Hello All
I am currently dealing with a mild to moderate case of White Spot (Ich) in my 20 Gal community tank with Platies and guppies. I have used alittle bit of the commercially avaiable white spot medication that turned my tank a little blue...this was about 4 days ago. There does not seem to be any signs that the Ich is going away.
Today I noticed that at least 2 of my platies have clamped fins which as far as I know means that they are under stress. One of the websites I went to recommended doing rountine tank maintainance and cleaning (ie. water change, clean the glass,etc.) which I have now done. They also recommended a little bit of salt in the tank...1 TBLspoon per 5 gal water...which I have now done.
My question in this...If I have managed to eliminate as much of the stress factors as possible, how long before I notice a change in the fishes fins (Not clamping anymore). Also, it only seems to be my MM platies that are clamping fins...are they more suseptable to stress than other platies?
I am currently dealing with a mild to moderate case of White Spot (Ich) in my 20 Gal community tank with Platies and guppies. I have used alittle bit of the commercially avaiable white spot medication that turned my tank a little blue...this was about 4 days ago. There does not seem to be any signs that the Ich is going away.
Today I noticed that at least 2 of my platies have clamped fins which as far as I know means that they are under stress. One of the websites I went to recommended doing rountine tank maintainance and cleaning (ie. water change, clean the glass,etc.) which I have now done. They also recommended a little bit of salt in the tank...1 TBLspoon per 5 gal water...which I have now done.
My question in this...If I have managed to eliminate as much of the stress factors as possible, how long before I notice a change in the fishes fins (Not clamping anymore). Also, it only seems to be my MM platies that are clamping fins...are they more suseptable to stress than other platies?