gimmethatfish
Aquarium Advice Activist
So, I have some ich happening. It's now in 3 of my tanks. I'm usually super careful about not cross-contaminating, but obviously not careful enough.
I know how to treat the bettas and have been doing so with high temps and salt. However, I have one tank that most definitely has ich and also African dwarf frogs. I also have a 120 gallon community that has shown no signs of ich so far, but that tank has cories (paleatus), snails, and panda garras - all of which I don't think will tolerate salt treatment. Like I said, no ich so far in this tank, but I want to be prepared.
Has anyone had success with heat alone killing ich? I have read so many different articles with people saying heat works great alone to some saying heat doesn't work without salt/meds. I've had good success with salt + 86 degrees with the bettas, but I worry about the cories, frogs, panda garras, etc. If heat alone might do the trick, will cories tolerate that temperature for a few days?
Lastly, think it would do good to get a UV sterilizer for my 120 gallon tank?
I know how to treat the bettas and have been doing so with high temps and salt. However, I have one tank that most definitely has ich and also African dwarf frogs. I also have a 120 gallon community that has shown no signs of ich so far, but that tank has cories (paleatus), snails, and panda garras - all of which I don't think will tolerate salt treatment. Like I said, no ich so far in this tank, but I want to be prepared.
Has anyone had success with heat alone killing ich? I have read so many different articles with people saying heat works great alone to some saying heat doesn't work without salt/meds. I've had good success with salt + 86 degrees with the bettas, but I worry about the cories, frogs, panda garras, etc. If heat alone might do the trick, will cories tolerate that temperature for a few days?
Lastly, think it would do good to get a UV sterilizer for my 120 gallon tank?