Cichlidluvr
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Thank you all for your time. I maintain a 60 gallon aquarium obsessively with EXTREMELY well behaved assorted Cichlids. Yes they all come from different regions but despite that - everyone lives harmoniously together. You'd think I had a community tank, because there is virtually ZERO aggression happening. Except for a quick burst of energy for a short lived chase. Otherwise that's it.
Here's my MAJOR problem with my aquarium. I keep getting ich. I have several scaleless fish. So I've trusted Kordon Ich Attack, as it used to be very effective in the past. But now it seems to make my kids sicker. I began to use the ich treatment as one of Electric Blue Acaras suddenly began to hide in the back corner and refuses to eat. Nobody is harassing it. Beforehand I'd been noticing some but not all of my fish were flashing at times. My OCD went into overdrive so I got my most powerful flashlight out to look for dreaded white spots. Unless my eyes were tricking me, I swore I saw a couple white spots on one of my Severums. The other fish were fine and acting alright except for that one EBA who has a much larger buddy. But no spots on anyone but still I medicated with the Ich Attack. My fish seem to react negatively to this stuff. I am going to do a good sized water change today as they're much more active than yesterday. Just wondering if I should remove all my fish, remove the old substrate, clean the tank and then start fresh? I can't understand why my tank keeps getting hit with ich when i am so vigilant with it's care and maintenance. I am never using Kordon ever again for ich control. Raising the temperature stresses my fish out. And with my syndodontis catfish and my clown loaches, I cannot add salt. I had 3 loaches but have already lost 2 of them. Any advice would be appreciated as my tank is my living room and i see everything that happens in there from where I sit. Thank you everyone. Happy fish keeping to all of you.
Here's my MAJOR problem with my aquarium. I keep getting ich. I have several scaleless fish. So I've trusted Kordon Ich Attack, as it used to be very effective in the past. But now it seems to make my kids sicker. I began to use the ich treatment as one of Electric Blue Acaras suddenly began to hide in the back corner and refuses to eat. Nobody is harassing it. Beforehand I'd been noticing some but not all of my fish were flashing at times. My OCD went into overdrive so I got my most powerful flashlight out to look for dreaded white spots. Unless my eyes were tricking me, I swore I saw a couple white spots on one of my Severums. The other fish were fine and acting alright except for that one EBA who has a much larger buddy. But no spots on anyone but still I medicated with the Ich Attack. My fish seem to react negatively to this stuff. I am going to do a good sized water change today as they're much more active than yesterday. Just wondering if I should remove all my fish, remove the old substrate, clean the tank and then start fresh? I can't understand why my tank keeps getting hit with ich when i am so vigilant with it's care and maintenance. I am never using Kordon ever again for ich control. Raising the temperature stresses my fish out. And with my syndodontis catfish and my clown loaches, I cannot add salt. I had 3 loaches but have already lost 2 of them. Any advice would be appreciated as my tank is my living room and i see everything that happens in there from where I sit. Thank you everyone. Happy fish keeping to all of you.
