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[lock77]

Long story short is that i've had an ich problem for what seems to be forever. I treated with king british and got no results then i changed to interpet no.6, halve way through the interpet treatment my two infected ich riddled fish passed away but i finished the treatment anyway. I thought this was great til I noticed another fish with ich a week after I finished the last treatment. I have already ordered a bottle of protozin off ebay and that should be here on monday. Should I do a big water change before I start to retreat or any other tips for dealing with my nightmare?

 

[OldMan47]

Why not simply use the salt and temperature treatment? You raise the temperature to about 80F, 27C, and add enough salt to amount to 1 tablespoon per gallon minimum. When the last sign of the disease is gone from your tank, you wait another week before reducing the salinity by doing a water change. I have never had this fail and I no longer lose fish or inverts like I did when I treated with patent medicines containing malachite green.

 

[lock77]

Why not simply use the salt and temperature treatment? You raise the temperature to about 80F, 27C, and add enough salt to amount to 1 tablespoon per gallon minimum. When the last sign of the disease is gone from your tank, you wait another week before reducing the salinity by doing a water change. I have never had this fail and I no longer lose fish or inverts like I did when I treated with patent medicines containing malachite green.

Will this be safe for corys, loaches, shrimp and malaysian trumpet snails? I have looked down this path but have been advised against it.
Any particular kinda salt, i'm looking at aquarium salt and tonic salt on ebay?

 

[AshP1986]

Well aquarium salt is the way to go as opposed to tonic salt, but I think it is 1 teaspoon per gallon not tablespoon. As I just lost my dwarf water frog last night due to high salinity water I am hesitant to suggest using salt.

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[sadguppy]

Can I try the aquarium salt/higher temp with Cherry Red Shrimp in the tank?

 

[lock77]

Can I try the aquarium salt/higher temp with Cherry Red Shrimp in the tank?

That is the $64,000 question! Every time I ask about it I get conflicting advice. I've tried most treatments available to me so now I'm waiting on some aquarium salt to be delivered! I have around 10 shrimp but no cherries and I'm trying the salt as a last resort.

 

[AshP1986]

Can I try the aquarium salt/higher temp with Cherry Red Shrimp in the tank?

That is the $64,000 question! Every time I ask about it I get conflicting advice. I've tried most treatments available to me so now I'm waiting on some aquarium salt to be delivered! I have around 10 shrimp but no cherries and I'm trying the salt as a last resort.

I know nothing about shrimp so I did a little research... I found another fish tank chat board HERE. Basically it says that high temp and salt is BAD for Cherry Red Shrimp.