This tank had anacharis which in the past for me died with the salt dosage so I took it out. I am going to go with your 2 teaspoons per rated gallon dose and see what happens. My temperature is up at 88* should I lower it to allow more oxygen to dissolve in the water?
Resistant Ich
- Thread starter rrkss
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I personally never run my temps that high, but enough people do that I don't think it's a problem. I hesitate to say which is better because I haven't tried the temps quite that high. One thing for sure, ich will have more trouble at 88 than it would at 82. I'm just not sure how 88 plays into the plant and fish equation. My personal preference has always been 80-82 but I imagine I'm being very conservative based on what other report.
dave
dave
David did you treat for the full 10 days with salt in your planted tank. I now think I know why my maracide treatment broke down. The tank is very high light with over 2 wpg and maracide is light sensitive. Probably the malachite broke down too quickly and some ich parasites survived.
I have treated full dose for as much as 3 weeks continually with plants in the tank. My q-tank doubles as a plant grow out tank and houses about 15 types of plants at any given time. It's running 5 wpg, pressurized Co2 and high fertilizer levels. Anachris was the only thing to show different than normal growth or symptoms.
Dave
Dave
That makes me feel a lot better. I've cured ich in the past numerous times with salt and love this treatment above medications. No staining, no organic breakdown, or anything else to worry about. I am normally very careful about introducing new fish into my main tanks but this time my QT failed and it was either take the risk or lose my new fish. I took the risk and now have to pay for it. Salt cures 9 different types of parasite infections so anything I don't know about in that tank will be hit also. Thanks for the help, I'll keep everyone posted about my plants and more importantly my fish.
Well I've added the salt into the tank. I did it in one shot using the airline hose method to slowly dispense some tank water with the 2 1/2 teaspoons per gallon of salt into the tank since the temperature is still pretty high 85* at the moment (Doing it in 3 doses like normal would give the ich the chance to go through a lifecycle at this temp). So far the fish look fine. I have to test the water very well since adding all the salt at once is known to disable nitrite eating bacteria though the salt will treat the effects of that. As long as my ammonia eaters are still working I am fine. I hope this works.
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