Trying to treat ick or something similar and losing
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 5:00 pm
Another dead clown loach this morning.
2 weeks ago I notices white spots on their fins and body. Since then I've raised the tank temp to 84F, removed the carbon from the filter ,added 1.5 tablets if tetra ick guard to my 30gallon tank (1/2 recommended dose) with 15ml stress coat and a cycle treatment with 5gallon daily water changes with gravel vacuum. I've lost three out of six now. I thought that I've been doing the correct treatments but I'm still losing them. They are about 2" long so still young. I found one as a white slimey ball under one of my plants in a corner, the other 2 I removed as soon as I found their corpses.
It's getting desperate, I'm quite attached to my loaches but I'm a novice to aquariums - had the tank going for about 1year.
Any advice appreciated.
I've read the locked post on this site for ick treatment, I guess I'm doing the right thing. More or less. Can anyone confirm ick from the above image- loach on the right? -hidden when viewed on a phone.
Masrock
2 weeks ago I notices white spots on their fins and body. Since then I've raised the tank temp to 84F, removed the carbon from the filter ,added 1.5 tablets if tetra ick guard to my 30gallon tank (1/2 recommended dose) with 15ml stress coat and a cycle treatment with 5gallon daily water changes with gravel vacuum. I've lost three out of six now. I thought that I've been doing the correct treatments but I'm still losing them. They are about 2" long so still young. I found one as a white slimey ball under one of my plants in a corner, the other 2 I removed as soon as I found their corpses.
It's getting desperate, I'm quite attached to my loaches but I'm a novice to aquariums - had the tank going for about 1year.
Any advice appreciated.
I've read the locked post on this site for ick treatment, I guess I'm doing the right thing. More or less. Can anyone confirm ick from the above image- loach on the right? -hidden when viewed on a phone.
Masrock