Porc With 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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Re: Porc With Ich
No I am such a bad mother. I have been working 7 days a week and going to school. She is getting better, but I am taking down the whole tank next weekend, because my boyfriend has to move so she will be going into hypo then. I still have my white spot puffer in there but I hope to find him a good home before then, since I work at a pet store I have been asking all the salt water people that come in and I think I have a home for him in a 420 gallon tank yay!!! I am so scared of moving the tank so I am super stressed out but my boyfriend is giving vitamins to Gizmo and she must be feeling better because she is swimming and dancing around the tank.
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Re: Porc With Ich
Be sure whever that whitespot goes, they kow to put it into hypo too--it's at the minimum a carrier of crypt & may subcumb to the parasite when stressed by the move.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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Re: Porc With Ich and moving
I am taking the white spot back to where I got her. I told them what was going on and they said they have a tank for her in the back and they even showed it to me and I had them test the water and sg just to make sure that she is going somewhere good. I hate to get rid of her but she is a major fin nipper and I can't keep her in my tank any more. I wish I could keep her but with the move and everything thats going on I'm just too stressed and with moving the tank I am just losing my mind!! I will be moving the tank this Saturday and I am still freaking out about it but I hope everthing will be ok, as for Gizmo she will be going with me. Her owner is very upset and has started to add other fish to the tank so I can't give her back until she doesn't have ich any more. Is there any advice about moving the fish? I have a 32 gallon tote that I am going to put them in so thatI have a lid and I am going to bungee cord the top and then have my friend in the front seat to hold on to the tote. Is there anyway I can reduce the stress? I can't remeber the last time I moved fish but I do remember that it was very stressful for everyone including me. Here is the plan, I have 3 totes that I plan to move the fish, live rock and sand in (all filled with water). I think I am going to change some of the water but not much I want to take most of the water that is in the tank so that its less stressful on the fish when I get them into the tank. Should I bag them and acclimate them all over again? I have never moved a salt water tank so I am a little scared about the whole thing. I can get some big bags from work and I might be able to get a drip so I can drip them if need be. How long should I have the tank set up before I add them? I know the sand might cloud the water so I might have to wait for that. I just need some help!!
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