ich- twitching?

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CBTF

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Jan 2, 2006
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Today I put one of my 3 platies into the hospital tank and she is being treated for ich/ick.

However, tonight I am noticing that another one of my platies that was in with her is acting strange. This platy is twitching, like it's trying to look up or something, it's body bends in like a U shap upwards (not much though). One of her gills looks a little irritated.

Could this be ich too? I dont see ANY white spots on her, just these weird movements.
 
I am aware that it spreads fast, however the majority of the tankmates of this platy can't be exposed to the ich meds I use anyhow.

I decided to treat both of them in the hospital tank. When the 3 day treatment is up, they will be put back into the main tank. If I notice re-occurance i'll just have to remove everyone I suppose.

I would add all 3 platies but im not sure about my hospital tank's size.. it's only 2 gallons. I suppose it would work for a few days, worse come to worse.

The H. tank has substrate and water (100%) from the home tank.
 
Not going to work for your ich situation. Read this article about ich and use the salt method.

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39759

I've treated a tank containing hypersensitive fish (Tetras, Sharks ...) using salt and accidentally overdosed (I gave almost 3x the maximum dose by accident) and left this overdose in for 36 hours before I noticed a problem. Not a single fish died from this salt overdose. Ich treatment must be for a minimum of 7 days at 80*F to be successful.
 
the medication i purcahsed is made specifically for ich, however. the case is not severe either. (the one fish showing "for sure" signs only has one spot on her tail and rarely rubs on objects.)

im fairly confident this will work, not to mention that this medication was expensive as hell. salt is not an option, as my frog is too sensitive. I dont not have the resources to move everyone around at the moment, so I must try this first.
 
give the medication a shot just make sure to treat a full 3 days (72 hours) after the last symptom dissapears not only until the spots are gone. I would prefer that you remove the sensitive frog from the tank and put him in that seperate tank you mentioned and treat all the fish in the main tank at once. The frog won't get infected by the ich and if left away from the fish for the minimum of 7 days you will be treating this ich, will not be able to re-infect the fish. You don't want to have this infectious agent survive asymptomaticly for a few months and then come back with a vengence later on so treat every fish completely.
 
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rrkss is correct, CBTF. The ich is in the tank, not just on the fish. If you don't treat all of them, right away, you could have a real problem on your hands.

Everytime the life cycle completes, the ich multiplies. You could have a very heavy infestation you'll have to deal with later and could lose some fish.

Roan
 
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