MamaJasmine
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
- Joined
- Nov 15, 2011
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- 45
I posted a few weeks ago about a recurrent ick problem that I just can not get to go away. I had at that point tried 3 medications, and salt treatment on my fish. It was suggested that I do a heat treatment at that time, which I have been doing since. I have my tank set at 86 right now, which is the max for my new heater. I have only lost 1 fish to ick, but more of my fish are looking unhealthy and one is very pale right now. I plan on doing a 50% water change today and taking out my plastic plants and the majority of decoration and doing a major gravel vac. Not sure what I can do at this point to help my fish. Here are some thoughts I have had:
-do a treatment of paragard with the raised heat.
-add in some live plants after removing all the old decor to help improve water quality and off the fish a little bit of hiding spots.
-keep up heat treatment for now and vacuum daily with a bare tank.
-remove the bio wheel.. thinking maybe that is filtering out too much of the meds I have tried.. with a combo of paragard and removing the wheel maybe we might make some head way.
-do a treatment of paragard with the raised heat.
-add in some live plants after removing all the old decor to help improve water quality and off the fish a little bit of hiding spots.
-keep up heat treatment for now and vacuum daily with a bare tank.
-remove the bio wheel.. thinking maybe that is filtering out too much of the meds I have tried.. with a combo of paragard and removing the wheel maybe we might make some head way.