You can do a regular water change, just adding enough salt to your new water to get the levels of the whole tank to where you want it to be....
55g Ich Explosion! Help w/ Chemical Solutions
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Day 3 - Post Treatment
Ok i did another water change today, with a bucket of 5g that had 20tsp of salt mixxed in. I had to take 10g of water out of my tank, which had 20tsp from last night already mixxed in. After adding the 5g of mixxed water, i should be about give or take 40tsp of salt.
Almost ALL signs of ich are gone, my loachs are starting to come out more and there are NO DEATHS at all, i'm very very thankful. From what I understand is happening in my tank, the ich has fallen off of my fish and is starting it's life cycle over again in my gravel. Either the raise of temp or salt treatment should eleminate the ich before it can grow and reattach to my fish, if i have done everything correctly. So basicly it's a waiting game, i have my salt just under 1 tsp per gallon, but I would preffer to stay at this point because of the ill-effects salt has on a tank longterm. So i guess i'll just wait and see if the ich comes back, it looks like it's being defeated!! So far so good..........
Ok i did another water change today, with a bucket of 5g that had 20tsp of salt mixxed in. I had to take 10g of water out of my tank, which had 20tsp from last night already mixxed in. After adding the 5g of mixxed water, i should be about give or take 40tsp of salt.
Almost ALL signs of ich are gone, my loachs are starting to come out more and there are NO DEATHS at all, i'm very very thankful. From what I understand is happening in my tank, the ich has fallen off of my fish and is starting it's life cycle over again in my gravel. Either the raise of temp or salt treatment should eleminate the ich before it can grow and reattach to my fish, if i have done everything correctly. So basicly it's a waiting game, i have my salt just under 1 tsp per gallon, but I would preffer to stay at this point because of the ill-effects salt has on a tank longterm. So i guess i'll just wait and see if the ich comes back, it looks like it's being defeated!! So far so good..........
Day 4 -
Again almost all Ich gone, but signs are still on 2/3 loachs. I think i may have spotted some on my pleco too. The ich that is left is in less than 10 "grains" of ich total on all fish.
New Question - My biggest loach, who was effected the worse from the Ich, now has tiny spots of darker coloration where I think the ich used to be, will these 'sores' heal up?
...40tsp of salt, 86 degrees, no deaths!
Again almost all Ich gone, but signs are still on 2/3 loachs. I think i may have spotted some on my pleco too. The ich that is left is in less than 10 "grains" of ich total on all fish.
New Question - My biggest loach, who was effected the worse from the Ich, now has tiny spots of darker coloration where I think the ich used to be, will these 'sores' heal up?
...40tsp of salt, 86 degrees, no deaths!
IMO you don't have near enough salt in the tank and it could be why you are seeing new spots. 1 tsp per gallon is the minimum to kill ich and most of us go to 2 tsps per gallon.
If you do not kill the ich with the dosage you are using, you will have to do it again and subject your fish to even more stress of heat + salt, or meds if you decide to retreat with those. That's even harder on the fish than going to 2 tsp per gallon.
Kill it now and kill it good
Roan
If you do not kill the ich with the dosage you are using, you will have to do it again and subject your fish to even more stress of heat + salt, or meds if you decide to retreat with those. That's even harder on the fish than going to 2 tsp per gallon.
Kill it now and kill it good
Roan
cyberbeer65
Scratch Glass!
Just READ this article and you won't have ich anymore.
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39759
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39759
cyberbeer65 said:
yup thats where i have been using as refernce, but it doesn't really go into detail on what to expect while doing that treatment. this thread is just a log of me doing that treatment, but i'm going to take Roan's advice and up it to 2tsp of salt, i'd rather be safe than sorry.
One Week - All is well ... ?
:thm:
One Week - Well i still have my temp at 86, and I really think it's starting to get to some of my fish. Saddly all of them just arn't behaving as lively as they once were...but I am thinking it's just the added heat. I only added 40 tsp of salt to my tank, I have a 55g. I have not seen any ich on any of my fish since day 4, except one of my plecos...well I'm not sure. It's a sailfin pleco, and it has two identical white spots on either side of it's head...i can't tell if it's like a spike of his, a hair/brissle or ich. There are only these two spots on both sides of his head, yet they seem to stick out a little, i'm still unsure.They are identical on both sides, and seem to start a line of other spikes down his sides, but those arn't the same white color as the front-most spots. Because of that, i keep a careful eye on my tank for any other spots. I'll just keep a look out and continue my heat treatment until i'm convinced those white spots arn't ich (by no ich infection within a few days) OR if i spot any ich, i'll know i've added too little of salt and i'll just have to kick myself...but let's all hope for the better!
Soo to sum all that up, 40tsp of salt, 86 heat treatment, one week, (most likely) no ich. Waiting to make sure that there are no trace infections, going to take it day by day for a week or so. NO lost fish =)
:thm:
One Week - Well i still have my temp at 86, and I really think it's starting to get to some of my fish. Saddly all of them just arn't behaving as lively as they once were...but I am thinking it's just the added heat. I only added 40 tsp of salt to my tank, I have a 55g. I have not seen any ich on any of my fish since day 4, except one of my plecos...well I'm not sure. It's a sailfin pleco, and it has two identical white spots on either side of it's head...i can't tell if it's like a spike of his, a hair/brissle or ich. There are only these two spots on both sides of his head, yet they seem to stick out a little, i'm still unsure.They are identical on both sides, and seem to start a line of other spikes down his sides, but those arn't the same white color as the front-most spots. Because of that, i keep a careful eye on my tank for any other spots. I'll just keep a look out and continue my heat treatment until i'm convinced those white spots arn't ich (by no ich infection within a few days) OR if i spot any ich, i'll know i've added too little of salt and i'll just have to kick myself...but let's all hope for the better!
Soo to sum all that up, 40tsp of salt, 86 heat treatment, one week, (most likely) no ich. Waiting to make sure that there are no trace infections, going to take it day by day for a week or so. NO lost fish =)
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