Yessssssss!

[DJ_$ure$hot]

I had setup my 300 litre tank & purchased a Blue & Green Jack Dempsey, Firemouth, Leopard Ctenopoma, Male & Female Golden Bristlenose Ancistrus. I got all of the fish from 1 LFS, but the Jack Dempsey was from a different 1. I couldnt find the JD anywhere else & really wanted 1, so just bought him (even though the living conditions they were in was pretty average to say the least). This is where it all gets ugly!

I put all the juveniles in the tank together to get aquainted, but my JD was'nt settling in. I thought Id leave it for a day or so to see what happened. He just carried on swimming up & down the tank eratically, like upside down even. I soon started noticing small white spots & jumped straight onto the internet to find my tank was now infected with Ich =/ I was not impressed...

I found that salt could work & found a really interesting & informative site, which gave the dosage amounts etc. I knew it was going to be risky, but if I didnt try it my fish would perish anyways. By this time, my Leopard Ctenopoma had spots too. I turned up the heater to 28 degree's & gradually dosed up the tank with 45 teaspoons of salt over 48 hours & left it for 10 days.

The ####ty (excuse my french) parasite had been fully eradicated & all the fish had survived. The website also said that catfish CANT handle salt @ all, but my bristlenose's passed it with flying colours & no signs of stress what so ever! What have I learnt from this experience? What ever you do, dont put any water or fish from an LFS without quarantine. It makes you wanna pull your hair out when all your hard work has been undone. All of my fish are now boasting & showing off amazing colourations, as if to say thank you! Luckily, the stock I have in my tank now is all Im keeping, but I'll be making sure that my guppy breeding tank is treated with salt before I start feeding their young into my 300 litre.

 

[trapidz]

congrats m8

was it normal salt u use on food u put in?
i dnt think fish would survivein that salt lmao ..

 

[OldMan47]

The salt that is used to treat for ich is usually plain old sodium chloride. It is the stuff on the dining room table but is also what is sold as aquarium salt. There is a bit of a difference in grain size but that is about it. Once it has been dissolved, there is virtually no difference. A trace of iodine is put into table salt to help prevent goiter in people who don't eat much fish but it is not enough to affect the fish in a tank you are treating.