ichthyophthirius multifiliis on GFW puffers.

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ichthyophthirius multifiliis on GFW puffers.

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So thats all folks i need some help here, i try to find an article about this, but i realized that pufferpedia is not working.. Excuse me if i didn't search properly but its kind of urgent :(

A friend of mine recently get a bunch of FW & BW puffers for selling on the store... they arrived wit ICH, we separated them into individual tanks with correct parameter, after that BW puffs has no more ICH, but..... i don't know how to deal with ICH on the giant FW puffers.

1.- Parameters:
PH:7
Gh: 10
Kh: 5
No2: 0
Nh3Nh4: 0
Tº: 29º

2.- He has a 4" MBU and a Fahaka, both with ICH, they are in 2 separated 70g (it will be more, don't worry) tanks with this parameters:

3.-We are feeding with frozen (Defrosted with tank water and vitamins) shrimp, squid, crabs and live Zophobas, they are eating.

4.- No changes, we perpetrated tanks before puffers arrive, all fully cycled, no plants only sand substrate.

5.- Tanks where prepared 3 months after puffers arrive, they where all 1 year old FW tanks, and some where changed to BW in that time lapse.

So what should i do to cure ICH? Tº is 29º and we have no used medicine or salt, but some ones recommend it... is that ok?
i told him to do water changes cleaning very very well the substrate every 48 Hours.
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Re: ichthyophthirius multifiliis on GFW puffers.

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Here you go: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=28113&hilit=+Heat+salt
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OMG! nice post!
Thank you so much sevenyearnight! i was kind of worried about adding salt, cuz there are some folks that say that MBU an Fahaka don't like it at all... but if that article is checked and supported by TPF people, i´ll do it like i read!

I just have one more doubt...
i have some INSTANT OCEAN aquarium salt, should i use this one or just Table Salt?
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Re: ichthyophthirius multifiliis on GFW puffers.

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Im fairly certain using aquarium salt is ok, just not marine salt
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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Yep, it is a "medical salt" not for marine... i also have common table salt, but... i don't trust the fabricants...
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Yea thats the right stuff, I just dont remember how much. I wanna say its 1 tsp for every 5g but Im sure someone that knows for sure will speak up soon
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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umm the article said 1 tsp per gallon...but I'm not sure which are the spoons used for tea lol
but saint google said that a teaspoon equals 5gr... it's that right?
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Re: ichthyophthirius multifiliis on GFW puffers.

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I'm crap at metric conversions.
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Re: ichthyophthirius multifiliis on GFW puffers.

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RVS wrote:umm the article said 1 tsp per gallon...but I'm not sure which are the spoons used for tea lol
but saint google said that a teaspoon equals 5gr... it's that right?
Yes, that's correct.

1 teaspoon per gallon will give you a .1% salt level. The therapeutic dose for treating ich in goldfish is .3% (but the salt needs to be added .1% at at a time at 12-hour intervals). Not sure about treating puffers, though. Helpful, huh? :redface:
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Ummm im not only bad at conversions, seven, at maths at all!!!
But i suppose that doing the meds in 12 hours time lapses will be good, like Pufftastic said, i never had seen a puffer with ich...
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