FreedomLantern
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Oct 19, 2019
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Hello! About a week ago, I bought a pair of Blue Moscow guppies and an Otocinclus catifsh, and added them to my established 3 gallon tank. The tank already had 3 healthy guppies.
Because one of my old guppies was pregnant, and I wasn't sure when the blue Moscow was going to give birth, I foolishly put both in the birther two days ago. Today I was looking at them and could see that both fish had ich and clamped fins, with the new Blue Moscow to a greater degree. So I released both of them back into the tank today. I think the stress caused it to break out on them worse, but I see now that some of the other fish have it also.
Currently the tank has 8 fish: 7 guppies and the catfish. I know this is too many for such a small tank, when this is over I'll take some out and put them in my other tank. It was my intention to do so earlier, but I obviously can't now since this tank has parasites.
On hand for medicines are Cupramine and formalin. I also have aquarium salt which I've been adding as a standard to my tank anyway, so I don't think that will help much. My heater is preset so I can't raise the temperature to 86 degrees like some sites recommend.
My question is, should I use Cupramine or formalin, and what would the dosing be? I've read that catfish can be more sensitive to some treatments, so I want to be cautious here. Yesterday I performed a 50% water change, and a 50% water change a week ago when I added the fish.
I also bought a bunch of frogbit with the fish, could that be a carrier of ich? While I think it's the fish, it could be a possibility.
Thanks in advance for feedback.
Because one of my old guppies was pregnant, and I wasn't sure when the blue Moscow was going to give birth, I foolishly put both in the birther two days ago. Today I was looking at them and could see that both fish had ich and clamped fins, with the new Blue Moscow to a greater degree. So I released both of them back into the tank today. I think the stress caused it to break out on them worse, but I see now that some of the other fish have it also.
Currently the tank has 8 fish: 7 guppies and the catfish. I know this is too many for such a small tank, when this is over I'll take some out and put them in my other tank. It was my intention to do so earlier, but I obviously can't now since this tank has parasites.
On hand for medicines are Cupramine and formalin. I also have aquarium salt which I've been adding as a standard to my tank anyway, so I don't think that will help much. My heater is preset so I can't raise the temperature to 86 degrees like some sites recommend.
My question is, should I use Cupramine or formalin, and what would the dosing be? I've read that catfish can be more sensitive to some treatments, so I want to be cautious here. Yesterday I performed a 50% water change, and a 50% water change a week ago when I added the fish.
I also bought a bunch of frogbit with the fish, could that be a carrier of ich? While I think it's the fish, it could be a possibility.
Thanks in advance for feedback.