Quick, Need Help With Two Things

[Ficious]

ok so my tank has been wonderful for months and im about to lose my first fish. i have been so proud as i havent lost 1 fish since stocking this 4 months ago.

i come home to find my smallest pygmy cory with a bit of fuz on his bristles. his mouth seems to be full of this fungus stuff and when i went to get him he was sluggish and weak.

next...i have a leapord danio that has ich...will this ich spread?? ive tried and tried to catch him and cannot...i was just going to get rid of him because i love my fish and DO NOT want to lose any of them. i would lose sleep over such thing.



please help guys!!! im not going to treat the whole tank for 1 fish and do not have a hospital tank. i would though, help my pygmy cory if its possible. thanks guys!!

 

[Ludwig Venter]

Unfortunately as it is..... If you've identified it positively as ich, you're gonna have to treat the whole tank.

If it is mouth fungus your Cory has, a dosage of 50mg per gallon of Terramycin or aureomycin can be expected to be successful after 48 hours.

For the ich treatment, I normally just raise my temperature to approx. 30 Deg C for about 3 days, and the gradually back to normal and it has alwys worked in my case, but I know many forum members do not agree with that, so I'd suggest do it the hard way:

Add 0.8 to 1.0ml of percent stock solution of Methylene Blue per gallon of water and repeat after 2 days.... Coal filters would remove the dye so remove them during this period & use only artificial aeration with large bubbles near the surface.

Methylene Blue hinders reproduction of the parasite, forcing it to simple devision; after a short period the ich dies. Methylene Blue is completely harmless even to young fishes. In the weaker concentration, it does not affect the plants.