clown loaches with ich - help please!

[malfist]

That is great news! Just remember to keep treating for a week after you see no more spots.

 

[bezprizornik]

Thanks to everyone for your advises!!!

 

[bezprizornik]

absolutely! still keeping temp up for few days, + ich attack and aquarisol + gravel vac and some water changes

 

[Mumma.of.two]

Well done!

 

[bezprizornik]

the irony of it all - bn pleco, who brought in ick got chopped up last night by my additional waterpump... when i was scraping him off the pump i've noticed some algae on the inner side of it - he had plenty everywhere else! any suggestions how to prevent this from happening with smaller fish in the future? maybe some kind of mesh around the blowing part? still can't believe - all this drama and $$$ and the source of it just quits on me like that! Uhhh...

 

[bezprizornik]

well, experience is a child of mistakes!

 

[malfist]

What type of pump do you have?

 

[bezprizornik]

http://www.petco.com/assets/product_images/7/797926061306D.jpg

 

[malfist]

You could try cheese cloth tied around the intake

 

[bezprizornik]

do you think it's safe now to put carbon and life plants back in? - last wednesday i took plants and driftwood out before i treated main tank with super ick cure; plants and wood are hanging in the hospital tank - its been over a week - i have java moss growing on wood, that's why i didn't just take it out and dried...

 

[malfist]

Treat until it's been a week since you've seen spots. Then add carbon to take out the medicine.

 

[Mumma.of.two]

Has the QT got a heater? They might still have ich on them. I would keep them quarantined for at least 2 weeks or longer if the temps really low.