For anyone who hasn't seen my previous post...I added a pleco to my mbuna tank about a 10 days ago. I suddenly ended up with 3 dead fish for absolutely no reason that I can figure out. Today I came home from work, did a head count and everyone is there and eating well.
I have a few young fish that are just starting to get their color. If I look at them VERY closely I can see very tiny white dots. There is nothing on the bigger fish (so far). The dots are so small that at first I though it was just little particles that just landed on them but they don't seem to fall off. Could this be the beginning of Ich or something else? All I have in the house that could possibly be used to treat anything is aquarium salt and melafix. I will need to add it to the whole tank as I stupidly do not have an isolation tank (working on it). It is a 55 gal tank. My ammonia is 0, nitrite 0, and a trace amount of nitrate. I 30% water changes approx every 4-5 days. Any chance the water changes and rock moving (I cleaned under them a few days ago) could stress the fish to the point that I'm making them sick? I use water conditioner, but probably not at the recommended dose as I have well water which has no ammonia in it. Thank you, once again.
After posting this I Googled Ich and saw that increasing the temp of the water can help. I just turned my heater up to 80 but would like to increase it more. How warm can I go?
I have a few young fish that are just starting to get their color. If I look at them VERY closely I can see very tiny white dots. There is nothing on the bigger fish (so far). The dots are so small that at first I though it was just little particles that just landed on them but they don't seem to fall off. Could this be the beginning of Ich or something else? All I have in the house that could possibly be used to treat anything is aquarium salt and melafix. I will need to add it to the whole tank as I stupidly do not have an isolation tank (working on it). It is a 55 gal tank. My ammonia is 0, nitrite 0, and a trace amount of nitrate. I 30% water changes approx every 4-5 days. Any chance the water changes and rock moving (I cleaned under them a few days ago) could stress the fish to the point that I'm making them sick? I use water conditioner, but probably not at the recommended dose as I have well water which has no ammonia in it. Thank you, once again.
After posting this I Googled Ich and saw that increasing the temp of the water can help. I just turned my heater up to 80 but would like to increase it more. How warm can I go?