Thanks Amber, yes the salt is hard to dissolve as I found out! And I did add it a little at a time. I have adjusted the temp slowly as well, I have increased it from 80 to 82 and will raise it another 2 degrees tomorrow.
Rachell
--- In AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com, Amber <arberglund@...> wrote:
>
> Make sure to not add the salt all at once, do it gradually. The same for
> raising the temps, if you raise them up any higher don't do it all at
> once, raise it gradually over a few days. Also mix the salt into the
> water until it dissolves, don't pour it directly into the tank (fish
> will eat the granules and can burn their gills by doing so).
>
> Amber
>
> On 7/29/2013 3:19 AM, Ray wrote:
> >
> > Rachell,
> >
> > Why would you remove the infected fish to a bucket? Aren't you
> > planning to treat them too, or are you just going to let them die --
> > which they eventually will when their illness gets worse? Or are you
> > going to treat them in the bucket? The problem with treating them in
> > the bucket is that you can't very well see when the Ich is gone, and
> > may put them back in the tank too soon. Looks like you're planning to
> > hold off on treating the main tank until you see signs of Ich. I don't
> > know what temperature you're keeping them (Pleco and Neons) at now,
> > but it wouldn't be a bad idea to at least raise the temp to 80 o, and
> > add the salt.
> >
> > The 80 o temp will boost the fishes' immune systems and the salt will
> > promote an increased slime coat to make it more difficult for Ich to
> > attach themselves. That small, token amount of salt won't bother
> > anything, not even the plants. If you're going to use a medication for
> > the Tetras in the bucket, you should know that they too are not very
> > tolerant of Malachite Green; it may have been best to treat all the
> > fish, in the tank, at once. You can be sure that there's Ich in your
> > tank if these Tetras had two weeks there to develop it, but time will
> > tell if the others contract it.
> >
>
>
>
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>
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