Luv4bettas
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Can ich spread in a community tank?
+1The heat treatment works with or without water changes and vacuums, in my experience.
The heat treatment works with or without water changes and vacuums, in my experience.
Right, but since the swimmers are all going to die once the cyst bursts, why bother removing the cysts? That's the point dalto and I are making.
I understand that ich was gone for you in a week with heat and vacuums, but know that it's gone in that same week for those of us that don't vacuum, too.
Yes I agree, water changes to remove the salt.
Yeah,Ich can spread,i lost my whole community tank (exept for a cory) from it.Oh and,What is the fish in the top pic,with the red tail?
Where did you get the pink tailed chalceus?That was a pink tailed chalceus. He didn't make it. Also lost my giraffe cat and the striped hybrid cat and one silver dollar. Don't expect the other silver dollar to make it til morning. Might lose a couple of my baby blood parrots, raphael cat is not looking good either.
My cory cat is busy and hungry and looks good, he survived a round of Ich almost a year ago, as did my big orange blood parrot, who is still under the weather but seems on the upswing.
I had a very dilute amount of salt already in the tank, and still reading beyond toxic nitrates. With fish dying fast, I figured a drastic water change was worth the risk at this point. So I took out as much as I could without leaving the fish exposed, maybe 15-20 gals of old water still in there.
Hard to say, considering displacement by sand and decor. Replaced with water I'd treated prior with conditioner and left for 24 hrs to reach room temp and all so as to minimize the risk of shocking them in their weakened state.
At that point I felt more comfortable adding the QuICK Cure, which seemed to start making the cysts come off the chalceus really quickly. Not fast enough tho. :-(
If I read right, I do the drops for 2 more days and then a water change and another round if needed. Then replace my charcoal filters I removed with new ones to get the meds out.
One good thing, my nitrates are finally down to something potentially survivable now. On the right track, I hope.
Oh, i also added a couple of air lines to help them get more oxygen beyond what the filter provides.