Ich or Velvet?

[Aquarius0015]

I'm really sorry I upset you. I was just trying to be logical and thorough.

But why come to ask here if you have the answers??

I never said I have all the answers. I did happen to remember that one fact about ich dormancy, but there are still vital questions that the ich article did not address, namely which medication is safe for my shrimp, is Maracide as effective as QuIck Cure (I will continue with QuIck Cure in my main tank, but I might use the other in my betta tank), and why have the treatments so far this week resulted in an increase of the spots instead of a decrease?

 

[ScottoMacD]

Meds

I have only used a hospital tank when treating. I wouldn't treat my tank with the shrimp in it because it is also my planted tank.

I would suggest reading the instructions for anything about inverts. If it has no warnings about dosage or using it with them in the tank I would assume that it is safe for the inverts.

One thing I do know however is make sure that the product you finally decide to use has no copper in it. Copper kills inverts.


As for the spots. It all depends on how fast you catch the disease. In most cases it will get worse before it gets better.

Our cherry barb tank in the store just got ich bad. We decided to go a new route. We are treating with a regular does of quickcure in the morning and then a regular dose of formalin in the PM before closing.

I added a little salt and raised the temp to 85. Then added an airstone because formalin will affect the O2 levels at higher tempuratures.

The reasoning is that you can double dose formalin in a day. With the quickcure which has formalin in it. We add the second daily does direct.

We normally wouldn't experiment but the tank was forgotten and not checked over a couple of days for numerous reasons. (bottom tank, black gravel, dark fish in the corner etc...) So the barbs are in one sorry state. They must have had it for at least 3 days. We didn't expect many to survive so we are giving the heavier dosing a go.

 

[Aquarius0015]

Thanks for the advice! I appreciate it, and the advice of all the other helpful, experienced people here at the AC forums. I would have given up a while ago without you guys.