Hello,
I have a 55 gallon tank that has been happy and healthy for the last 6 months. I've had a large common pleco, 2 comet goldies, and 2 (currently) small weather loaches. I recently added an African brown knife and all was well for a couple of days but it started to show with signs of ich, I treated with API ich treatment at a half dose because of the loaches being scaleless fish. After the treatment all seemed well but the goldies who started showing signs of the ich. So I did a water change (with API Stress Coat included for water quality) and treated with another round of ich solution. No one else is sick but the goldies fins started to show signs of what I believe to be tail rot. Thick white spots at the edges of their tails and not they are starting to look frayed. I have quarantined them in a spare 29 gallon tank and did one more dose of full strength ich treatment in the smaller tank (Before I did research on what I now believe to be tail rot). In the 55 gallon which still contains all the healthy fish I have increased the temp to 86-88 (slowly) and added a little extra salt as a precaution, I have had the temp up for 7 days and plan to turn it back down on Sunday (3 days from now) with a water change. Everyone still seems healthy in the large tank.
My question is what to do about the goldies, all signs of ich seem to be gone and they act healthy, eating and playing as usual. They are still in the quarantine tank, and I will probably wait until sunday to return them to the larger one so I can be sure the ich doesn't return. I've read that fin rot is not "contagious" per say, and that it is best treated with healthy water conditions. Will returning them to the larger tank be okay for the other fish? And is it the best course of action?
I have a 55 gallon tank that has been happy and healthy for the last 6 months. I've had a large common pleco, 2 comet goldies, and 2 (currently) small weather loaches. I recently added an African brown knife and all was well for a couple of days but it started to show with signs of ich, I treated with API ich treatment at a half dose because of the loaches being scaleless fish. After the treatment all seemed well but the goldies who started showing signs of the ich. So I did a water change (with API Stress Coat included for water quality) and treated with another round of ich solution. No one else is sick but the goldies fins started to show signs of what I believe to be tail rot. Thick white spots at the edges of their tails and not they are starting to look frayed. I have quarantined them in a spare 29 gallon tank and did one more dose of full strength ich treatment in the smaller tank (Before I did research on what I now believe to be tail rot). In the 55 gallon which still contains all the healthy fish I have increased the temp to 86-88 (slowly) and added a little extra salt as a precaution, I have had the temp up for 7 days and plan to turn it back down on Sunday (3 days from now) with a water change. Everyone still seems healthy in the large tank.
My question is what to do about the goldies, all signs of ich seem to be gone and they act healthy, eating and playing as usual. They are still in the quarantine tank, and I will probably wait until sunday to return them to the larger one so I can be sure the ich doesn't return. I've read that fin rot is not "contagious" per say, and that it is best treated with healthy water conditions. Will returning them to the larger tank be okay for the other fish? And is it the best course of action?