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Post by 3littlefishes on Apr 12, 2013 8:58:30 GMT -5
First off I will begin this by saying, I am a total moron. I bought a group of Penguin Tetras at a local fish store yesterday. They had been in that store for at least a month and have always looked healthy. The store has immaculate tanks. So I figured, if I was going to skip quarantine, now would be a good time. The lights were off in my tank (due to the green water, which is almost gone btw) and I released the fish into my tank. This morning I turned the lights on again and much to my dismay, the new fish were COVERED in ICH!!! My tank has a lot of fish in it and some rather precious ones so I was devastated. One of my cardinals has a spot on its tail too. I am going to the store now to get some meds which simultaneously whacked my forehead against the steering wheel for being such a dumbass!
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Post by Andre on Apr 12, 2013 9:24:17 GMT -5
i will never make that mistake again... I did that once before with some fish that looked pretty healthy and lost all 4 of my clown loaches i had at that time. Was devastated..
btw what do you use to treat ich?
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Post by guppyguy on Apr 12, 2013 10:28:22 GMT -5
Ich can be present sometimes and not affect the fish until stress or weakened. There was probably a little bit on one and got stress in the move and boom ick spreads. But ick is actually a easier problem to take care of than some. Don't forget to turn up your temperature along with using you meds. I hate ick and have not had a issue with it in a long time. knock on wood.
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Post by Andre on Apr 12, 2013 10:56:00 GMT -5
i keep my tank at 80-82 degrees at all times, fish don't seem to mind and found that they've been much healthier then when i used to keep them at a lower temperature.
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Post by jbrimz on Apr 12, 2013 12:48:24 GMT -5
that sucks good luck with the treatments and agirard2003 if you keep cichlids they prefer 80-82 but no higher also they should be at this temp if youre trying to breed as well
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Post by Rainbowfish Alan on Apr 12, 2013 14:30:53 GMT -5
+1 to guppies comments and advice. I bump up the temp and don't add any meds unless there is a sharp decline in health, or if there is no improvement after 2 weeks. Remember that a fish must be ich free for at least a week before you know the cycle is broken.
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Post by Andre on Apr 12, 2013 14:49:22 GMT -5
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Post by 3littlefishes on Apr 12, 2013 15:05:49 GMT -5
My temp is aways set at 82 because I keep amazon species that prefer it. I just bought some meds. It seems to be affecting the new fish only (and possibly the one cardinal although I can't say for sure.). thanks for the advice
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Post by andynater on Apr 12, 2013 22:14:15 GMT -5
Could always separate the sick ones and treat them separately.
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Post by jbrimz on Apr 12, 2013 23:03:18 GMT -5
yes but who's to say your tank isn't already infected though you never know
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Post by plantedrob on Apr 13, 2013 0:35:57 GMT -5
I also used ich attack, the nice thing is its organic so it didnt harm my plant. The only draw back is its not the quickest thing out there and I think that ended up costing me a couple of young rams. Took about 2 weeks to clear up with 6 days of extra medicating to make sure all the free swimming parisites were dead. Also boy does that stuff make a stinky tank.
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