Ok so my 2 German Blue rams spawned again and so far the eggs made it into the wiggler stage, But the parents have ich. I already have the temp at 84, and if I do treat them for ich with medications will it effect the fry?, and if I dont will the fry get the ich?? help ty
Wigglers and Ich!!
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The fry wont make it. The meds would kill them and they would succumb to the ich very fast too if no meds are given. I would just sacrifice these frys to save the parents. Or, seperate the fries and parents ASAP and hopefully some frys will make it if they dont get the Ich. Otherwise its a choice between the parents or the frys. In which case the frys survival isnt guaranteed.
I still dont think the frys could make it, they have very weak immune systems, I think they would succumb very quickly. I would just seperate them for the sake of the parents and focus on saving the parents. Leaving them in there either way I think they will die. Seperating them might give them a chance.
parents are definitely the priority, and I never used salt to treat ich before but it sounds safer than using the meds with the fry
Bderick67;2327667; said:
I agree, salt + increased tank temp should help. Also, I don't know what size tank you have or tankmates etc, but make sure that the water is as close to perfect as you can with frequent waters changes until recovery is complete.
just add salt like everyone suggested, worst case scenario you lose the fry. it would be sad to lose a proven pair
In the middle of the salt and high temp treatment now on my red sev, on the advice of Lupin from this forum, and it WORKS! JUst give it time and dont panic.
I don't recall offhand, but it is usually on the container of salt from brands like API or Jungle