Hi There,
This is my first post here, and I am pretty new to aquarium care. I've had tanks before, but someone else has always cared for them. Anyways, I bought a 40 gallon and the cycling has been going great, BUT out of the 5 fish that I bought to start up the tank, one had ICK! I took it back to the store the day after I bought it. Then last night I noticed another had ICK. I'm wondering if it might be best to just take the remaining 4 fish back to the store, and crank the heat on my tank up for a few days with no fish. Will that kill the ICK? I'd like to stay away from medications and all that as much as possible as this is a new tank, and I'd hate to start messing with salts/medications if I don't need to. I am SO upset with the store that sold me the fish with ICK to begin with. I know that it's up to me to look at the health of my fish before buying, but when I returned the fish with ICK the store personnel tried blaming it on over-feeding (which I absolutely was not) and my water quality. He tested my water saying PH, Ammonia and Nitrite were all high, but I thought that I could see him sneaking extra drops of the solution into the vials. He had me buy all kinds of things to put in the water (70 dollars worth). Something didn't seem right to me, so I brought my water to two other stores, and both of them tested my water to be perfect! Ph was 6.8, only a trace of Nitrite (normal for Day 4 in a new tank), no Ammonia. The ONE issue that I do have with my water is it is too soft in our area. My understanding is that I will need to adjust this with Seachem's Alkaline Buffer (Raises PH Increases Alkalinity (KH), and because I'm adding that I'll have to use Seachem's Neutral Regulator as well (adjusts high or low ph to 7.0). Does this all sound right? Thank you for any and all help/advice. I really appreciate it.
Oh, and what test kit should I buy? The Master? It doesn't seem to have a tester for GH/KH :huh:
THANKS AGAIN!
Shaunna:dive:
This is my first post here, and I am pretty new to aquarium care. I've had tanks before, but someone else has always cared for them. Anyways, I bought a 40 gallon and the cycling has been going great, BUT out of the 5 fish that I bought to start up the tank, one had ICK! I took it back to the store the day after I bought it. Then last night I noticed another had ICK. I'm wondering if it might be best to just take the remaining 4 fish back to the store, and crank the heat on my tank up for a few days with no fish. Will that kill the ICK? I'd like to stay away from medications and all that as much as possible as this is a new tank, and I'd hate to start messing with salts/medications if I don't need to. I am SO upset with the store that sold me the fish with ICK to begin with. I know that it's up to me to look at the health of my fish before buying, but when I returned the fish with ICK the store personnel tried blaming it on over-feeding (which I absolutely was not) and my water quality. He tested my water saying PH, Ammonia and Nitrite were all high, but I thought that I could see him sneaking extra drops of the solution into the vials. He had me buy all kinds of things to put in the water (70 dollars worth). Something didn't seem right to me, so I brought my water to two other stores, and both of them tested my water to be perfect! Ph was 6.8, only a trace of Nitrite (normal for Day 4 in a new tank), no Ammonia. The ONE issue that I do have with my water is it is too soft in our area. My understanding is that I will need to adjust this with Seachem's Alkaline Buffer (Raises PH Increases Alkalinity (KH), and because I'm adding that I'll have to use Seachem's Neutral Regulator as well (adjusts high or low ph to 7.0). Does this all sound right? Thank you for any and all help/advice. I really appreciate it.
Oh, and what test kit should I buy? The Master? It doesn't seem to have a tester for GH/KH :huh:
THANKS AGAIN!
Shaunna:dive:
It seems the common consensus is a week at high temp. without any host for it to attach itself to, it will die on it's own. Good Luck with your cycling and I just love your little Yorkie, she's so precious!!