Ich Treatment
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aqua_holic
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I am not a fan of water changes during the treatment. Just an unnecessary variable to introduce, IMO.
The odds are OVERWHELMINGLY in your favor that you will not encounter such a problem again. You will know in 4-5 days whether the heat treatment is working or not. From there you can go nuclear if you want, but I would certainly not administer such a harsh treatment unless it were needed.
The odds are OVERWHELMINGLY in your favor that you will not encounter such a problem again. You will know in 4-5 days whether the heat treatment is working or not. From there you can go nuclear if you want, but I would certainly not administer such a harsh treatment unless it were needed.
Jessiicaxrosex3
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So you would recommend a higher temp, lights off, and no water changes? Or small water changes?
I would recommend no water changes when treating Ich unless you absolutely had to because of some other parameters being dangerously out of whack.
If you do have to do water changes make sure the water is at least as hot as the water in the tank.
If you do have to do water changes make sure the water is at least as hot as the water in the tank.
fish wrangler
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Would say 30 nitrates call for a pwc? Was about 20 nitrates 2 days ago
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Unless you have extremely nitrate sensitive fish I would let it ride during an Ich treatment.
Also, if you are truly increasing nitrates by 10ppm every 2 days you are going to have do an amazing amount water changes. I suspect you are dealing with accuracy issues with nitrate testing. For reference a well stocked tank will generate about 10ppm per week.
I was doing some water changes, 2 a week.
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Thanks for the post back. There's always something new out there.
I've never really done water changes while using heat treatment. That's more me being slack and not seeing the need for it. Same with a micron filter - just never worried about it.
Did the tank temp slip much after a water change? If it didn't, this suggests to me the heat resistant strain. To be honest I'd try talking with others in area on ich treatment and if using heat, see if any problems. Yours would be maybe the third post I've seen over several years on this possibility so the impression I get is it is rare but have little to back that up.
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