Question on ICH
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Read this before posting!!
Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
Read this before posting!!
Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
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Perry the Pufferfish
- Puffer Fry
- Posts: 22
- Joined: Tue Sep 20, 2011 3:59 pm
- Gender: Male
- My Puffers: 1 Figure 8 in a 38gal.
- Location (country): South West Florida
- Location: South Florida
Question on ICH
I bought Perry on Friday, and started treating for IP already, although he doesn't seem to show any symptoms of it. But I noticed that his colors are always kind of bland, except for when I feed him. And he seems to have a haze over his body. I don't know if I'm just being weird or if maybe he has ICH, from what Ive read that is the only possibility. I have attached a photo but its a bit overexposed. But it does show the "haze' I'm talking about. Any suggestions or help is greatly appreciated.
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ILoveLola
- Figure 8 Puffer
- Posts: 246
- Joined: Mon Sep 05, 2011 11:33 pm
- Gender: Female
- Location (country): Virginia, USA
- Location: Virginia, USA
Re: Question on ICH
My guess would be those are just his 'day' colors. My Lola is a kind of dull brown with yellow markings during the day, but when she is eating/hunting, angry (like during water changes), or the lights go out, she has much more vibrant green and intense black.
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Perry the Pufferfish
- Puffer Fry
- Posts: 22
- Joined: Tue Sep 20, 2011 3:59 pm
- Gender: Male
- My Puffers: 1 Figure 8 in a 38gal.
- Location (country): South West Florida
- Location: South Florida
Re: Question on ICH
That's what I had thought. But Ive never had any medical issues with fish that I have kept, so I wasn't sure. This is by far the coolest fish I have ever owned. Thanks.
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ILoveLola
- Figure 8 Puffer
- Posts: 246
- Joined: Mon Sep 05, 2011 11:33 pm
- Gender: Female
- Location (country): Virginia, USA
- Location: Virginia, USA
Re: Question on ICH
No problem! And I definitely agree, my F8 is the most fascinating fish ice ever had.
Just so you know--ich symptoms are lethargy, flashing behavior, clamped fins, heavy breathing, and the notorious salt-like crystals on the skin.
Just so you know--ich symptoms are lethargy, flashing behavior, clamped fins, heavy breathing, and the notorious salt-like crystals on the skin.