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I thought the local aquarium was ok but they steered me wrong by selling me the tandanus with white spot. I will step up the water changes. Not sure when to dose with ick stuff as it said not to be used more than once a week, with water changes will it be effective? I have ph up drops i got...

The ph was 7 last few times I checked but that was over a week ago so not sure why it dropped so much. Maybe after taking the filter medium out? I did add a water conditioner - not sure brand as I'm not at home right now- blue crystals stuff. I took the bigger snails out but there are a lot of...

I just changed 1/3 of the water - figured they could fight ick longer than they could survive high ammonia. I also put a uv light filter in the tank, we had it since purchasing a smaller tank for my other daughter, it's small but it says it cleans 200l per hour figure it could help with the ick.

Thank you for responding. The tank has been running for 4 months and was perfectly cycled. I researched after realising we were torturing these comets in a 20 litre tank. My daughter got them as a 7th birthday present and she is nearly 13 now - I had been presuming since they were alive they...

I started treating 2 comet goldfish with white spot with Wardleys IckAway yesterday, took the snails out first in case it killed them, removed the carbon from filter, and am raising the temp to 27. Apart from 'not to be used more than once per week' the bottle doesn't tell me how long to leave...