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

[Kathy Olson <kathy@thekrib.com>]

We had ick occur in a well established, plant tank that hadn't had new
fish for over a year.  The only new event......several new plants added to
the tank, so they must have come in on that.  It was fun treating a 75
gallon tank, and humbling when you think you are past getting new cases of
ich.

Kathy


On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, Kenny Poh wrote:

> Hi Ken,
> 
> I havn't got a clue, for no new fishes was added,  the ph, kH and ammonia level
> is the same throughout, a 50% water change was just carried out hours prior to
> the krib spawn. The only change was in their diet. They've been previously fed
> dried food and on Saturday, I started them on frozen beef heart.
> 
> So far, the fishes affected are only the swordtails, only a spot was noted on
> each of the affected 3 fishes. The temperature of the tank is about 32 degrees
> ce;cius, not sure about the farenheit reading. Strangely, the weaker fishes like
> the rams are unaffected yet.
> 
> I'm not going to start on any medication yet, perhaps I should observe the
> situation for a couple of days. I've turned on my UV steriliser though.
> Hopefully, I can pull through for at least another week when the frys are older.
> 
> Thanks for your advise!
> 
> Kenny
> 
> Ken Laidlaw wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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