What would you suggest?

[MommyJulia]

Hello, this is my first thread in the pike section. I read the sticky so I will start with intro. I am Julia, I have been in the hobby for, I wanna say, 3 months. I had platies for 3 years but never expanded beyond that until recently. I have 2 pikes (Haku and Hanzo), they are still babies and are in a 40g tank. In that tank I have blood parrots, jack dempsey, firemouth, severum, and a pleco. I am moving in a few months and it has been suggested to be that rather than getting a bigger tank now, I should wait until after I move. 40g is not gonna last a whole lot longer for these little guys. I feel like they are over crowded already though...
Anyway, my issue is this. When i got all the cichlids, a few days afterwards they all had white powder stuff all over them. I treated them with quick cure for ich and velvet. Everyone has been doing fine since, aside from one pike. Everyone was perfectly fine and happy no white spots none of that stuff until 2 days ago, one of my pikes has the white powder all over him. Should I put him in a hospital tank? Or will the rest get infected and best to treat them all? Please help, I know this may be such a basic question to a lot of you, but I am still new at this.

 

[balton777]

Take the infected fish out and put him in your hospital tank. Add 1 tbs salt per 5 gallons and raise the temperature to 88F. That should cure the ick without meds. One more thing because of the temperature increase you should add extra aeration.

 

[voss345]

it sounds like your tank is deficient in its filtration, cut back on the stock or get a bigger tank pronto
i would treat all fish and get busy with your water changes

 

[balton777]

it sounds like your tank is deficient in its filtration, cut back on the stock or get a bigger tank pronto
i would treat all fish and get busy with your water changes

Good call Voss. That tank is overstocked and needs more frequent water changes and more filtration until you can upgrade. GL.

 

[MommyJulia]

Thank you guys! I appreciate it.

 

[StripeGirl]

you just need another tank:}

 

[MommyJulia]

you just need another tank:}

Yeah I sure do. I was gonna get a 150g, but then since I am moving in 3 months, everyone told me to wait, but my cichlids are growing fast and now the pike (hanzo) is not well

 

[Pirwhana]

Trust me after moving four established aquariums and making sure all the BB were alive and numerous, you do NOT want to take down and move a 150 gal.....

Lindsey

 

[MommyJulia]

Trust me after moving four established aquariums and making sure all the BB were alive and numerous, you do NOT want to take down and move a 150 gal.....

Lindsey

Yeah I bet. I had another post about what I should do, bc I was getting really concerned with my cichlids, they are growing like weeds. Get a new tank now or wait. And I was fine with the decision to wait until the little pike got sick again..
My plan was to get the big tanks in the new house, set those up have them run and cycle, and then move the fish in. I am moving all the pets myself, including the fish, but not the tanks and furniture and all that. Movers are moving those. My lease won't be up by the time i move, so I will have another month here, which gives me a month to set up the new tanks in the new house..if that makes sense...

 

[CrystalizedHairs]

Trust me after moving four established aquariums and making sure all the BB were alive and numerous, you do NOT want to take down and move a 150 gal.....

Lindsey

Oh, it's not that difficult. It doesn't really take much time(mostly draining and refilling), and preserving bacteria is easy. Place any biofiltration in a large bag with a small amount of water(just enough to keep it wet) and fill with air. Gravel will typically stay moist on its own and place all decor in a storage tote with a lid. As long as it stays moist and has access to oxygen, the bacteria will stay alive.

The only real negative of moving large tank setups is space. A 150, stand, tote of decor, and coolers of fish fills an entire full sized truck bed.

I'd get the new tank now if you can afford it. In three months your fish could be much larger, up to 3 inches a piece.

The treatment above is good, but I wouldn't use the salt, NaCl. It only works with a few diseases/parasites and at very high concentrations(dips rather than in tank treatment), and ich isn't one of them(I've seen monos develope ich in brackish water). That's saying it is ich anyways, could be fungal or bacterial.