bit of its appetite. But still eating. 25% water change
today, they appeared small white spots on them, still eating this morning, one with great apettite and other less but eating.25% water change
water parameters: testing water 2 times daily before feeding. Every day since day 1
ammonia zero
nitrites Zero
nitrates 50 mll at day 3 now is 25 mml
ph 8
temp 26 and slowly to 29 celcius within the last 48 hours
using sera liquid tests
tank is a fully cycled 30 gallon with no substrate for growing them a bit
No other fishes in the tank
rtc's size is about 3 inches
I had treated ich with success in the past in my cichlids tank but i want to be sure now since i know rtcs are more sensitive.
after reading as many threads in mfcs i cannot decide what is the best route to go for my case since i dont want to cause any more stress to my cats.
i just cant decide if i have to go with meds or salt and in the case of salt im really confused as to the dosage and procedure to go.
advice will be greatly appreciated as i turn for the lights of the experienced monster fish keepers.
thanks for reading and thanks in advance for any advice.
great site with tremendous information on all aquaria aspects.
spend't hours reading but still im very confused as what is the best route for my case.
Owned various fishes with success but new at catfish.
i got two rtc's a week ago, at the lfs the cats were in the same tank with some paroon sharks that seemed to be lightly infected with ick.
here is all information i can provide:
Day 3, noticed that they seem to be trying to scratch their sides by moving fast by theis sides
first 4 days, cats doing fine eating one cube of hicari bloodworms at morning and one in the evening every day, they seem to like them greatly, 20% water change
day 5, they seem to be a bit less active and one of them loses just a bit of its appetite. But still eating. 25% water change
today, they appeared small white spots on them, still eating this morning, one with great apettite and other less but eating.25% water change
water parameters: testing water 2 times daily before feeding. Every day since day 1
ammonia zero
nitrites Zero
nitrates 50 mll at day 3 now is 25 mml
ph 8
temp 26 and slowly to 29 celcius within the last 48 hours
using sera liquid tests
tank is a fully cycled 30 gallon with no substrate for growing them a bit
No other fishes in the tank
rtc's size is about 3 inches
I had treated ich with success in the past in my cichlids tank but i want to be sure now since i know rtcs are more sensitive.
after reading as many threads in mfcs i cannot decide what is the best route to go for my case since i dont want to cause any more stress to my cats.
i just cant decide if i have to go with meds or salt and in the case of salt im really confused as to the dosage and procedure to go.
advice will be greatly appreciated as i turn for the lights of the experienced monster fish keepers.
thanks for reading and thanks in advance for any advice.
