Ich In Tank With Scaleless Fish

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Offline JimmyL

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Ich in tank with scaleless fish
« on: March 12, 2014, 04:44:51 PM »
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As the title says, I have Ich infecting my tank which has a lot of scaleless fish in it. Mainly cory cats and a couple of bristlenose catfish.

What can I do? I know that I cannot use salt, so I am a little lost on the process.

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Re: Ich in tank with scaleless fish
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2014, 06:25:14 PM »
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I've had it in a tank with dwarf chain loaches, and used a medication rather than the salt method. I know some people don't like to use meds but they do work. My medication of choice for ich is King British Original Formula WS3. I've used it successfully at half dose, which is what you use for scaleless fish. My amano shrimps even survived it - I just couldn't catch them to put in the quarantine tank for the duration. But I did extend the course by a couple of doses to make up for the half dose.
If you do use a medication, increase the temp to 30 deg C or just under, and follow the dosage instructions to the letter - well apart from adding a couple more doses on the end.

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Re: Ich in tank with scaleless fish
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2014, 03:31:13 AM »
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The tank is consistently at 28-30 because of the weather here. I will do a half dose and see how it goes. Thanks for the help.

A Selection of Fish in my Fish Community Creator Tanks
Congo Tetra (8) - Salt and Pepper Catfish (13) - Cherry Barb (6) - Black Phantom Tetra (10) - Cardinal Tetra (10) - Glass Bloodfin (10) - Penguin Tetra (10) - Bloodfin Tetra (10) - Ember Tetra (15) - Serpae Tetra (10) - Black Neon Tetra (10) - Bleeding Heart Tetra (10) - Head & Tail Light Tetra (10) - Golden Pencilfish (10) - Black Widow Tetra (10) - Congo Tetra (10) - Glowlight Tetra (10) - Blue Tetra (10) - Colombian Red Fin (10) - Flame Tetra (10) - Lemon Tetra (10) - Rummy Nose Tetra (10) - Emperor Tetra (10) - Marbled Hatchetfish (10) - Buenos Aires Tetra (10) - Diamond Tetra (10) - Neon Tetra (10) - Rosy Tetra (10) - Red Phantom Tetra (10) - Red Eye Tetra (10) - Silver Tip Tetra (10) - Silver Hatchetfish (10) - Congo Tetra (20) - Dwarf Rainbowfish (20) -
Note: The user may not necessarily own these fish, these are tanks that they may be building or researching for stocking purposes


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