Pls help first time encountering ich or white spots
- Thread starter Rubywee
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I would try just heat first for a few days (30*c), if it is getting worse then the plecos should be okay with 2-3 tsp/5gallons. That is on the light side of what people use to treat ich.
The salinity should be at minimum 3ppt (parts per thousand) if under 3ppt, osmotic pressure will not be high enough to kill ick. Salinity increases osmotic pressure enough to make the cell walls of newly hatched ick to implode.
That amount of salt for a 325 gal tank, is 10lbs.
The trade off might be, to allow many fish to live thru the ick epidemic, some may not.
That amount of salt for a 325 gal tank, is 10lbs.
The trade off might be, to allow many fish to live thru the ick epidemic, some may not.
It's not yet an epidemic noticed the ich on four juvie severums so far no others have it yet atleast that I can see so that's 135+ teaspoons right so I think il add 65 today then 65 Tommorow give the plecos and smaller juvie sa fighting chance hehe
Here are some fish in a quarantine tank, that came down with ick.
above before salt, a couple days later, after 3ppt salt, and a few degrees rise of heat
cured
The heat hastens the ick reproduction cycle, allowing the salt to get to more vulnerable ick protozoa. As spots on the fish, ick is actually immune to treatment, protected by the fishes slime coat. Osmotic pressure must be there, as each spot explodes into up to 100 new cysts. Only when they first emerge from another state, are they vulnerable.
This is one of the reasons it takes time to rid the tank of it.
above before salt, a couple days later, after 3ppt salt, and a few degrees rise of heat
cured
The heat hastens the ick reproduction cycle, allowing the salt to get to more vulnerable ick protozoa. As spots on the fish, ick is actually immune to treatment, protected by the fishes slime coat. Osmotic pressure must be there, as each spot explodes into up to 100 new cysts. Only when they first emerge from another state, are they vulnerable.
This is one of the reasons it takes time to rid the tank of it.
Thanks keeper I will surely try my best it's our main tank Tommorow another batch of uaru coming from Manila have to get in the airport have no choice but to put them there coz our other tanks are oscar,green terror, tilapia,convict and jaguar comu then a tank with only a red devil in it which I got as a gift yesterday he has hidden in a cave ever since wonder when he will start eating and come out hehe apreciate it if someone can give us a clue on this another contains our wolf hoplias malbaricus and lastly an empty tank which will contain an arowana and marbled pim serving same package as the uarus tom
