Menagerie
Aquarium Advice Addict
When I bought my 6 Badis badis, I suspected some fish might have ich. They got their own tank and we waited (my fiancé is convinced fish have great immune systems—he has taught an ichthyology lab, so I trusted what he said); although, we did add salt. After a week of that, my fish looked disgusting--getting worse. We did a treatment of "Super Ick Cure"--I was not impressed. On February 20 and 22, Badis were given a dose of Cupramine--highly recommended by the LFS were I bought the Badis. In addition, the temperature was slowly raised to 90.
(An aside about this LFS--seemingly loved by all Calgarians, they do have QT signs and do not sell their fish right away--from what I can tell. However, while picking out my Badis, I mentioned to the young man that one of the fish looked like it had ich--do not pick it. He looked at the fish in question and picked out other fish for me. A week later, I was back picking up other fish and I told a different employee the Badis have ich. He said he was not aware of that and looked in the tank and didn't see anything wrong. The lighting is poor and if you look long enough, you WILL see it. Since then I have gone back on two other occasions and those Badis HAVE ICH!!! I know better than to buy ill fish, but I could not resist them. I will be going there tomorrow (clown loach died within the LFS' refund time—the other two healthy, healthy!) and of course I will be looking at the Badis. If the Badis still have ich, how do I get these people to listen to me??)
Back to my Ich problem--it's still there, no worse, no better. The temp is up to 90 and has been at 90 for some time! On March 8, we will put the activated charcoal back for 24 hours and redose with Cupamine. Does anyone know if this will help?? The Badis are for the most part active and they love to eat. I have not lost any of them and do nightly head counts. There is 0 ppm ammonia and pH 8.
I know they like a neutral pH (range 6 to 8) and temps of 72-80, but tolerate to 85. Am I doing more harm than good?
HHHHEEEELLLLPPPP!!!!
(An aside about this LFS--seemingly loved by all Calgarians, they do have QT signs and do not sell their fish right away--from what I can tell. However, while picking out my Badis, I mentioned to the young man that one of the fish looked like it had ich--do not pick it. He looked at the fish in question and picked out other fish for me. A week later, I was back picking up other fish and I told a different employee the Badis have ich. He said he was not aware of that and looked in the tank and didn't see anything wrong. The lighting is poor and if you look long enough, you WILL see it. Since then I have gone back on two other occasions and those Badis HAVE ICH!!! I know better than to buy ill fish, but I could not resist them. I will be going there tomorrow (clown loach died within the LFS' refund time—the other two healthy, healthy!) and of course I will be looking at the Badis. If the Badis still have ich, how do I get these people to listen to me??)
Back to my Ich problem--it's still there, no worse, no better. The temp is up to 90 and has been at 90 for some time! On March 8, we will put the activated charcoal back for 24 hours and redose with Cupamine. Does anyone know if this will help?? The Badis are for the most part active and they love to eat. I have not lost any of them and do nightly head counts. There is 0 ppm ammonia and pH 8.
I know they like a neutral pH (range 6 to 8) and temps of 72-80, but tolerate to 85. Am I doing more harm than good?
HHHHEEEELLLLPPPP!!!!