If the WCMMs still look stressed or worse tomorrow lower the temp a bit. Like fishorama said you will just want to extend how long you treat for. The ich is pretty mild so no need to overly stress your fish.
Oh ok! Definitely don't want that, i'll lower the temp back to normal then. I already see the ich on their bodies decreasing in number, some fish that had a tiny bit like my gourami don't seem to have any specks any more! I guess staring at my fish intensely for hours really pays off huh? Let's me catch things like this quick haha.I am concerned about the rainbow death you had earlier before the ich. I'm not sure what that might have been, that's why I asked about the others. Sorry, I've had "bad luck" with praecox the 2 times I've had them, never again.
High temps can also allow other diseases to flourish so it's not just about getting rid of the ich as fast as possible. It's also about not letting secondary infections affect ich, med & temp challenged, weakened fish. Ich alone is very treatable if caught early as you did. Keep up your hard work. Good luck! Keep us posted!
Ah ok that's perfect actually, it's sitting at 82 right now haha.Wait, don't go back to normal temps just yet. Lower it down to like 82, see how they react, if no improvement, lower to 80 etc. And how do they look this morning? Any better or worse then last night?
So i found out what was wrong with that fish, turns out it was dropsy. So i euthanized her to prevent any more suffering. I'm just very worried about my other minnows getting it too, i looked into it more and some places say others of the same species are susceptible to it too.The coloring and such could just be stress, especially if he is acting normal. The female with the big gash though meh. At this point I'd say it's a toss up if you want to remove her to another hospital tank to avoid any further contamination where you can treat her seperately OR if leaving her in her own tank gives her the best chance of survival (no stress of being moved). It always a hard choice for me but if she never acted right and never ate with the others then I don't think keeping her in this tank is gonna do much good so might as well remove her to hopefully spare the others.
Yeah in those pics it wasn't apparent, it must have just happened yesterday or i didn't notice because she was off in a dark corner of the tank right at the surface, but i pulled her in closer and noticed the protruding scales from above and knew right away what it was. After looking into it a little more it also explains why she wasn't moving much and not eating with the others.How did you determine it was dropsy so quickly? You never mentioned any bloating and perhaps it is the angle of the picture but I don't see bloating or the pinecone effect.