RE: [GSAS-Member] Virulent new ich strains / Super Ich

["matt kaufman" <igotadose@hotmail.com>]

Umm, where did the infected fish come from? Are you certain it's ich and not 
something else?

I'm not so sure clown loaches and salt mix, at least I've been told 
scale-less fish don't like salt. Not sure how much I believe it, but...

I've found that malachite green works great on ich and velvet, the latter 
more common with killies in, *cough*, insufficiently hygienic conditions 
(i.e., all of my tanks :-) ) I typically isolate the infected fish and dose 
them with malachite green which quickly destroys the ecto-parasites. Keep a 
small tank handy for stuff like this makes life easier, I always try to have 
1 tank available for isolation and treatment.

How many tablespoons of salt in 1.5 cups? You can put a lot of salt in with 
fish (again, ones with scales, not with synodontis or clown loaches) before 
its an issue. Plants might suffer, but (/bait) they're plants, who cares? 
(bait/) Enough salt to raise the SG to at least 1.005 would *probably* not 
distress the fish but do-in the ich. 1.010 is enough to hatch brine shrimp..

Matt


> From: "Darcey Harding" <darceyh@drizzle.com>
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> Subject: RE: [GSAS-Member] Virulent new ich strains / Super Ich
> Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 09:37:44 -0700
>
> How -much- salt?
>
> There's about a cup and a half in there now, for 125 gallons.  More?
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Trish
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> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Virulent new ich strains / Super Ich
>
> Do you use salt in your tanks? Salt is great natural remidy for many
> things......
>
> When I have had ich in the pst, I always use quick cure...It's cured it in 
> a few
> days......and of course salt. But I think also catching when you first see 
> it is
> the key.
>
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