ich treatment for loaches

[latazyo]

in my 20g (check sig) my neons have ich

the loaches aren't showing any signs of ich though

when I treat the neons, will the loaches be safe?

[mwood322]

If you're talking clown loaches I treated full strength with Maracide twice with no problems. THe loaches are all fine now, and seemed fine during treatment.

--Mia

[latazyo]

well, I took another look today and now my KUHLI loaches have the ich as well as the neons

this sucks a$$, will I be able to treat them?

[JamisonBWolsh]

I believe clown loaches are scaleless. This mean you cant use the reg. medication for ICH. When I first started 3 of my fish had it. I couldnt use the normal stuff cause I have scaleless fish (elephant nose..various others). There is a medications that does treat ICH made especially for scaleless fish (it does cost like double though). It works great. follow the directions and you will not have ich any longer..

[latazyo]

alright, I do NOT own clown loaches, I only have golden and half banded kuhli loaches

anyways, I bought "rid ich" and I just put about half of the dosage in the tank along with about a 3/8 water change,

we'll see what happens

[JamisonBWolsh]

I hope your loaches survive....if they are scaless Rid ich could be VERY bad for them

[latazyo]

I hope so too, but I don't know anything else to do and I had to do something before the ick kills them

[JamisonBWolsh]

Just found out. LOACHES are SCALELESS. Thats why they make Ich treatment for SCALELESS fish Like I suggested earlier. IF your loaches survive, then all the good. But most likely that medication is doing more harm then good...

[latazyo]

there was not an ich treatment for scaleless fish at my petco, the woman there said she didnt' know what to do, she suggested a salt dip, but wasn't sure what else I could do

she said that the brand I got would be the safest choice, but still a risk for the loaches

I only used about .5-.75 dosage in the tank

[latazyo]

well, we're about 16 hours post treatment, and all fish seem to be healthy, I guess we'll keep an eye on those loaches

[jmkeuning]

where do you get this idea that clown loaches need dif med? can you post a link to this so-called loach med for me? i always heard scaleless = half dose.

so latazyo, if loaches do not make it - don't worry - you did the right thing!

[kcooley]

never use a treatment that contains copper with loaches! certain meds use copper as another ingredient but it will kill loaches

[latazyo]

holy crap, how did this thread get brought back up?

a lot has happened since 2002

in the above case of the loaches, I did use Rid Ich and all fish were well and relieved of their ich

as a further update, I took down the tank a few years ago and have since not gotten a new one (fw that is)...I couldnt believe it when I saw my email notice for the thread subscription

[jmkeuning]

OK, this IS funny!

[Michi]

I'm glad it did resurface. I have been doing extensive research on treating a tank for ich that contains loaches. I could not find anything consistant, except no copper preparations, so I treated with Maracide and have been crossing my fingers. I feel a bit better after reading this...thx

[latazyo]

lol

annual update and my annual post

[PsyKick]

Hahaha, I was reading this going "OMG NO DONT USE MEDSSSSS, Use Salt!"
and then I got to the part where I realized it was from years ago and started laughing!

[plaalye]

I've used rid-ich with many different loaches with no ill effects. I find it much more effective and easier than salt.

[fishorama]

I too have used malachite green based meds with loaches. I add half the first dose in the am the other in evening to let them get used to it but no problems full dosing after that.

[Michi]

Finished the treatment and the little guy didn't even miss a beat! He is doing great and my tiger barbs are all back to good health as well:)