Ich Heat treatment
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fish wrangler
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Ok, would 88 be safer than 86 then? More room before it is to cold???
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fish wrangler
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Heat is 88. I think ~5 of the neons still have spots. Heat seems like it is working 
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fish wrangler
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I only saw 1 neon with 1 spot yesterday.
Should I drop the heat 2 weeks after I added the second heater or 2 weeks from when I raised the tank temp?
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Should I drop the heat 2 weeks after I added the second heater or 2 weeks from when I raised the tank temp?
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Fishanatic
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2 weeks after the temp went aboe 86.
55 Gallon- Empty
125 Gallon- CKF and Tiger Oscar
220 Gallon- To come...
55 Gallon- Empty
125 Gallon- CKF and Tiger Oscar
220 Gallon- To come...
Eggheadfish
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Sorry to interject guys...I see a lot of discussion on raising the heat and none on medicating.
Are you also treating the ich alongside of the temp raise? I was under the impression that the heat treatment speeds up the life cycle but won't kill ich unless there is an absence of a host (empty tank)
Please correct me if I'm wrong
Are you also treating the ich alongside of the temp raise? I was under the impression that the heat treatment speeds up the life cycle but won't kill ich unless there is an absence of a host (empty tank)
Please correct me if I'm wrong
aqua_holic
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Raising the temp IS the treatment. It disrupts the life cycle of the parasite, causing it to die off. It's really as simple as that to treat ich, the vast majority of the time.
Eggheadfish
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Guess I got some bad info. I cranked the heat and medicated so I guess I'm doing double duty!
aqua_holic
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It's often recommended to raise the temp with meds, to speed things up like you had mentioned. But only to the low 80s. High 80s and meds is more stressful than it needs to be.
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fish wrangler
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Just checked tank and found no spots , 2 pond snails , no shrimp (think heat killed them), and one weird neon. He is not eating, but is drifting in the current, and swims away from the filter output.
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, 2 pond snails , no shrimp (think heat killed them), and one weird neon. He is not eating, but is drifting in the current, and swims away from the filter output. Sent from my SCH-I545 using Aquarium Advice mobile app
