Bambi92 Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Hi allOur 3ft with the 2 green terrors and 3 bristle noses has ich so far its just the green terrors that have it on them (last time I buy fish from the place we got them second time it's happened) last time it was my 6ft and I used the salt to clear it up and haven't had a problem since in that tank.If I remember correctly i raised the temp slowly to I think about 30c but I can't remember how much salt I put in. I looked around and unless I'm looking in the wrong places I can't find a straight answer as to how much to put In I used rock salt last time and have it in the cupboard so I'm using that again but how much do I put in? And how many times do I put it in? (I tried to search the forum but for some reason my iPad keeps telling me it can't search) Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Hi BambiI use Aquasonic Ichonex for Ich as its safe for catfish and always run 2 coursesyou are correct in upping the temp to 30* also you can lower the water levelto reduce water volume and increase aerationalways measure water volume removing voids and substrate not tank volumefound this link that is quiet good if you want to go the temp and salt wayhttp://www.aquahobby.com/articles/e_ich2.phpremember you can only kill the parasite in the free swimming stage and normallythere will be a trigger as the Ich pathogen is always present in waterit can be as simple as a chill from a draft or temp drop from a water change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambi92 Posted March 20, 2013 Author Share Posted March 20, 2013 Hi BambiI use Aquasonic Ichonex for Ich as its safe for catfish and always run 2 coursesyou are correct in upping the temp to 30* also you can lower the water levelto reduce water volume and increase aerationalways measure water volume removing voids and substrate not tank volumefound this link that is quiet good if you want to go the temp and salt wayhttp://www.aquahobby.com/articles/e_ich2.phpremember you can only kill the parasite in the free swimming stage and normallythere will be a trigger as the Ich pathogen is always present in waterit can be as simple as a chill from a draft or temp drop from a water changeThanks for the link.In regards to the litres in the tank how do I know how many litres it is? What's the ichonex worth and best place to get it? I haven't seen it before that might be because I haven't looked for it before though. Might be easier getting that instead of trying to remember the salt treatment if it happens again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Bambihave a look at the retailer list as your location is listed as Sydney but no general area or suburbhttp://www.aquasonic.com.au/new-south-wales-aquarium-retailersthis calculator will give you all the answers needed with volume and dosage ratesremember only measure water volume without substrate or rocks but add approx volume of cannister filterhttp://www.tranquilmarine.com.au/staticpages/index.php/volume-calculator-fish-tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambi92 Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPM1976 Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 One i use it Waterlife Protozin works well for white spot and also is goodto use on catfish as well.You use it over a course of 6 days dosing ondays 1,2,3 & 6 so it releases it slowly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithoMan Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 I saw some at Labrynth aquariumAndrew had the ichonexCheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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