jbarr
Aquarium Advice Freak
First of all; fully cycled (old) 30 gal, pH 7.5, nitrites 0ppm, dunno ammonia/nitrates
I'm dealing with ich right now and i've been treating half dose every day (15 drops rather than 30), because I have a pleco. That's the practice, right? How long should I do that for ? I've heard 2 weeks or until Ich clears.
I also heated my tank up to about 86. Is that too high??
am I treating ich correctly so far?
Secondly, I think my Tiger Oscar has come down with something; maybe it's the effects of Ich, idk, but he is very territorial when it comes to feeding. He loves flakes and shars w/ all (cause there's plenty to go around). He used to eat cichlid pellets, but not anymore. He also doesn't eat much of anything. So I got some Shrimp pellets, won't touch em. Not even brine shrimp. He nibbles on an algae wafer, but that's just to keep it away from the other fish (though it gets around; he couldn't handle the whloe thing), but now it seems like he's not eating much.
I also noticed a small little wormy thing in a plant I got from a lake (bad idea; i know) but I figured it was a baby leach, and that my fish would eventually eat it . Was that a parasite of sorts??
Also, his poop is sort of light green and sort of stingy, unlike say, my goldfish's which just looks straight, like toothpaste, heh.
Should I be worried about a possible parasite/virus?
Any help at all. Would be great, appreciate.
I'm dealing with ich right now and i've been treating half dose every day (15 drops rather than 30), because I have a pleco. That's the practice, right? How long should I do that for ? I've heard 2 weeks or until Ich clears.
I also heated my tank up to about 86. Is that too high??
am I treating ich correctly so far?
Secondly, I think my Tiger Oscar has come down with something; maybe it's the effects of Ich, idk, but he is very territorial when it comes to feeding. He loves flakes and shars w/ all (cause there's plenty to go around). He used to eat cichlid pellets, but not anymore. He also doesn't eat much of anything. So I got some Shrimp pellets, won't touch em. Not even brine shrimp. He nibbles on an algae wafer, but that's just to keep it away from the other fish (though it gets around; he couldn't handle the whloe thing), but now it seems like he's not eating much.
I also noticed a small little wormy thing in a plant I got from a lake (bad idea; i know) but I figured it was a baby leach, and that my fish would eventually eat it . Was that a parasite of sorts??
Also, his poop is sort of light green and sort of stingy, unlike say, my goldfish's which just looks straight, like toothpaste, heh.
Should I be worried about a possible parasite/virus?
Any help at all. Would be great, appreciate.