So last night I came home from the girlfriends house and noticed my 5-6" pbass has what appears to be ich. There are two spots on him that appear bigger than the rest - one by his gill plate/where pectoral fin attaches to body, and another larger one on his anal fin. Then then classic ich spots (very few at this point) on his body.
His behaviour still seems normal though and none of the feeders are showing signs of ich either (i assume this is where the problem came from)
Now my problem is, as he is still on rosey reds, i had to treat my growout tank last week with prazi pro as i noticed small white/silvery worms floating around the tank, I havnt seen any of them in a few days so im hopeing i can stop the treatment soon. Obviously I cant use ich meds with the prazi pro in the tank. AND my other problem is my heater - its one of those crappy ones where you cant adjust the temp (stays about 78), and im also out of aquarium salt.
So what are my options here aside from doing regular water changes?
Should I break down and buy a new heater and salt?
Should i do daily waterchanges for another day or so to get the prazi pro out (with carbon of course) and add ich meds?
Iv never treated a pbass before and iv been lucky to not run into any problems in over two years aside from the worms and now this case of ich.
Some of the spots blend in with the spangling on his fins, but you can make out some of the bigger white spots on him. Not the best pics hes still camera shy and doesnt show the best colours when im taking pics unless im lucky and dont spook him.
His behaviour still seems normal though and none of the feeders are showing signs of ich either (i assume this is where the problem came from)
Now my problem is, as he is still on rosey reds, i had to treat my growout tank last week with prazi pro as i noticed small white/silvery worms floating around the tank, I havnt seen any of them in a few days so im hopeing i can stop the treatment soon. Obviously I cant use ich meds with the prazi pro in the tank. AND my other problem is my heater - its one of those crappy ones where you cant adjust the temp (stays about 78), and im also out of aquarium salt.
So what are my options here aside from doing regular water changes?
Should I break down and buy a new heater and salt?
Should i do daily waterchanges for another day or so to get the prazi pro out (with carbon of course) and add ich meds?
Iv never treated a pbass before and iv been lucky to not run into any problems in over two years aside from the worms and now this case of ich.
Some of the spots blend in with the spangling on his fins, but you can make out some of the bigger white spots on him. Not the best pics hes still camera shy and doesnt show the best colours when im taking pics unless im lucky and dont spook him.
