the ich on my angel wont go away

[Salvador Dali]

I treated my angle fish with ich buddies and it did nothing. The ich is still there but it has not spread to the silver dollars or congo tetras, it is on the angles top of back fin. could the ich be dead and still be stuck on the angle fish. please resond:help: :huh:

[daayda3]

Um..use some FW salt, and raise the temp
Also, you should take it out of this tank, and put it in a QT tank;)

[Salvador Dali]

thank you I will try that

[Ghostshrimp55]

thank you I will try that

I wouldn't qt the angel if I were you. If it is ich then it's present in the entire tank. You need to treat the main tank or it will just come back. Ich lies dormant in the substrate and the larva are free-swimming. So, if a fish in your tank has it, the whole tank has it.

[liv2padl]

Also, you should take it out of this tank, and put it in a QT tank actually, you should NOT quarantine the angel. as ghost said, if one fish has ich, they ALL have it and will exhibit the signs of this shortly. treat the entire tank.

to add salt, mix it with some of your tank water in small volumes and add to your tank. never dump salt in directly as a solid. add ¼ tsp. per gallon once an hour for four hours. this will bring your tank to a level of 1 tsp. per gallon in four hours. then increase it to 2 tsp. per gallon in ¼ teaspoon increments every 3-4 hours. always watch the fish closely for reaction. when you reach a level above 1 tsp. per gallon, watch for signs of increased stress and if noted, slow things down and allow the fish more time to adjust.

carbon will not remove salt from the water so if you are using it you do not need to remove it as you do with meds. table salt, pickling or canning salt, kosher salt are all fine to use. the levels of iodide or flow agents are too minute to be a factor.

during this treatment, increase the tank temperature to at least 82°F. note that 86°F is usually fatal to ICH, and if your fish will tolerate this temperature this alone can kill the parasite. important note ... warmer water does not carry oxygen as well as cool water. increase oxygen concentrations in your tank during treatment by (a) lowering the tank water level to increase splash, (b) raising the spray bars above the water line, or (c) add an air pump to your system with a good bubbler.

maintain this treatment for two weeks minimum.

you can use salt with cories, catfish, sharks, loaches, tetra’s pleco’s etc., ... basically any fish can tolerate the level of salt recommended for the time involved in treatment.

will this treatment affect your plants? frankly i don't know. to be safe, consider removing them temporarily.

it's important to continue a water change regimen during treatment and i'd recommend twice a week ... but remember to replace what you remove. just add whatever your target level is to the change water. for example, if you have 2 tsp. of salt per gallon in the tank, and you change 10 gallons of water then add 20 teaspoons to the change water as it goes back in. the total level of salt in the tank will remain the same.

[daayda3]

ooohhhhh! I must have misunderstood:o

[Salvador Dali]

yeah thanks for the help, but my angelfish died the day after my knife fish did.............................

[Que]

****... sorry for your loss.

Q

Edit: I didn't know the D word was bad. Sorry.

[Jessu]

Sorry to hear that.

d word?...you can pm me if you cant say it hear.

[kmail5776]

try to type curse words, they're filtered out. Sorry for your loss.

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[Jessu]

Was it allways like that..
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