pleco and salt

Fishy_Fun

Fishy_Fun

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can i use salt to treat ick even if there are corys and a pleco in there?if so can i use table salt?i think i might have ick as all the fish are acting strange and i think salt will help.Even if they don't have ick it might clear it up.just in case your wondering ammonia 0,nitrite 0,and nitrate below 10.

heres the problem
i added a molly about two weeks ago even after quarantining it i think it had ick because just a couple days ago it started occasionally scratching against a leaf.i have seen both my danios rubbing on the sand as well.i also got two swordtails and one hides and sits in the corner and doesn't eat anything except bloodworms and the other sits in the top corner but eats and has scratched a couple times.i see no visible signs of ick (no spots) but they seem listless and not very active any ideas why there doing this:confused:
 
What's the pH and temp in the tank? Flashing can be cause by any kind of irritant, not just ich.
 
Don't treat yet unless you see sure signs of ich. Flashing occasionally is fine but too often would be an abnormal sign.

By the way, when my loaches had ich, I treated with table salt at a tablespoon per 5g. I dissolved it before adding to my tank. Plecos and loaches were fine during treatment.
 
Fishy_Fun said:
so i shouldn't do anything even though they seem lifeless because both female swords sit in the corner and hide.i do see the male chasing them alot would that cause the female swords to hide and sit in the corner?but that doesn't explain the molly
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That would explain why your swordtails seem stressed then. Is your tank heavily decorated?
 
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