Argh I Have Ich In My Nursery

[juliehainsworth]

I'm not a happy bunny at least ten of my platy fry have ich

I've done a water change and added some white spot treatment, but I only did half the dose as they are only a couple of weeks old!

Is there anything else I should do or just wait it out now?

I know exactly whats brought it my two baby plecs that I got on saturday as my dad said I should quarantine them in the nursery tank, I put them in a breeding trap but they kept squabbling so they got moved to my other tank which is bigger and now my silver dollar has a couple of dots!

Sugar I knew I should have just treated the tank when I got the new fish! (a few swear words) Oh well only time will tell how they do!

 

[Annastasia]

Are the Plecos in there? Otherwise, add salt. And turn up the temperature to 80-82. This will speed up the ich life cycle a bit. The only time you can kill them is when they are free-swimming, and off the fish. Do daily water changes too, of about 25%. And remember to keep treating even when they don't appear to be there anymore.

 

[juliehainsworth]

No the plecos got moved out as they were squabbling a bit (i say that as one kept chasing the other in the breeding trap)! so they're in my other tank at the moment!

How much salt should I add to the water? should I still use the whitespot treatment with salt or just salt? Slack I know!

Decided after this batch I'm changing nursery tank into a home for my betta and maybe a few corries! And any future fry can fend for themselves in the community tank!

Oooh just realised its not two weeks its nearer three that the oldest are where has that time gone I do not know?

 

[Annastasia]

As much salt as the package says. If you get Doc. Wellfish, I think it's 1 tablespoon per 5 gallons? But just read the aquarium salt package. You can do just salt, or you can do the medicine too, I think. I'm not familiar with that specific medicine...but maybe someone else who is can come along and confirm. Most it's fine to do both. The big thing is water changes though, and gravel vacs, to get the free-swimming ones gone before they attack the fish again.

 

[juliehainsworth]

Luckily its gravel vac night tonight lol! The spots look like they're disappearing off the fish so wont be long now til its dorment again (I hope)