libertybelle
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Well apparently I did not quarantine for long enough. A few days after moving glo tetras from the quarantine tank the white spots show up.
Believe it or not I’ve never actually dealt with ich before despite having fish tanks for years.
I’m nervous about heat/salt because there are otos in the tank. I have ordered paraguard but I’m a bit nervous about it as well because there are a couple bamboo shrimp / ghost shrimp / snails in the tank.
All fish are still acting normal and eating well. Glo tetras are the only ones with spots at the moment, just a few on their fins, but I see no point moving them considering the whole tank probably needs to be treated for ich now.
No spots on the Pygmy cories in the 10 yet but they were sharing water with the tetras for a day and the 10 was the quarantine tank before I made it my shrimp / Cory tank. It’s probably up to their immune system whether they get it too.
Any advice for the best route to go given the presence of otos/ inverts? This is in the 29 gallon. (Details on my profile page) just tested and water chemistry is normal (0/0/5) I don’t have meds on hand so for tonight I’m just going to do a big water change and gravel vac. I will also increase the temperature a bit since I know most ich treatments do better at warmer temperatures to speed things up. I normally keep my tanks on the low side ~72 so I will probably have to creep that up quite a bit over time do treatment doesn’t take forever whatever I decide on.
Believe it or not I’ve never actually dealt with ich before despite having fish tanks for years.
I’m nervous about heat/salt because there are otos in the tank. I have ordered paraguard but I’m a bit nervous about it as well because there are a couple bamboo shrimp / ghost shrimp / snails in the tank.
All fish are still acting normal and eating well. Glo tetras are the only ones with spots at the moment, just a few on their fins, but I see no point moving them considering the whole tank probably needs to be treated for ich now.
No spots on the Pygmy cories in the 10 yet but they were sharing water with the tetras for a day and the 10 was the quarantine tank before I made it my shrimp / Cory tank. It’s probably up to their immune system whether they get it too.
Any advice for the best route to go given the presence of otos/ inverts? This is in the 29 gallon. (Details on my profile page) just tested and water chemistry is normal (0/0/5) I don’t have meds on hand so for tonight I’m just going to do a big water change and gravel vac. I will also increase the temperature a bit since I know most ich treatments do better at warmer temperatures to speed things up. I normally keep my tanks on the low side ~72 so I will probably have to creep that up quite a bit over time do treatment doesn’t take forever whatever I decide on.