View Full Version : lost my ick virginity
andruboz
06-01-2003, 1:36 PM
almost 2 years i've been keeping tanks and never had it. thought i had it once but i think that was just fungus. now finally I have an african brown knife swimming around looking like a saltine cracker. i treated the whole tank although none of the other fish are showing symptoms... would i have been better off moving him to quarantine for a week?
just hope my moving of fish hasnt spread it more.
yes quarantine would be nice. Since its already in your main tank and the parasite has probably had a chance to reach free swimming stage (nemotode). Turn the heat up to 85 and medicate with malachite green for at least 3 day's but I'd reccommend a week. All you are doing (which you probably already know this part) is speeding up the life cycle and the malachite green takes care of the freem swimmers. About a week of doing this with the heat up to speed up the cycle should take care of them all. Check out wetmans site www.skepticalaquarist.com for in depth info.
thom336
06-01-2003, 1:58 PM
I dont know how Ive done it but Ive been keeping fish for nearly a decade and have not had ick once....
nolemite
06-03-2003, 1:18 AM
Originally posted by andruboz
lost my ick virginity
Great! Now if you could just find a way for you to lose your real virginity:D I'm kidding. Have fun with the ick.
Originally posted by nolemite
Great! Now if you could just find a way for you to lose your real virginity:D I'm kidding. Have fun with the ick.
lol yeah have fun with the ick :p
riffless
06-03-2003, 2:44 AM
a couple red phantom tetras and they eventually died, even after treatment seemed to cure them, so I'm guessing quarantine is a better method than "whole tank treatment", but my whole aquarium experience is trial and error, so don't take me as gospel