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Hello. One Glass Catfish has the same salt-like spot with no change since 12/10/2011! Even after treatment. I don't know how to get rid of that spot. Help Please!
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I have a community tank with 8 glass catfish, 4 tetra schools, 1 corydoras school & 1 Kuhli loach group.
The Serpae Tetras started blantching 2 days after adding 3 Rummynose (who had been quarentined first) same day one glass Catfish had a tiny white "blotch" on her back. Then a second GC got a salt-spec on it's side. LFS told me after watching a video of my tank, the whole tank had ICH. I increased the aireation and started salt/heat treatment immediately after thorough research (FYI gradually upped salt to avoid shocking sensitive scaleless fish; found great info about salt and corydoras care during ich treatment).
2 days later the GC with the blotch got worse. I recognized it was not ICH on her, so I moved her to a 10 gallon QT (next to the main tank) and after LFS advise, started treating her for fungus with Pimafix.
The GC in the main tank has had the same single salt speck (ich) since 12/10/11. Spot hasn't change and no more popped up on the GC or any other fish. Started Super Ich Cure treatment (1/2 dose) on 12/19. Treated by package directions. No change. Continued treatment until 12/29 which was the last day I used the SIC meds. Held temp at 82-84 degrees F (temp fluctuates day to night) Continued with salt treatment. Monitoring fish daily, everyone is fine.
I lowered the temp (gradually) to 78 degrees F and discontinued salt treatment. It is now 01/07/12 and the single salt-like spot is still holding on to the side of my GC. Other then the spot, he is fine and eating well. All the other fish are fine too. The Serpae Tetras still blantch occassionaly. Wonder if this is their behavior? Showing off for one another or something?
Note: I never moved the GC with the salt speck to the hospital tank because it was being used by a GC with a white blotch. She sadly passed after weeks of treatment just yesterday. She is the first fish that has ever died on me. I cried my eyes out and felt sick to my stomache. Today I am disturbed everytime I see her tank. She was set up next to the other tank so she wouldn't feel alone and could see the other GC.
She was my favorite one out of the group. She was very social with me. I had found the meds she needed through a post by a glass catfich wholesaler. Unfortunately the medicine is not sold to the US or Canada. I was unable to find a parallel medicine in the US. What she had did not seem to be a true fungus. More like Costia, but not sure on that either. The medicine I would love to have on hand as it worked wonders for the glass cat wholesaler is Medizin P. Anyone know of it's US parallel Med? Thanks for all your help in advance.
If you want more details, please read on.
I have a community tank with 8 glass catfish, 4 tetra schools, 1 corydoras school & 1 Kuhli loach group.
The Serpae Tetras started blantching 2 days after adding 3 Rummynose (who had been quarentined first) same day one glass Catfish had a tiny white "blotch" on her back. Then a second GC got a salt-spec on it's side. LFS told me after watching a video of my tank, the whole tank had ICH. I increased the aireation and started salt/heat treatment immediately after thorough research (FYI gradually upped salt to avoid shocking sensitive scaleless fish; found great info about salt and corydoras care during ich treatment).
2 days later the GC with the blotch got worse. I recognized it was not ICH on her, so I moved her to a 10 gallon QT (next to the main tank) and after LFS advise, started treating her for fungus with Pimafix.
The GC in the main tank has had the same single salt speck (ich) since 12/10/11. Spot hasn't change and no more popped up on the GC or any other fish. Started Super Ich Cure treatment (1/2 dose) on 12/19. Treated by package directions. No change. Continued treatment until 12/29 which was the last day I used the SIC meds. Held temp at 82-84 degrees F (temp fluctuates day to night) Continued with salt treatment. Monitoring fish daily, everyone is fine.
I lowered the temp (gradually) to 78 degrees F and discontinued salt treatment. It is now 01/07/12 and the single salt-like spot is still holding on to the side of my GC. Other then the spot, he is fine and eating well. All the other fish are fine too. The Serpae Tetras still blantch occassionaly. Wonder if this is their behavior? Showing off for one another or something?
Note: I never moved the GC with the salt speck to the hospital tank because it was being used by a GC with a white blotch. She sadly passed after weeks of treatment just yesterday. She is the first fish that has ever died on me. I cried my eyes out and felt sick to my stomache. Today I am disturbed everytime I see her tank. She was set up next to the other tank so she wouldn't feel alone and could see the other GC.
She was my favorite one out of the group. She was very social with me. I had found the meds she needed through a post by a glass catfich wholesaler. Unfortunately the medicine is not sold to the US or Canada. I was unable to find a parallel medicine in the US. What she had did not seem to be a true fungus. More like Costia, but not sure on that either. The medicine I would love to have on hand as it worked wonders for the glass cat wholesaler is Medizin P. Anyone know of it's US parallel Med? Thanks for all your help in advance.