great Ich again!!!!

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Toothpik
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great Ich again!!!!

Post by Toothpik » Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:48 pm

great i have ich again!... appearantly i didnt kill it off last time....it went about one week then boom it comes again sigh..it looks like im back to buy more maracide....
currently-90gallon-5 rummy nose tetra,9 clown loach,3 rainbow fish, and soon 10-15 cardinal tetra.

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Post by chefkeith » Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:18 pm

Sorry to hear it.

Good luck with the treatment. Hopefully another round of treatments won't be too harsh on the fish.

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Post by Toothpik » Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:58 pm

i hope so too....im going to try 2 1/2 weeks of treatment and gravel vac bc it seem to do the trick for 2 weeks so maybe another half or full week would do the trick
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Post by shari2 » Thu Jan 22, 2009 12:17 am

make sure you do more frequent water changes with bottom vacuuming, and don't add any new fish! 8)

Don't stop treatment until you have seen NO spots for a FULL WEEK to 10 DAYS.

To emphasize:
Do frequent, and thorough water changes. Don't forget to add the appropriate amount of your treatment to the return water.

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Post by Toothpik » Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:11 pm

yes Ma'am! :) yeah i have learned my lesson but good news i got my eheim 2217 today
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Post by fhm_usa » Tue Feb 03, 2009 4:07 am

What's the name of the medication you use for ICK?

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Post by shari2 » Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:36 am

there are quite a few:

salt and heat (salt is not so great for loaches)
Rid Ich
Quick Cure

and others with malachite green and/or formalin.

see the sticky at the top of the page or look here for more info:
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm ... 0&aid=2421
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