Dead clown, maybe Ich HELP!

thanks for the advise, acording to my research and hes article the OTC meds are reallyt hard on ballah sharks and stressfull ,salt sounds like the best method for me, I just want to make sure I am doing it right!
 
I wish you all the best chance to destroy the ICH!!!!
Another mission for HeinekenMike!!!!
 
Salt can be very hard on, and even kill sharks. One treatment that is easier on all the fish is to turn the lights out, raise the temp to about 82 and add garlic to the food. The garlic is available at the fish store and the fish love it. It takes a few days to get results from this treatment, but it can be very successful and doesn't mess up the biological balance in the tank.
 
I am going with the salt I have mixed it with the aquarium water in a bucket, now just I add it all at once? I guess iwill just add the water with the salt from the bucket a little at a time over a couple hours?
 
aquak said:
Salt can be very hard on, and even kill sharks. One treatment that is easier on all the fish is to turn the lights out, raise the temp to about 82 and add garlic to the food. The garlic is available at the fish store and the fish love it. It takes a few days to get results from this treatment, but it can be very successful and doesn't mess up the biological balance in the tank.
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I knew I would see this day. One discus keeper uses garlic and claims it cleared his discus' internal parasites up and now people are trying to promote its use as an Ich treatment? Ich isn't even an internal parasite. Garlic will have no affect on Ich. The low levels of salt in an Ich treatment are usually safe for scaleless fishes. Using garlic (which isn't scientifically proven to my knowledge, if you have a link to scientific data rather than anecdotal evidence, I would love to read it, as I have garlic in the house always and it is cheap) would not kill the Ich and just lets it live longer in your tank, doing more damage to your fish, until you try a real cure. Salt/heat is the least expensive, least toxic and least complicated treatment that I know of.
 
I slowly rose my temp up to 86 degree's, I am using MORTON brand SALT with no Iodine in it, before I dump another days worth in I want to confirm with someone who knows about the salt bath method that this salt is ok to use. it contains Salt, and Calcium Silicate. is this ok? all the "Plain salt"s thay had at the store contained a second ingreident like this. I noticed all the fish are breathing very hard and fast, the buffalo cichild and the balla sharks seems to be having a very hard time so I just turned the temp down a couple degrees in hopes to supply more o2... anyway LET ME KNOW ABOUT THE SALT ASAP PLZ:)
 
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That salt should be fine. Many folks even use Iodized Morton salt, so this should be even easier. Also, if you think the fish are having an O2 problem, see if you can create some extra surface agitation with an outlet somewhere.
 
ok fantastic, also I dont exactly understand by what you mean to create more o2? on another subject I have also taken information from loaches.com since I have a few clown loaches and found this info usefull also http://www.loaches.com/salt.html I am using the article I read on this forum conbined with the info from loaches.com on salt treatment, so I will be adding the 2.75 teapsoons per gallon over the period of 3 days for a little over a week how does this sound?
 
I have heard the garlic claim as well, but only once, and that suggestion came from someone with a Saltwater tank. Saltwter ich I know little about, I couldn't tell you if it's a similar critter, or what it may react too. I only know that As Harlock said there is little possibility it could have any effect on ich at all. So the new rumor blooms, and the confusion is magnified some more.
I also would love to see some scientific evidence, and if I am wrong on my stance I will gladly say so when I know better.
dave
 
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