I've got a 75 gallon tank with about 10 small (1.5-3.0") african cichlids. They started flashing (scrape against the gravel, rocks, etc.) about three weeks ago and I started treating about 15 days ago when I noticed one white spot on a copadichromis borleyi. The tank is filtered by a Emporer 400 that I took the carbon out of during treatment. I initially left the temperature around 78 deg. F for the first 10 days of treatment. None of the other cichlids ever got any other white spots, however about half of them still continue to flash .
I decided to raise the temperature about 5 days ago and added some acquarium salt (1 tablespoon per 5 gallons) after reading this may help speed up the treatment process. The current temp. is 82 deg. F. however I'm starting to wonder if I'm making a dent in the problem. I treat the tank each day per the directions (1 teaspoon per 10 gallons) and do about a 30-50% water change daily. I discontinued making up the salt in the changed water since I wasn't that convinced it was really helping.
I was wondering if there's something else I should try or whether I should try discontinuing treatment since I haven't seen any white spots in so long? Obviously somethings still bothering some of the fish that's causing them to flash but I'm wondering if its not the ick?
I decided to raise the temperature about 5 days ago and added some acquarium salt (1 tablespoon per 5 gallons) after reading this may help speed up the treatment process. The current temp. is 82 deg. F. however I'm starting to wonder if I'm making a dent in the problem. I treat the tank each day per the directions (1 teaspoon per 10 gallons) and do about a 30-50% water change daily. I discontinued making up the salt in the changed water since I wasn't that convinced it was really helping.
I was wondering if there's something else I should try or whether I should try discontinuing treatment since I haven't seen any white spots in so long? Obviously somethings still bothering some of the fish that's causing them to flash but I'm wondering if its not the ick?