I have 3 of 8 Africans that have survived a long, hard battle with what seemed to be very aggresive ich brought in by a culprit that i didnt quarantine. I know better but i let my guard down. I took all of my Africans out of the tank upon discovering the early signs of the parasite, and divided them up into 2 quarantine tanks of sufficient size. After removing the cichlids from the 250g, I turned the temp up to 90 degrees, added salt, and left it for a little over 2 weeks along with some water changes and more salt.
Yesterday i started my decline in temp, tested water perameters, all checked out ok. I had been observing my survivors in the quarantine tank and they appeared to be acting, looking healthy, and back to normal so i decided to add them back into the 250g. Almost immediatly (within 10 mins) I noticed my female Sciaenochromis flashing, something she had not done in the quarantine tank. The survivors are obviously the cichlids that really didnt get the ich infestation as bad as the others that didnt make it, and man i lost some real beauties. This was definitly some hellacious ich. Ive treated it befor with succes but honestly i never knew it could get that aggresive. I thought i caught it early, but in no time at all most of em were absolutely infested. Whats up with that? Have you ever heard of such a thing?
I kept an eye on the Sciaenochromis throughout the night, and the flashing didnt let up. Just befor going to bed i thought id observe one more time, and i noticed my ruby red flashing too. My Otopharynx lithobates seems to holding up quite well, i thought of placeing them in back in the quarantine tank, but i dont think its a parasite. Theyve been moved to much today, and, im drained. Catching them in the 250g full of lace rock is nearly impossible, yes i already put the rocks back in, and dont feel like taking em out again. At least not tonight. So, whats up guys, what do you think ? Do you think its the high salt content irritating them ? I purposly kept it high. They look very healthy but have been through alot the past couple of weeks. It cant be ich again can it ? I treated the quarantine tank properly. And as for the 250g, it should definitly be gone after a sustained period of 90 degrees plus salt treatment while uninhabited. There is absolutely no white specs on any of em.
Bacterial infection ? I think its unlikely because hours, and in one case (sciaenochromis) 10 minutes earlier in the quarantine tank thier behavior was normal. So whats up ? What do you think ?
Yesterday i started my decline in temp, tested water perameters, all checked out ok. I had been observing my survivors in the quarantine tank and they appeared to be acting, looking healthy, and back to normal so i decided to add them back into the 250g. Almost immediatly (within 10 mins) I noticed my female Sciaenochromis flashing, something she had not done in the quarantine tank. The survivors are obviously the cichlids that really didnt get the ich infestation as bad as the others that didnt make it, and man i lost some real beauties. This was definitly some hellacious ich. Ive treated it befor with succes but honestly i never knew it could get that aggresive. I thought i caught it early, but in no time at all most of em were absolutely infested. Whats up with that? Have you ever heard of such a thing?
I kept an eye on the Sciaenochromis throughout the night, and the flashing didnt let up. Just befor going to bed i thought id observe one more time, and i noticed my ruby red flashing too. My Otopharynx lithobates seems to holding up quite well, i thought of placeing them in back in the quarantine tank, but i dont think its a parasite. Theyve been moved to much today, and, im drained. Catching them in the 250g full of lace rock is nearly impossible, yes i already put the rocks back in, and dont feel like taking em out again. At least not tonight. So, whats up guys, what do you think ? Do you think its the high salt content irritating them ? I purposly kept it high. They look very healthy but have been through alot the past couple of weeks. It cant be ich again can it ? I treated the quarantine tank properly. And as for the 250g, it should definitly be gone after a sustained period of 90 degrees plus salt treatment while uninhabited. There is absolutely no white specs on any of em.
Bacterial infection ? I think its unlikely because hours, and in one case (sciaenochromis) 10 minutes earlier in the quarantine tank thier behavior was normal. So whats up ? What do you think ?
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