Hi Rachell,
Yes, marine salt is fine to use with your pleco, but no species of catfish likes much salt anyway. With Ich, you don't need that much salt though, just 1 Tablespoon per 5 gallons, which shouldn't bother him (her?). This is in combination with the heat treatment.
You don't need to use a medication for treating Ich, which is especially good as many Ich medications are detrimental to catfish as many use the dye medication, Malachite Green. It can be used at half-strength for catfish, but then, it's of course not as effective. You can use an Ich medication that's without a dye in its ingredients, but you don't need to use any medication if you raise the temperature to at least 86 o. It needs to be kept there for at least two days after seeing no further signs of Ich on the fish, which can take up to about 10 days in all. Additional aeration is always recommended, if possible, to help ensure as much oxygen is being absorbed into the water at all times during the treatment. Likewise, the CO2 will disipate more freely. One caveat with having live plants in the tank though -- not all plants take that much heat for an extended time easily, while some will tolerate it with ease. It's generally the tenderer plants that don't like the heat.
As you can't give away or return fish that have Ich, unless it's seen on the fish already when you first bring them home, you might as well figure on treating them in the tank at this same time. I guess I don't need to tell you, to consider getting a quarantine tank for the future.
Ray
--- In AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com, "rachell7" <rachell7@...> wrote:
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> I have a question re: ich, those dreaded white spots. I got 3 tetras recently (2 weeks ago) I don't have a quarantine tank (bad I know, I've read your posts re: them enough over the years I've been on this group I should know better!) but now I'm seeing those dreaded white spots and from past experience I know it's ich. I have a bristlenose peco and 2 neons, I have live plants and would appreciate advice. I'm ready to get rid of the tetras, but I know the rest of my tank may already be infected. The fish I worry most about is my peco.
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> I recently bought some marine salt is it OK to use with the peco? I have a heater, should I raise the temp, it's at 80 F now. I'm not sure about medication to use esp. with the peco, so advice there please!
> Rachell
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