ICH advice, help please it wont go.................

[gazza]

Right ill start off by telling you what i have.

I have a Juwel rio 300, its stocked with:-

5 Clown Loach
2Red finned Loach
1 Hoplo Catdish
1 Gibbecep Pleco
1 Bristle nosed pleco
4 Tin foil Barbs
2 Silver dollars
2 African Butterfly fish

All the levels seem fine, no drastic temperature changes, no recent additions to the tank.

I noticed that one of the Silver dollars had Ich slightly, so i raised the temperature and added a little salt. About two days later I noticed that although the Ich had cleared from my Silver Dollar ALL my Clown Loach were absolutly covered in ich, gutted. I did a 10% water change and I treated the tank with white spot treatment. I have been following the guidelines on the treatment since then but nothings happening.

I have had ich before but ive always been able to overcome it, all my other fish seem fine, no flashing, well no more than usual, its just the clown loach, i know that they are more prone to this but does any one know how else to treat this.

Thank you all in advance

GAZZA

 

[Endgame319]

Woah, watch it with the meds. The meds are a poison and the theory is that the ich will die before the fish. Since clown loaches dont have any scales they dont do well with ich meds. You should do a big water change and put some carbon in the filter to get rid of the meds. I reccomend the heat and salt treatment, for further info, read allivymar's article in the articles section.

 

[gazza]

Thanks

Ive read the article, interesting, it'll give me something to do tonight......

 

[Menagerie]

[center:73bfdb0af6] Welcome to AA, gazza! [/center:73bfdb0af6]
Give the heat and salt treatment a try. Your fish will thank you!