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    Ich in a possibly still cycling tank

    Because it’s a medication that treats protozoan parasites and anaerobic bacterial diseases, not an antibiotic.
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    Ich in a possibly still cycling tank

    Update: I’ve been feeding the fish medicated food for 8 days, white spots on the affected fish cleared up after 5/6 days. No fish losses and they’re all energetic and acting normal, they might actually be in better condition now since they’ve been eating more, they’re certainly all chunkier...
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    Ich in a possibly still cycling tank

    I know it’s not a common medicine people use for Ich in freshwater. It says on the box it treats protozoan parasites and anaerobic bacterial infections. Seachem claims it won’t affect the filter bed, I will find out if it works!
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    Ich in a possibly still cycling tank

    Thanks Colin! My temp increase plan hit a bump, I raised it to 82F and some of the fish showed stress (staying at the surface and breathing hard), tank also became cloudy and I had a brown algae attack (covered some of my plants and the glass in 48 hours), also saw biofilm proliferate but that...
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    Ich in a possibly still cycling tank

    Thank you Colin for the detailed response, that makes a lot of sense! I’m due for a weekly water change tomorrow so I will siphon the substrate too. The tank is at 80F/26.7C right now, I’m slowly cranking it up, it’s been colder so I hope the heater can get it done. I have a second 100w heater...
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    Ich in a possibly still cycling tank

    I posted a video, it’s kind of hard to see because the fish are small https://www.flickr.com/gp/196650743@N06/5e704tuN9p
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    Ich in a possibly still cycling tank

    Thanks Colin, I’m trying to upload pix, let me see if this works. The medaka had a bent back, hence I suspected swim bladder issue, I did take a video but deleted it when it didn’t make it. It recovered the next day and swam and ate normally, but died the day after. If my water quality is good...
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    Ich in a possibly still cycling tank

    Should I still increase the temp? Or let it be and observe? Thanks in advance!
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    Ich in a possibly still cycling tank

    Thanks Colin, I suspect it’s stress ich, or something else that resembles Ich. The spots come and go, one day I will see 4-5 spots, the next day I will only see 1-2 on the same fish (it’s been that way this week). It’s only on the bully rasbora and lone rainbow, maybe it’s related to not having...
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    Ich in a possibly still cycling tank

    Thanks Aiken, the no meds/high temp approach did appeal to me, but I’m not sure my fish (particularly the medaka) would appreciate that, might stress them out a lot, they were tiny when I got them and I had a school of 8, 2 didn’t make it after 1 night. I’m leaning towards Paraguard if I use...
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    Ich in a possibly still cycling tank

    Update: probably ich, just spotted a new white spot on bully harley, it’s been about 7 hours since I spotted the first spot.
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    Ich in a possibly still cycling tank

    Hi all, My tank is 3.5 weeks old, 29 gallon, heavily planted (14 plants from anubias, myrio, tiger lily, dwarf lily, crypts to fern) and has 4 harleys, 6 medaka, 3 honey gourami + 1 dwarf rainbow (it was given to me for free). They’ve been in the tank for 1 week, I started a fishless cycle but...
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    Hi! I’m new here! Am i cycled?

    Thank you! I’m leaning towards keeping as is because I worry about disturbing the tank too much taking everything rhizomous out as I have 4 anubias nana petite, 1 tiger lily 1 dwarf lily and 1 Java fern that would need digging, that’s 50% of my plants in the tank. The anubias are turning brown...
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    Hi! I’m new here! Am i cycled?

    Thanks Aiken! That’s very helpful. I was not given the correct advice at the store - I was told to bury the rhizome deep in the substrate, yikes! Should I dig it up now? Or wait and observe? My substrate is Fluval plant stratum on bottom with a layer of fine sand on top. Thanks again!
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    Hi! I’m new here! Am i cycled?

    I’m learning this right now! Thanks for letting me know. Is that why my anubias nanas are showing brown leafs? I do see paler green new leafs sprouting amongst the existing leafs that turned brown. I was thinking perhaps I planted them too deep in the substrate?
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