If it looks like you are getting results at 1 tsp/gal, you could stay there, but you may have to treat longer. I would keep up my regular water change schedule ensuring to treat the new water to the same concentration.
Ack!! I'm a noobie and my fish got Ick!
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I have some white spots floating on the surface of my tank. Does that mean that my salt isn't dissolved correctly? Or is it just floating ick. If so, how do I get rid of it?
After the beginning treatment, I know you do water changes and I have to add salt equal to the amount of water taken out. Do I do water changes based on what I normally do (weekly, 20% water change, 5 gallon taken out, add 10 tsp salt?)
After the beginning treatment, I know you do water changes and I have to add salt equal to the amount of water taken out. Do I do water changes based on what I normally do (weekly, 20% water change, 5 gallon taken out, add 10 tsp salt?)
Undissolved salt will sink to the bottom, as it is more dense than water. As ich parasites fall of of the fish, they too will sink to the bottom.CaitxSith said:
As long as I am seeing spots on the fish, I change water daily. When I no longer see the spots, I go back to once a week.
For 2 tsp per gallon, yes, 10 tsp for 5 gallons.
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the white spots may be scales from the dead fish... and yes the dead fish may have contributed to your fish all getting sick, but that is not the origin of the ich, which would be from your fish store
btw, salt is the easiest treatment, just take a spoon, or a tsp scoop, then add 40 scoops of salt, this isnt really that much, considering how much water that is... then you take your heater and turn it up, come back an hour later and see what the temperature is in the tank, if its below 82, then repeat, if its above 82, then turn it down a little, coming back an hour later to check the water temp, once you get it to 82, stop, check the water a day later to make sure that its staying the same (if it lowers, turn it up a little ect....) once you have the temperature set (no it wont kill them) and the salt ready (no this is not too much salt) just leave the tank alone for 2 weeks, doing bi-weekly waterchanges, as you do waterchanges put 2 scoops of salt per gallon that you add as you add it. once two weeks are over, you are ich free (im 98% sure of it if you followed the steps right) if ich comes back later it will be because it hitched a ride agian on something from the fish store, to prevent this, get a q-tank.
good luck
btw- how old is this tank, and where are you buying your fish from?
btw, salt is the easiest treatment, just take a spoon, or a tsp scoop, then add 40 scoops of salt, this isnt really that much, considering how much water that is... then you take your heater and turn it up, come back an hour later and see what the temperature is in the tank, if its below 82, then repeat, if its above 82, then turn it down a little, coming back an hour later to check the water temp, once you get it to 82, stop, check the water a day later to make sure that its staying the same (if it lowers, turn it up a little ect....) once you have the temperature set (no it wont kill them) and the salt ready (no this is not too much salt) just leave the tank alone for 2 weeks, doing bi-weekly waterchanges, as you do waterchanges put 2 scoops of salt per gallon that you add as you add it. once two weeks are over, you are ich free (im 98% sure of it if you followed the steps right) if ich comes back later it will be because it hitched a ride agian on something from the fish store, to prevent this, get a q-tank.
good luck
btw- how old is this tank, and where are you buying your fish from?
Hey people!
Update on how the ick treatment is going:
Well, I had to stay up till 11 PM but I managed to finish the thing and all I have to do is wait and water change... It's either the fish doesn't have ick or it has very little right now..
Thanks, all of you and I will keep this updated (or should I), maybe put it on my sig.
@Lobo - I just finished cycling about 2 months ago. I bought my fish at Pet Goods, ONLY when my favorite guy comes to work there (he pretty much knows too much about fish
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Update on how the ick treatment is going:
Well, I had to stay up till 11 PM but I managed to finish the thing and all I have to do is wait and water change... It's either the fish doesn't have ick or it has very little right now..
Thanks, all of you and I will keep this updated (or should I), maybe put it on my sig.
@Lobo - I just finished cycling about 2 months ago. I bought my fish at Pet Goods, ONLY when my favorite guy comes to work there (he pretty much knows too much about fish
)You have recieved good advice so far. One thing I would like to mention though. Someone in this thread (don't remember who) mentioned to add some salt back in after each water change to keep it up. I however would not add salt after each time, maybe after 5 or 6 water changes if you are still having problems. The reason for this is because the way the salt works when treating fish is that the salinity changes somewhat rapidly. The salt going back down after each water change will have a similar effect as when the salinity goes up. The pathogen, parasite, etc has a hard time adjusting to the changing salinity because they are such a simple life form.
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Ty for telling me 
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Well, although it's the same day, I'll update anyways:
blue tetra has no ick and the others don't either. Just the glo-lite...
hmm... maybe I should turn this into a topic...
worth a shot
and you can look at my sig for any changes
: Well, although it's the same day, I'll update anyways:
blue tetra has no ick and the others don't either. Just the glo-lite...
hmm... maybe I should turn this into a topic...
worth a shot
and you can look at my sig for any changes
By the way, if you have plants and you catch the ick early it has been my experience that high heat (86c+ ) alone will wipe out ick. Usually I do a quick scan after adding any new fish to the tank, if I see a single white spot I just slowly ramp up the temperature to 86 degrees. If you raise the temperature slowly, even colder tropicals like neons will tolerate the high temperature. Plus the plants don't seem to mind one bit.
Well....
Glolite tetra is *nearly* clean of ick, but that doesn't mean that ick is gone from my tank, does it?
My blue tetra died
I guess he couldn't handle the heat AND the salinity...
Planning to get 4 more black neons(I'll slowly add 4 more every week) and a snail
When can I add the fish and the snail?
because snail+salt=..........yeah
*EDIT* Yay! My pleco doesn't have ick anymore and his belly is quite plump, unlike last time, where his belly was quite inwards....
Glolite tetra is *nearly* clean of ick, but that doesn't mean that ick is gone from my tank, does it?
My blue tetra died
I guess he couldn't handle the heat AND the salinity...
Planning to get 4 more black neons(I'll slowly add 4 more every week) and a snail
When can I add the fish and the snail?
because snail+salt=..........yeah
*EDIT* Yay! My pleco doesn't have ick anymore and his belly is quite plump, unlike last time, where his belly was quite inwards....
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