Hello,
I have a 20 gallon tank with 2 beta sharks, 2 id sharks and 2 pictus catfish & a red tail shark. My larger tank had a leak & I had to move them to this smaller tank. When I purchased my bala sharks a few weeks ago 1 of them was relatively thin compared to other bala sharks. He seems to swim okay but is smaller and is not an aggressive eater compared to his tank mates. I noticed today that he had a couple white spots on his tail and 1 of my id sharks seems to have 4 or 5 spots of ick on his head. Both fish swim okay when I am feeding them but both my id sharks seem to just lay around on the bottom of the tank and hide in a cave until feeding time.
I have heard I should raise the temperature to 86 degrees F but I am not sure if my species of fish can handle it? I am also not sure if I should use aquarim salt. I just gave them 1 treatment of ick medication but should I also do a water change yet?
I plan on moving all my fish to a larger tank that has been running for a few days but now because of the ick I do not know when I can move them? Should I use any of the water from the smaller 20 gallon tank? Is the water now contaminated in the 20 gallon and should I use fresh water for the entire larger tank?
Please help.
I have a 20 gallon tank with 2 beta sharks, 2 id sharks and 2 pictus catfish & a red tail shark. My larger tank had a leak & I had to move them to this smaller tank. When I purchased my bala sharks a few weeks ago 1 of them was relatively thin compared to other bala sharks. He seems to swim okay but is smaller and is not an aggressive eater compared to his tank mates. I noticed today that he had a couple white spots on his tail and 1 of my id sharks seems to have 4 or 5 spots of ick on his head. Both fish swim okay when I am feeding them but both my id sharks seem to just lay around on the bottom of the tank and hide in a cave until feeding time.
I have heard I should raise the temperature to 86 degrees F but I am not sure if my species of fish can handle it? I am also not sure if I should use aquarim salt. I just gave them 1 treatment of ick medication but should I also do a water change yet?
I plan on moving all my fish to a larger tank that has been running for a few days but now because of the ick I do not know when I can move them? Should I use any of the water from the smaller 20 gallon tank? Is the water now contaminated in the 20 gallon and should I use fresh water for the entire larger tank?
Please help.