I have a 100 gal. and I noticed this morning that my four clown loaches are starting to show white spots. I know they need to be treated but my dilema is that most treatments harm alot of scaless fish, and I also have an elephant nose, baby whale, congo dolphin, black ghost knife, and three plecos, and a variety of tetras and mollies. What would be the best thing to due, remove the loaches and treat them by themselves or is there a treatment that won't harm all of my other fish?
What's the best ich treatment
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Check to see if the fish in question can handle salt or not.
If they can, do salt and raise the temp to about 5-6 degrees higher than the usual temp over 2-3 days period.
Let it be for about a week, and your fish will be healthy again. Make sure you add more air stones or pump as higher temp reduce the amount of dissovled oxygen in the tank.
Do 2 WC during the treatment and you'll be fine..
You just have to let the ich goes through it's cycle and they'll be done.
If they can, do salt and raise the temp to about 5-6 degrees higher than the usual temp over 2-3 days period.
Let it be for about a week, and your fish will be healthy again. Make sure you add more air stones or pump as higher temp reduce the amount of dissovled oxygen in the tank.
Do 2 WC during the treatment and you'll be fine..
You just have to let the ich goes through it's cycle and they'll be done.
heat+salt as mentioned and i use para guard by seachem IF i need to...no formaidehyde or methanol.pricy but way better for you fish than any other chemicals out there.it takes out a lot more things than ich as well.doesnt alter your ph like others will too.
Salt and heat def. works, but if you catch it early, I find that rigorous daily water change pattern for several days does wonders for the fish's immune system, and they can fight it off on their own.
Did you recently add a fish, or does ich break out every now and then?
Did you recently add a fish, or does ich break out every now and then?
As far as chemicals go i have had awsome luck with quickcure can find it at walmart petsmart ect its in a little bottle. it even worked with my clown loaches