Ich and my python
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:48 pm
The dreaded ich showed up on Friday. I'm now in treatment mode, with the second (of a planned four) water change just completed. I'm wondering about my python. I have two tanks, the infected 125 gallon with my clown loaches and a 90-gallon cichlid tank. Obviously, I don't want to contaminate the cichlid tank (or re-infect the loach tank). Is it safe to change the water in my cichlid tank with the same python? After the second water change, I got the python as dry as possible and set it outside in the sun, but there are still droplets inside. And how serious is the risk, given that the last water through the python was 60 gallons from the tap? I'm thinking that I'd be safe if I let the python sit outside in the sun (it's blazing hot, 90-plus, here) for three days, I'd be safe. Any thoughts welcome.