6line wrasse with ich....how to treat?

[apelaston]

Thanks for telling me that Haks....I didn't know that. I will not be using any chemicals in my DT now that is for sure!

 

[HaKs310]

Your gonna be doing hypo in a different tank correct? You wont be able to do hypo in the main tank for the same reasons I stated above.

 

[apelaston]

okk..this situation is a. starting to suck and b. a real pain in my neck....i will go dig out an extra tank from the garage attic...get some water mixing up and get that fish out. I am going to only treat this one fish at this point in time being that short amount of time that he has been in the tank. I will if it happens remove the rest of the fish if they show any signs of ich...

I am going to treat the fish with medication since he is going to be by himself in a bare tank....

 

[HaKs310]

That would be best, hopefully none of your other fish become infected. Good luck.

 

[SpockthePuffer]

Just keep in mind that if you add new fish into the tank there will be a risk that they will be infected by the ick laying dormant in the tank

 

[apelaston]

oooo i am going to be sure nothing gets added to this tank for quite a while to prevent further spread.

wish me luck..

hey what about these freshwater dips i am reading about? work or no?

 

[HaKs310]

Freshwater dips aren't that great. You'll be better of medicating with copper and increasing the tank temperature to 80-83 degrees.

 

[apelaston]

tank temp on the rise..

 

[HaKs310]

This will speed up the Ich's life cycle, hopefully making it much, much shorter.

I keep my tanks at this temperature either way, and it is the range I recommend to everyone.

 

[mwb1978]

I always wondered about proper tank tempature. I went scuba diving in the Cayman Islands last summer and the water temp was 86 degrees. I didn't see a single dead fish floating around. So, obviously 86 isn't too hot for them to live in the wild.

Hope your fish feels better soon.