Rory the cat
Fish Fanatic
Hi guys
Well the good news is that following my posts at the weekend my water is improving dramatically. I did a 15% r/o water change on Sat, Sun and Mon and tested each night. Last night I had ammonia down to about 0.05m/l, nitrite about 0.05m/l and nitrate about 25m/l (it had been 75m/l).
Thank heavens for that!!!!!!
HOWEVER - now Puff has come down with an icky case of ICH. Think I caught it early (I looked one hour and he didn't have any spots, looked an hour later and he had about 4). I have turned the heater up to 26 - 27c (was 25c) and added some medicine as well as a double measure. I know he has had ICH on and off for 4 months (been in quarantine at the LFS all that time) but he had been clear a month.
Anyway, the increased heat seems to be making the other fish (particularly the Sciss) go a bit loopy so I have popped in stress coat to calm things.
Anything else I can do? I WAS going to ease up on the water changes until the weekend as I didn't want to stress the fish any more than I had to, but should I continue? Also I had not been vacuuming the gravel as much as I felt I had maybe over cleaned it and taken out some of the 'good' bacteria. However I read with ICH it is impoertant to vacuum the gravel evey other day. Also, should I be feeding more, less, or the same?
Please may I have some advice?
Well the good news is that following my posts at the weekend my water is improving dramatically. I did a 15% r/o water change on Sat, Sun and Mon and tested each night. Last night I had ammonia down to about 0.05m/l, nitrite about 0.05m/l and nitrate about 25m/l (it had been 75m/l).
Thank heavens for that!!!!!!
HOWEVER - now Puff has come down with an icky case of ICH. Think I caught it early (I looked one hour and he didn't have any spots, looked an hour later and he had about 4). I have turned the heater up to 26 - 27c (was 25c) and added some medicine as well as a double measure. I know he has had ICH on and off for 4 months (been in quarantine at the LFS all that time) but he had been clear a month.
Anyway, the increased heat seems to be making the other fish (particularly the Sciss) go a bit loopy so I have popped in stress coat to calm things.
Anything else I can do? I WAS going to ease up on the water changes until the weekend as I didn't want to stress the fish any more than I had to, but should I continue? Also I had not been vacuuming the gravel as much as I felt I had maybe over cleaned it and taken out some of the 'good' bacteria. However I read with ICH it is impoertant to vacuum the gravel evey other day. Also, should I be feeding more, less, or the same?
Please may I have some advice?
