higher temp/salt treatment w/ mbuna

[TRDfan]

most of my mbuna have ich and i was going to treat it with higher temp and salt treatment. BUT i have a pleco in there too....would he survive the treatment??

I have 2 red zebras, 2 OB red zebras, 2 yellow labs, 2 mainganos

 

[Jmedic25]

Can you take the pleco out? He really need treatment also. Maybe you should do meds instead of salt...Remove deco and go blue....Sux...I hate ich

 

[TRDfan]

I plan on treating the pleco too but i was wondering if he would survive the treatment. from my reading/research, higher temp+salt works best with minimal stress to fish...so i shall try that first

but could any1 confirm that the pleco would be ok with the treatment

 

[Jmedic25]

I dont have any personal exp. with plecos and salt treatment...But I found this...Someone else will chime in soon. I hope you get it cleared up fast.
Internal and External (Ick) Parasite Treatment for Plecos

 

[got-to-love-Chiclids]

I have my bushy nose Made it threw mine. But remember every fish is different the salt kinda slowed down his growth rate

 

[Cichlid-dude]

I just had an ich outbreak and my sailfin pleco did great, he grew about an inch in the 2 weeks the temp was elevated with salt

 

[ashleynicole]

Just do the heat, no salt. And lots of aereation

 

[TRDfan]

thanks for the tips/advice every1

 

[ashleynicole]

I've cleared ich successfully with heat only plenty of times over the years and it minimizes the losses.

 

[Labenator65000]

You might consider adding additional aeration, like an airstone, etc. The hot water saps it of oxygen, or so I have read.