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ick outbreak

Started by soleil1980, March 11, 2013, 12:09:49 PM

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soleil1980

hi

I have an ick outbreak :(  My tank is a 60g with guppies and one bushynose.  All parameters are normal.  I started treating yesterday with salt and temp raise.  However, I cannot find conclusive info on how much salt to add!  How much do you guys add?  So far, I have added 12 tbs of aqurium salt and raised the temp to 80.  All fish seem to be ok.  I lost 4 males guppy but no female loss.
60g guppies, female bettas, bushynose plecos, cories, apistos
2 x 5.5g male bettas
10g bredding tank for bettas,
2.5g male betta
20g, divided with babies (bettas, plecos and cories)

charlie

I have  in the past used 1 tablespoon per 10 Gallon & slowly raise the temp to 86 deg.with a gravel vac a few times per week -caution when changing water only add salt ( 10 gallons per tablespoon) to the amount of water you are replacing.
Regards

charlie

BTW if you have plants, they don`t tolerate salt.

soleil1980

and once I don`t see white spots anymore I comtinue treatment for about 3 days (that`s what I read)
60g guppies, female bettas, bushynose plecos, cories, apistos
2 x 5.5g male bettas
10g bredding tank for bettas,
2.5g male betta
20g, divided with babies (bettas, plecos and cories)

soleil1980

hi

So now I have added 8 tbs of salt to my 60g and upped the temp to about 30C.  It has been runing like that for 2 days and it doesn't seem to be getting any better.  The weird thing though is that I lost 5 male guppies... all the females seem happy.  Do you think I should continue treatment or go to the lfs and grab ick medecine?
60g guppies, female bettas, bushynose plecos, cories, apistos
2 x 5.5g male bettas
10g bredding tank for bettas,
2.5g male betta
20g, divided with babies (bettas, plecos and cories)

Shawn84

Go grab some Kordon Ick if salt and heat is not working.
A bunch a fishes.....
A bunch a tanks...........