RE: ick in a planted tank, with krib eggs/frys

[Ken Laidlaw <kl@roe.ac.uk>]

Have you any idea what caused the outbreak of whitespot?  It is very unusual
for this to occur in an established tank.  What are your water conditions
like?  Thankfully whitespot is usually easy to cure and is best done by
using one of the medications specifically for whitespot.  You should also
try raising the temperature to 80-82f.  Used at the correct doseage your fry
should be OK.  If your water quality is suspect you should concentrate on
getting this up to scratch as well.

Meth blue would not I think have any useful effect on whitespot as it is a
pretty poor fungicide/bactericide and will have no effect on whitespot which
is caused by a parasite.

Good luck,
Ken.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenny Poh [mailto:animator@singnet.com.sg]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2000 23:08
> To: apisto@majordomo.pobox.com
> Subject: ick in a planted tank, with krib eggs/frys
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> My kribs have just spawn the 2nd time over the weekend, and 
> great, this
> time some of the fishes in the planted tank are now coming down with
> ich!
> 
> Question now is, what medication shall I use in the tank without
> affecting the plants or the eggs/frys of the kribs? The last 
> time I used
> methylene blue, it caused an enormous algae bloom in the tank, though
> all the fishes survived. Will a day old fry survive as well?
> 
> I'm also thinking about delaying medication till the frys are a week
> old. How does this sound?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Kenny
> 
> 
> 
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