Tree Trunk Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Hey all, new to the forums. I bought a male and female juvenile peacock cichlid from a local seller and were fine for a couple of days, but upon closer inspection this afternoon both fish had a tonne of small white spots. I assume its ick and was wondering if anybody has had experience with copper medication. I read on other sites that raising temp+salt works well. Thanks in advance for the help, Tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccal Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 On the other sites you read correctly,,, that is the ticket. heavy surface agetation 30'c back of on the feeding just a smidge. keep this going for a week and a half. add salt if you like, but without salt works just fine to. Once they're all fixed up, try to keep your water temp as stable as possible, make sure it doesn't drop temp at night and raise during the day. its this up and down that promotes the ich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckmeister Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Ich is normally in most aquariums. Most fish deal with Ichthyophthirius naturally but in most cases of high stress a fishs immune system can break down and ich becomes rampant. symtoms can include excessive flashing (rubbing against the substrate or decorations), labored breathing, clamped fins, loss of appetite, lethargic and/or reclusive behavior, and hovering near filter returns. First step is to raise the temp slowly over hours (maybe a degree an hour) . I've never gone as high as 30 degree's as I felt uncomfortable reaching those temps though I do go 28-29 degrees. People do go to 30 so its obviously safe and the harder you can push ich the better as it can be nasty. I always treat with salt. Its a treatment that not only kills ich (in combination with heat) but helps in slime coat production. In cases of bad outbreaks then a commercial product to nuke it may be needed. I'd just like to re-iterate that there are usually 2 ways you introduce ich...the first mentioned is stress. It maybe an over crowded tank, bad water conditions, large temp variations (too hot, too cold or large swings), water variable changes in general, getting harassed etc or it may simply come from a shop/bought fish but stress is the answer to ich in 99 percent of times. If you have scaleless fish like loaches, they are very prone to ich related illness (stress related). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 as above but I used Aquasonic Ichaway as it's safe with catfish and scaleless fish some of these don't react well to the addition of NON iodised salt as Chuck said the pathogen is in the water and just needs a trigger for the immune system to drop up the water temp - increase aeration remove any carbon that you may have in the filter and throw away if you use a commercial treatment follow the dosing instructions and do a water change at least 30% at the end of the course and run a second course and another 30% water change - pathogen can only be kill in the free swimming state so always 2 courses of treatment to the tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree Trunk Posted February 3, 2016 Author Share Posted February 3, 2016 Thanks everyone for the help . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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