Need help!!

[Wickedmainefishlady92784]

Can’t win with my tanks this week. So I think my grow tank that houses just a RTC and small chocolate knife have ich. What can I do? I know it’s more difficult with scaleless. They are in a 35 gallon at this moment to grow with a aqua clear 50. RTC is only 3 inches knife is 4 inches.. water levels are great. Fish are still active and eating.

 

[Deadliestviper7]

Do water changes, itch is generally not fatal if you correct it, probably go away soon, raising the temp a little and doing frequent large (80 percent) water changes usually take care of it.

 

[Wickedmainefishlady92784]

Do water changes, itch is generally not fatal if you correct it, probably go away soon, raising the temp a little and doing frequent large (80 percent) water changes usually take care of it.

Thanks again it’s been an awful week!

 

[AnthonyFish20]

Add salt and gravel clean the **** out of the tank cause ich lives in the gravel if no gravel just do large water changes and

 

[Matteus]

Also if you are dosing with salt, use half of typical recommendations because of the scaleless factor

 

[Wickedmainefishlady92784]

Thank you everyone for the advice I so appreciate it! Just wanna keep my fish alive!

 

[pops]

you have scaleless fish, salt not a good ideal, crank the heat 87 to 93, do the water changes, will need to stay there for 3 weeks or 2 weeks after you no longer see them on your fish. This speed up ICKS life cycle to a point that they can not survive and burn out.

 

[pops]

they will get a bit worse be fore they get better.

you have pics so can make sure ick is what it is?

 

[Matteus]

they will get a bit worse be fore they get better.

you have pics so can make sure ick is what it is?

This is the worste part, feeling like it will never go away, then all of a sudden everything is alright almost over night.

 

[Rocksor]

Not all scaleless fish are intolerant salt. You just have to research the fish.

Clown loaches treated with 6 tablespoon of salt per 6 gallons
https://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/ich.php

Silver catfish (Rhamdia quelen) 4g/L or 1tablespoon/1gallon
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J028v14n01_12?src=recsys

channel catfish
http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/sites/...-_growing_catfish_in_brackish-water_ponds.pdf

cory catfish (C. Aenus) up to 2ppt of salt
https://www.vin.com/apputil/content/defaultadv1.aspx?id=3981357&pid=11114

I've treated a tank with a south american lungfish with 1tablespoon/1gallon.