Ich on my Kuhli?

[budified]

So, I have had my aquarium a couple weeks now, and pretty well done making changes to the environment.

It has been a few days since I corrected my temperature after zeroing out my thermometer, and it's also been a few days since my Kuhli's have been as active as they were.

I am sure raining the heat didn't cause the Ich, if that's what it is, but it sure has settled the Kuhli's down.

I finally got the opportunity to take a good look at one of them this morning, and it appears he may have Ich.

Am I correct?

 

[BettaBettas]

looks like it

 

[budified]

I think it likely is, I have noticed a couple spots on my YoYo Loach as well, and he and a few of my Molly have been side-swiping things at random.

I don't see any ich on the Molly's, but 2 of them are white, 2 orange ones always hide, and one black one has white spots anyways so would be hard to notice. The full black Molly has no visible sign of Ich.

I recall reading somewhere that loaches can be helpful in identifying Ich early, so as long as I recall that correctly, I have caught it just in time to eradicate it before it becomes a problem.

I have now begun the slow process of increasing the tank temperature towards 86°.

 

[BettaBettas]

86 is a lot, but up to you I guess. ive never had to deal with ich

 

[budified]

I think I will go 86 for 2-3 days then down to 84 unless it persists then back up for a couple more days.

Any fish that can't handle the heat will be moved away from my loaches, or the loaches will have a separate tank to be cured in next time so the community tank can be properly medicated, if it ever happens again that is.

I have a very small (2 gallon?) Tank I could use to heat treat the loaches and medicate the main tank if I wanted to go that route, but with the heat being up to 81° now my fish almost seem more comfortable than they did at 77°. My poor rubbernose probably isn't too happy, but he will have to deal with it for awhile I guess.

 

[cboatman]

After I stocked my tank, my fish had a fairly aggressive ich out break, mostly on my neon tetras. It went away with daily water changes, salt, and the addition of an airstone. It took a couple weeks, and the disease went through two roughly week long cycles, but I didn't lose any fish.


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[budified]

I have crept my temp up to 84° and climbing. I have notice Ich spots on my Rubbernose Pleco now and as well I think attached to the glass. I have read that 89.5° will kill the Ich, bit I won't be climbing that high. Once I reach 86° I will hold steady for 24-48 hours and then drop back to 84° and watch to see if the Ich spots disappear or persist.

Edit: Ich doesn't grow on glass, it looks more like tiny bubbles stuck on the glass with bacteria attached to them, swaying with the flow of the water.

 

[NickAu]

You whole tank and all the fish need to be treated,

Once I reach 86° I will hold steady for 24-48 hours

I would keep it at 86 for 36 hours, I have used the heat method on Kuhli loahes, BN plecos, assorted tetras and a Betta, No casualties.

You should see results in 12 to 24 hours.

 

[budified]

The results I see are that the Ich has not gotten any worse.

The tank has been sitting at roughly 85° for 2 days now, the kuhli loaches have been hiding since the heat started climbing, everybody else is out and active.

I still see the same Ich spots on the YoYo, possibly a few less, but no more.

 

[budified]

Have hit 86° for the last 10-12 hours, will drop back to 84° this time tomorrow.

Lost one molly today, all the others seem healthy still, and the belly - upper was one that, while not so much of a run and hider like a few of the other ones, has never seemed up to par health-wise. She was generally more dosile than the rest, and her balloon belly wasn't ever as pronounced as the rest, didn't look much like a balloon belly at all.

My YoYo loach has been flashing the sand and gravel and rocks quite a bit, still has some white spots, but overall activity hasn't changed much besides maybe hiding a bit more than usual.

No sign of Ich on Molly's, Harley's or my Bristlenose, and from the glimpse I have been able to get of 1 Kuhli and my Rubbernose, there doesn't seem to be a visual indication of Ich anymore, although I haven't seen the Kuhli I saw with it at first.

 

[budified]

No more ich on any loaches, temerature very slowly coming down to 84° for the next week before another very slow drop of 1° each day or 2 u til i hit 77° again.

 

[NickAu]

No more ich on any loaches, temerature very slowly coming down to 84° for the next week before another very slow drop of 1° each day or 2 u til i hit 77° again.

Good job.