My platy is acting very strange. It's hiding and resting on the bottom of the tank alot. It's a small fish maybe 1.25 inch? I also noticed it seems to have little white specks on it. Kind of alot of the specks..but not something you notice right away unless your down there really looking at him. IDK..maybe it's normal these specks i havent really inspected the other 3 platty.
Anyway...not much info to go on..but ...what do you think?
Can you give me your readings for ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, and ph?
What size is the tank?
Do you see the platy flashing? Do the spots look like a grain of salt? If so, it might be ick.
Well everytihing except nitrates is perfect. i use a liquid set...and it looks between 10 and 20 if i hold it up it looks 10...if i lay is down with a white back ground it looks 20. is that still within limits?
20 ppm nitrates is fine. Anything under 40 ppm is considered safe for most fish.
Wonder if the shark or catfish ate the danio? Or, it could have died and the pleco ate it.
I have found the heat/salt treatment to work well for me to rid the tank of ick. I would bump up the water changes during the treatment. Water changes will help remove some of the free swimming ick. You will just have to remember to replace the salt that was removed from the water change. Table salt is fine to use, so don't waist your money on fancy salt.
I think all the fish would live through the heat, as long as you turn the heat up slowly and increase the available air. Make the tank as full of air bubbles as you can get it. If you use a hang on the back type filter, drop the water line to get more air from the filter.
If you go with meds, get one that says its ok to use on sensitive fish, such as your catfish. Better to start using it at half dose and keep a close eye on the catfish. I burnt the whiskers off one of my catfish using Quick Cure at half dose, has made me leery of meds.
Even if you go with meds, the heater would be good to have. If you use meds only take the heat up to 82 deg. At 82, it is to warm for the ick to live on the fish and they will start falling off. The meds only work on the free swimming ick.
As you can see some of the small specks on this fellow...i took pix of the platty too but they didnt show up good. The are all acting weird...and the platty is looking the worst as far as his activity...he's just laying on the bottom.
Yep, thats ick.
Start treatment ASAP. Ick is one of the easier fish diseases to cure, so start treatment now and all of your fish should live through it.
Thats the bad part, some fish can have ick, but not be noticeably to our eye.
That is one reason to continue with the treatment for a least a week after you believe it to be gone.
It will also help in making sure all the free swimming ick, have been killed off.
You will want to qt any new fish after the treatment, or you risk bringing ick back into the tank.
Doing ok..no one has died...and no one seems to be getting worse.
so far im on track for water changes...1 a day since wed. added salt (going light on it)
I rinsed out the filter(sponge, carbon, bii-thing)...i know thats prob bad? oh well it looked like some gunk came offI(good bacteria right?) heh...
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