CanadianWaters
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I just spotted what I believe is ich on a few of my fish. Thankfully I spotted it early as there are only 1-3 on 1-3 different fish and all neon tetra. None of the fish seem affected greatly.
To treat I was going to slowly raise the temperature from 25 C (77 F) to 30 C (86 F) and try to daily but may end up more like every other day water changes of 25%. Does this sound safe/effective?
Also if anyone could tell me the sort of science behind this I'd appreciate it. I like to know what I'm doing and all I think I know is that heat speeds up the parasites life cycle.
To treat I was going to slowly raise the temperature from 25 C (77 F) to 30 C (86 F) and try to daily but may end up more like every other day water changes of 25%. Does this sound safe/effective?
Also if anyone could tell me the sort of science behind this I'd appreciate it. I like to know what I'm doing and all I think I know is that heat speeds up the parasites life cycle.