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



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>
Reply-To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat<gsas-member@thekrib.com> To: "'Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat'" <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
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?

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Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 5:59 AM
To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
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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