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[Shelby]

I came home today to discover my black neon tetra has Ich. The last couple of days he has stayed hidden so I didn't notice it. Now he is out and covered in spots!

has anyone used Nox-Ich before?

I had a bout of Ich in my 10g tank and lost 5 out of 7 guppies. The only ones to survive was an adult female and a female fry.

I have dojo loaches and a pleco. Will the full treatment hurt them?

Just when you think you got it right it bites you in the kiester!! lol

 

[NinjaSmurf]

Not sure about the nox, but when I've gotten ich I crank the heat up, I think there is a pinned topic on it around here somewhere...

 

[Shelby]

my heater is already on high and just hits 76/78 F.

 

[Mayu]

that's a tough one.

I don't think heat therapy will work because of the dojo loach. I've been doing research on dojo loaches, and it seems they're more cold or cooler water than tropical. they can tollerate water levels up to 76 degrees, but heat therapy usually ups the temps to about 80-84 degrees, which I don't think a dojo loach can handle...

I'm using salt therapy with my fish right now...

I turned up the heat a few degrees (I don't want to do too much at one time and stress them out), then I added a tablespoon of aquarium salt per 5 gallons after a water change. I'm still trying to figure out if I add more salt during the next water change or not, cause i've never had to deal with Ick before.

Sadly I don't know if that will work with your dojo loach either... Some say Dojo loaches tollerate rid ick pretty well... but some fish may or may not.

You may need to separate (if you have a sick tank) and treat separately.

 

[drobbyb]

The salt and heat method is a good one to use. I have used it in the past with success, but when you do your waterchange you want to add more salt. The life cycle of the parasite demands treatment for a long period of time.

Source: Wikipedia

That site has a load of great information including the salt and heat treatment.

 

[Shelby]

The salt and heat method is a good one to use. I have used it in the past with success, but when you do your waterchange you want to add more salt. The life cycle of the parasite demands treatment for a long period of time.

Source: Wikipedia

That site has a load of great information including the salt and heat treatment.

As my heater will not raise the temp above 78F its not possible for me to do that at this time. Any other suggestions I can use with dojos and a pleco?

 

[drobbyb]

Copper based products, like Coppersafe, work well. They are a bit more expensive and if you have snails or shrimp it will wipe them out. Basically anything that doesn't have a skeleton will be killed by the copper.