Adangelo100
Aquarium Advice Regular
My best friend has a 2.5 gallon tank with a couple on neon tetras and a silver dollar (the tetras are being moved once we have the money to get a bigger one)...the 2.5g Is still cycling (3 1/2 wks in)... And outbreak of ich is currently plaguing her tank... My question is what can She do or better is what we ARE doing the right thing? It's been three days I've been helping her do 10% water changes and we slowly upped the temp to 86 degrees as well as added 1/4 tsp of pure salt (not table salt)... Ammonia is 0.25 nitrites are 5.0 (was down to 1.5/2 but skyrocketed as the amm levels went down) and nitrates have been steady at 5.0 for a week.. I know there are medications available and my dad gave me aquari-sol... But 1. We'd have to take out the filter and I really don't want to do that and 2. We REALLY don't want any chemicals in the tank.... Any advice? We are both VERY new to this so any kind words of advice please please please help?