sumo_si Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 well as some of you know from last nights chat room that 2 of my fish had ich...so just after i left the room...i went to see if i had some of that mal...(cant remember the full name of it...)...but it was that blue/greeny thing...so i added some of that stuff in...just hoping that it would help...then did the same thing when i got home from school...well luckily no more fish have had it...the spots on the pleco...have seemd to have gotten smaller...(or its just my imagination hoping they ahve ) well...news on the new baby platy...it seems to be growing...feeding it crushed flakes twice a day...when should i do a water change???? ive read every 3-6 days is fine...but i only have one baby... so do you think i'll need to a water change on the weekend??? well...i'll be going to go to the lfs on the weekend...and i'll have more info then... sumo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.L Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 well as some of you know from last nights chat room that 2 of my fish had ich...so just after i left the room...i went to see if i had some of that mal...(cant remember the full name of it...)...but it was that blue/greeny thing...so i added some of that stuff in...just hoping that it would help...then did the same thing when i got home from school...well luckily no more fish have had it...the spots on the pleco...have seemd to have gotten smaller...(or its just my imagination hoping they ahve ) well...news on the new baby platy...it seems to be growing...feeding it crushed flakes twice a day...when should i do a water change???? ive read every 3-6 days is fine...but i only have one baby... so do you think i'll need to a water change on the weekend??? well...i'll be going to go to the lfs on the weekend...and i'll have more info then... sumo Of course you need to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted February 27, 2004 Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 with many diseases caused by underwater microbes they have a lifecycle during which only part of is spent on the poor fish. the rest of the time they are floating around in the tank, making homes on rocks or in gravel and lying around dormant until the conditions are better for them to come out. Because of this (and i only mention it because you did not) you need to keep treating the tank for a while after the symptoms have disappeared from the fish. In the case of Ich (Ichthyophthirius Multifiliis / White Spot) the only time they are vunerable is when they are free swimmming as tomides the adults (the white spots) and the cysts tend to be rather resistant to treatment. Because of this you need to be sure that any tomides are sent to their doom with a healthy dose of medication. Also recommended is regular vacumming of the tank to get rid of cysts that may be hiding in the gravel or sludge. A good article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumo_si Posted February 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 oh thanks for that...well no more fish...that ive seen have had the whitespot...so it was just on the bn and zebra danio...both fish seem to be fine... will keep you all posted over the next few days sumo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumo_si Posted February 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 ok...heres what happened today.... i took a sample of water to get tested...the guy at the lfs tested it...he tested ammonia and nitrate...ammonia was still zero...and then he looked at the nitates...he said that they were fine...i didnt look at the readings....but he said that my water was FINE!!!! so theres the deal...and i feel very happy about it all sumo :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted February 28, 2004 Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 Good to hear your samples were fine but there must be a problem somewhere as ich is usually brought on by stress or caught from adding infected fish to the tank. Did you introduce some new fish to the tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumo_si Posted February 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 well the latest fish i added was my platies...and that was well over a week ago... could the fish get scared if people come up to the tank heaps and just look into it...??? because everyone who has come over to my house lately...has been shown my beauty...my tank...and all the cool fish... sumo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted February 28, 2004 Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 It is possible it was latent in the platies and having them bagged and bought to a new environment and introduced into your tank was enough to trigger it off. Fish can get scared if people run up to the tank suddenly but generally they don't seem to take that much notice of humans quietly looking. Keep showing them off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumo_si Posted February 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 ahhh ok...so maybe the platies were the prob...but anyway its all under control now oh...and i defo WILL keep showing of my tank...its just sooooo cool!!!! sumo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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