My convicts and pictus cats are iinfected with ich, do I need to worry about any complications with treatment, specificly the convict babies and the kitties. Thanks :bowing:
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I believe that the pictus cats don't have scales, which means they are in for a ride if you do medication. I believe the recommendation is to go half dose on meds if you have fish without scales in the tank.
That being said, I would try raising the temp and adding salt. I'll let a more seasoned hobbiest give the procedure for that.
That being said, I would try raising the temp and adding salt. I'll let a more seasoned hobbiest give the procedure for that.
Raising the temp slowly to about 85-86 and adding some salt can be used in combination with medication.
Some people swear by just heat with or without salt and frequent large waterchanges to get rid off ick - I have tried it but it was not fully effective for me.
I have successfully treated plecos in the past with a combination of Formalin and Malachite green. This combination is present in most common Ick medications.
When you medicate just follow the directions on the bottle and do it in combination with raised temperature , increased airaition, stop feeding and large waterchanges (50%)
When I treat for Ick I do a 50% change before each treatment and do treatments on days:1, 3,6 and 10 at which point they should be cured. At day 12 do a large waterchange and filter with activated carbon.
Make sure it is Ick and not Oodium (Velvet) which also presents itself as small white spots but smaller then ick . If it is Oodium it is much nastier and you need to put the lights out and cover the tank in addition to the treatment . Also keep treating for 30 days with additional treatments on day 15 , 20 and 28 - finishing with waterchange and carbon on day 30.
Best of luck
Some people swear by just heat with or without salt and frequent large waterchanges to get rid off ick - I have tried it but it was not fully effective for me.
I have successfully treated plecos in the past with a combination of Formalin and Malachite green. This combination is present in most common Ick medications.
When you medicate just follow the directions on the bottle and do it in combination with raised temperature , increased airaition, stop feeding and large waterchanges (50%)
When I treat for Ick I do a 50% change before each treatment and do treatments on days:1, 3,6 and 10 at which point they should be cured. At day 12 do a large waterchange and filter with activated carbon.
Make sure it is Ick and not Oodium (Velvet) which also presents itself as small white spots but smaller then ick . If it is Oodium it is much nastier and you need to put the lights out and cover the tank in addition to the treatment . Also keep treating for 30 days with additional treatments on day 15 , 20 and 28 - finishing with waterchange and carbon on day 30.
Best of luck
I have had great success using heat and salt. Raise the temperature up to 85F and add 2tbsp salt/ 10g. Keep up 2 days after cysts have disapeared and the heat a week after.
The fish that I have used this on have lost all their cycsts within a day.
The fish that I have used this on have lost all their cycsts within a day.
Thanks
Thanks everyone for the help, I have decided after researching to use the salt and heat treatment, It's a 40 gall tank and I put 80 tsp of table salt so far in 20 tsp intervals over the past two days, what or when should I expect to start seeing results? The tank is still covered in ich, how long should I wait before trying some meds in the tank if I see no results?
Thanks everyone for the help, I have decided after researching to use the salt and heat treatment, It's a 40 gall tank and I put 80 tsp of table salt so far in 20 tsp intervals over the past two days, what or when should I expect to start seeing results? The tank is still covered in ich, how long should I wait before trying some meds in the tank if I see no results?
Thanks eveyone, the salt treatment is turning out nice and the ick has started to subside, I am gonig to continue the heat and reduce the salt to 10 teaspon per 40 gallons a day. I think that the reduction of salt will be enough to kill the ick and not put too much stress on the fish.
84, to my understanding of salt, new salt is not neccasary because the old salt is not all going to be picked up by the filter?
