Ahmed dada
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Any help will be appreciated here...
I have a Juwel Trigon 190. A stunner of a tank. It is planted with DIY CO2 (yes, it works for me). It is fully cycled and still in the process of stocking.. It has
-10 Neon Tetra
-8 Harlequins
-4 Guppies (I hate them but my mom liked them so in they went )
-3 Albino Cory's
-5 Glowlight Tetra
The neons and Cory's were added yesterday. They all seemed fine at my LFS (one of the best in the business).
So today after my 20PWC I noticed about 5 of the Tetras had white spots on them. I ran to my iPad to discover that they were what I dreaded - ICH! I immediately rushed out to the LFS (5 minutes before closing time too!) to get some medication. They only had 1 litre bottles of medication but the owner was treating his display fish for it with some so he gave me about 30ml in a bottle and told me to dose 7ml for day one, two and three and then another 7ml on day 6. I have dosed 7ml of it now and my water, as expected, turned slightly blue.
My tank is usually at 27 degrees and I'm currently raising it to 30 by 1 degree every hour. Apparently it helps. I also removed the carbon sponge from my filter because apparently it removes the meds.
I'm so absolutely bummed so please tell me if I did anything wrong and what more I could do because this really saddens me . I want to treat them right and help them fight this off. Should I keep the light on as usual (10 hours) and feed the usual (twice daily). Also, today is bloodworm day - their favourite! Should I feed them normally or not at all. Also, the LFS is closed now until Tuesday! Just my luck!
Please please please help me im so scared for my fish
Sorry about my terrible grammar and wording but this is an emergency post I am freaking out!!!
I have a Juwel Trigon 190. A stunner of a tank. It is planted with DIY CO2 (yes, it works for me). It is fully cycled and still in the process of stocking.. It has
-10 Neon Tetra
-8 Harlequins
-4 Guppies (I hate them but my mom liked them so in they went )
-3 Albino Cory's
-5 Glowlight Tetra
The neons and Cory's were added yesterday. They all seemed fine at my LFS (one of the best in the business).
So today after my 20PWC I noticed about 5 of the Tetras had white spots on them. I ran to my iPad to discover that they were what I dreaded - ICH! I immediately rushed out to the LFS (5 minutes before closing time too!) to get some medication. They only had 1 litre bottles of medication but the owner was treating his display fish for it with some so he gave me about 30ml in a bottle and told me to dose 7ml for day one, two and three and then another 7ml on day 6. I have dosed 7ml of it now and my water, as expected, turned slightly blue.
My tank is usually at 27 degrees and I'm currently raising it to 30 by 1 degree every hour. Apparently it helps. I also removed the carbon sponge from my filter because apparently it removes the meds.
I'm so absolutely bummed so please tell me if I did anything wrong and what more I could do because this really saddens me . I want to treat them right and help them fight this off. Should I keep the light on as usual (10 hours) and feed the usual (twice daily). Also, today is bloodworm day - their favourite! Should I feed them normally or not at all. Also, the LFS is closed now until Tuesday! Just my luck!
Please please please help me im so scared for my fish
Sorry about my terrible grammar and wording but this is an emergency post I am freaking out!!!