I have a problem I think, my tankis fully cycled It has been up and running for 6 weeks ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrates 10. I origionally had 2 cory cats and a snail and 2 weeks ago i added 2 glass fish and 4 days ago 3 neons. Ok heres the question, i noticed a white spot on one of the neons tail and it seems to have spread and it looks like a spot on another neon, all the other fish are fine, but i notice the only fish that eat are the corys, the neons seem to act normal. I guess im asking what to do at this point? from pics of ich it looks liek the beginning stages of it, what do i do to treat? I hear conflicting information
ick problem please help
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can i use salt with the cory cats and the snail? I dont have a quaranteen tank available. And if i do get one do they need a filter in the quaranteen tank while im treating my main tank?:
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Filtration systems are a must and are very important in every tank.
Dissolve the salt first before adding it to your tank.
That indeed is a very good article and what I've just used to successfully clear Ich from my tank.
1. crank the temp up to 86-88F. This will lower your water oxygen content so good to have an airstone running along with this as well.
2. get the salt up to he required dose slowly by using a massive water change, you need 1 teaspoon every 4 litres. If you have a 100l tank, for example, you need 25 teaspoons. Remove 5 x 10 litre buckets of water and add then back in at 1 bucket per hour (remember to equalize temps and add dechlorinator)
3. slowly, at about one 10l bucket per hour with 5 teaspoons of salt in each bucket, add the new water in. You are now acclimatising your fish to salt
4. Step 4 is clearly my opinion and other opinions may vary. Complete daily water changes with gravel vacs over next two weeks, just does the bucket to the right level. If you are doing 10l per day you need 2.5 teaspoons, just under one tablespoon per bucket as the correct does is 1 tsp per 4 litre (roughly a US Gallon). Again, make sure to remember to use dechlorinated water and correct temp of water going in. My reasoning behind this is that the Ich lives in three different parts of your tank during its life cycle (i) on the fish, nothing you can do its protected there, so the high heat gets it off quicker (ii) the substrate, you can remove a tiny amount with gravel vacs and this keep syour water quality good so helps lessen stress on fish (iii) in the water, where the salt will kill the Ich off
5. Again my opinion, your fish are under stress, so build up positive association with water changes. Chuck a little food in the water bucket before adding in, I do this and my fish get really excited when I do a water change as they know food is on the way
6. Again my opinion. Ich treatment can cause stress on your filter, especially if meds were used (IMO dont use meds, just use salt and heat). So while doing all this add in BioSpira with the water changes
7. You must continue treament one full week (at least, some would go for 2 full weeks after last spot, you have to find the balance though as salt + heat does stress the fish, but not as much as meds do!) after last spot dissappears
8. you will have losses, make sure they are removed asap so you dont get ammonia spikes that will stress your fish further
Some of this is clearly my opinion, however it did work for me.