Hello!
I recently picked up a flowerhorn that I found on Craigslist, he's a really spectacular fish and has been eating well. Like most ich cases, he started out looking good but I changed out the substrate in his tank, stressing him out, and now he's pretty well covered in white dots. Hes still eating like a champ which is a good thing but obviously I want to get this under control. Now I've dealt with ich in my saltwater systems before but never the freshwater version.
I'm going to be using salt to treat him as its really the only thing I have on hand at the moment and it sounds like it's very effective. I read to add about 5ml of salt per gallon of tank water, see how the fish responds and if it's good, then add the same amount again 12 hours later then maintain that level for 10 days with the water temp at 84-85 degrees. Is this correct? It also said some fish are more sensitive to the salt than others so you need to adjust according to the fish. Obviously I don't want to kill my fish so I wanted to double check before I try anything! Any advice would be great!
Thanks!
Mike Fallen
I recently picked up a flowerhorn that I found on Craigslist, he's a really spectacular fish and has been eating well. Like most ich cases, he started out looking good but I changed out the substrate in his tank, stressing him out, and now he's pretty well covered in white dots. Hes still eating like a champ which is a good thing but obviously I want to get this under control. Now I've dealt with ich in my saltwater systems before but never the freshwater version.
I'm going to be using salt to treat him as its really the only thing I have on hand at the moment and it sounds like it's very effective. I read to add about 5ml of salt per gallon of tank water, see how the fish responds and if it's good, then add the same amount again 12 hours later then maintain that level for 10 days with the water temp at 84-85 degrees. Is this correct? It also said some fish are more sensitive to the salt than others so you need to adjust according to the fish. Obviously I don't want to kill my fish so I wanted to double check before I try anything! Any advice would be great!
Thanks!
Mike Fallen
