Hey guys,
I wanna start by saying I'm sorry if I posted this in a wrong spot. I wasn't really sure where to put this because its about gold fish but its also about ich. So, today I brought home two Pearl scale Gold fish. I have them in there own 20GAL tank away from my community fish where they will stay. Let me start off by saying that i have always wanted this kind of gold fish, when I saw them at my LPS, I had to get them, HAD TOO but the catch is, they have ich. I noticed it right away and decided it was worth it, so I got ich meds too to treat there water. I went home, set up the tank, reed up on ich and that is what brings me hear.. Everything says that it helps if you keep their water temperature high as ich has a hard time living in higher water temp but I know that goldfish are a cold water fish. I already treated the water in the tank, I also put salt in there and added stress coat.. But I don't know if I should put a heater in there and raise it slowly over the next few days to help the meds along or wait and see. I know they are stressed and I don't want to stress them out anymore then I have too. Any and all feed back would be appreciated. Thank you.
P.S. I know this is a tropical fish forum but I haven't found a goldfish forum yet.. I just got them.
I wanna start by saying I'm sorry if I posted this in a wrong spot. I wasn't really sure where to put this because its about gold fish but its also about ich. So, today I brought home two Pearl scale Gold fish. I have them in there own 20GAL tank away from my community fish where they will stay. Let me start off by saying that i have always wanted this kind of gold fish, when I saw them at my LPS, I had to get them, HAD TOO but the catch is, they have ich. I noticed it right away and decided it was worth it, so I got ich meds too to treat there water. I went home, set up the tank, reed up on ich and that is what brings me hear.. Everything says that it helps if you keep their water temperature high as ich has a hard time living in higher water temp but I know that goldfish are a cold water fish. I already treated the water in the tank, I also put salt in there and added stress coat.. But I don't know if I should put a heater in there and raise it slowly over the next few days to help the meds along or wait and see. I know they are stressed and I don't want to stress them out anymore then I have too. Any and all feed back would be appreciated. Thank you.
P.S. I know this is a tropical fish forum but I haven't found a goldfish forum yet.. I just got them.