|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:40 am
One of my smaller less aggresive cichlids has been picked on by some of the larger cichlids. It's fins are always ragged, especially since it's a long-fin variant. But now it is riddled with the signature whitespots of ich. I have no other tank. What is the best way to quarantine this fish, should I just kill it before it infects the other 14 fish, or will treating the entire tank have a better effect?
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:13 am
you should rais the tempature in the tank a few degrese to help prevent the ich from spreading but sadly there is nothing you can do for your already sick fish, ich treatments cant penatrate the "white spots" which are actualy a protective coating for the disease but some fish can still live through it, it is verry advisable to treat the tank because the ich disease is still moving throgh the water even if you dispose of the sick fish. Your fish MAY live through it but that does inrease the chance that it will infect other fish.
I would recomend removing the fish from that tank, you can put him in a bucket of declorinated water as long as it has a heater and an air pump in it. Also, rais the tanks temperature 1-2 degrees per hour until you get to the mid to lower 80's (this will help kill "airborn" ich) Also go buy a little bottle of ich triatment, but remember to remove the carbon from your tank before adding it otherwise the carbon will "clean" the ich cure out of the water and it will be a waste of your money
good luck
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:31 pm
The best thing to do to kill off an ich infestation is to (slowly) raise the temperature of your tank to 85 degrees and add aquarium salt. (Unless you have live plants in your tank, because salt kills live plants.) If so, give your fish salt baths once a day until the problem clears up. (Take a gallon of water out of your tank and put it in some kind of container, add four teaspoons of aquarium salt, let it dissolve, and transfer your fish to the salted water for half an hour.)
Salt and heat works wonders, and it's the only thing that will kill ich when it's on a fish. Medications only take it out when it's in its free swimming stage.
It's best not to medicate your tank, if you can avoid it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:17 pm
If one of your fish is showing physical signs of Ich your other fish are likely already infected anyway. Raise the temp and get some ich meds.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 6:29 pm
It wasn't ich, just a fungal infection, the fish is fine, but still quarantined to grow it's fins back. Thanks for all the advice.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 8:08 pm
Super Goo The best thing to do to kill off an ich infestation is to (slowly) raise the temperature of your tank to 85 degrees and add aquarium salt. (Unless you have live plants in your tank, because salt kills live plants.) If so, give your fish salt baths once a day until the problem clears up. (Take a gallon of water out of your tank and put it in some kind of container, add four teaspoons of aquarium salt, let it dissolve, and transfer your fish to the salted water for half an hour.) Salt and heat works wonders, and it's the only thing that will kill ich when it's on a fish. Medications only take it out when it's in its free swimming stage. It's best not to medicate your tank, if you can avoid it. Salt is a wonderful thing, a lot of commercial grade facilities use salt for light treatments and prophalactic treatment. Formalin works well on ich too, but that is awfully hard to get your hands on for a private person. Oh and you might want to consider using a light clorine bath/wash to clean the net you used and anything else that touched the sick fish to kill any ich that got onto those things to prevent further contamination.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reply
