petunia100
Aquarium Advice Activist
I am currently battling a bout of ich from some new fish to my estabished 55, it's been running for almost two years now. I recently added some rainbows to my tank and sure enough saw ich a couple of days later, everyone is doing well other than the ich, eating fine and getting along. Only the new fish have a couple of spots, I turned the heat up just above 86 and am letting the heat do it's thing.
However one of the rainbows (I added four) seems to either have ich more badly than the others but it looks more like velvet to me, it's scales look like they have a greyish powder over them, finer than ich spots usually are. It's not getting worse and if anything is getting better, I read that the heat treatment for ich can cure velvet, I've never had velvet before but does anyone have any experience?
They've also suggested using a 3% salt bath, does that sound about right? I've never used salt when I've treated ich before only heat. My idea is to do just the heat in my 55, because I have some cory cats in there and pull the one rainbow out into a smaller container for salt baths. What concentration of salt would you suggest and how long should I leave him in there?
However one of the rainbows (I added four) seems to either have ich more badly than the others but it looks more like velvet to me, it's scales look like they have a greyish powder over them, finer than ich spots usually are. It's not getting worse and if anything is getting better, I read that the heat treatment for ich can cure velvet, I've never had velvet before but does anyone have any experience?
They've also suggested using a 3% salt bath, does that sound about right? I've never used salt when I've treated ich before only heat. My idea is to do just the heat in my 55, because I have some cory cats in there and pull the one rainbow out into a smaller container for salt baths. What concentration of salt would you suggest and how long should I leave him in there?