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Ich; How to stop it...?
Topic Started: Apr 21 2008, 04:22 AM (120 Views)
epochnovus	Apr 21 2008, 04:22 AM Post #1
Member Posts: 14 Group: Members Member #387 Joined: March 15, 2008	Hi, I saw a nice looking comet about to be eaten by a mexican walking fish. I felt really sorry for it and bought on impulse. Looks like the MWF took a little chunk out of one of its fins. My problem is that when I took it home I didn't have anywhere to put it except the same tank as my shubunkin. Not a week after I got this shubunkin there was an outbreak of ich. I tried to treat it with multicure and the shubunkin almost died (even though I was using half dose). I resorted to moving the shubunkin between bowls every day (highly stressful I know, but it had a bad reaction to the multicure). I just know that with a stressed and injured fish the prospect of an ich outbreak is very real. I have some sea salt and will add it gradually (through water changes) to the tank. I read that ich don't like the darkness and higher temperatures. Should I buy a heater and crank it up to 26 degrees for a week as I slowly add the salty water? I just wanna attack the ich before it happens again. I just don't want to have to put that horrible green stuff in the tank ever again. I threw out all the stones and decorations and plants last time. The only consolidation is that the tank has been set up for two months now, whereas the first time around the conditions for the shubunkin were also a contributing problem. I'm so scared my shubunkin will suffer because of this. What do I do? :(



Alexander	Apr 21 2008, 03:18 PM Post #2
Master Admin Of WWFA Posts: 302 Group: Head Admin Member #1 Joined: September 9, 2006	Well you can but the heater to a medium heat and add the sea salt gradually and that should prevent it, I never heard of ich not liking darkness so I dont suggest the blackout of the tank. I like to use metafix which works wonders on ich for me but with some people it doesent so maybe I just get a better powerful one? Do what you think is best.
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epochnovus	Apr 23 2008, 03:36 AM Post #3
Member Posts: 14 Group: Members Member #387 Joined: March 15, 2008	Alexander Apr 21 2008, 03:18 PM Well you can but the heater to a medium heat and add the sea salt gradually and that should prevent it, I never heard of ich not liking darkness so I dont suggest the blackout of the tank. I like to use metafix which works wonders on ich for me but with some people it doesent so maybe I just get a better powerful one? Do what you think is best. I must've confused the darkness thing with ich when it's for velvet disease (oh well, two in one). How much sea salt should I use per Litre or per gallon? I'm putting four teaspoons of it in a tub with 20 Litres of water and I'm doing daily 10% water changes, introducing the salty water slowly. Should I increase the salt content? These fish are babies (about 2 inches long each).


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