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Hi all,
I'm having another ich outbreak and the heat only method I've been using doesn't seem to be effective. It's been at 32 degrees for 4 days now and today (5th day) its set to 30 degrees. (Tank is aerated)
I know that heat will speed up the ich cycle so more white spots are expected, but the troubling thing is that new spots are still popping up on fish that previously did not have any.
At 32 degrees, normal ich should be destroyed and at 30, it shouldn't be able to reproduce but this doesn't seem to be the case.
So now, what is the best plant/shrimp safe ich med that I can use with the heat treatment? Does anyone have success using a certain med?
I would normally stick with the suggested 10 day heat treatment but there have already been 2 casualties so I am looking for something more effective.
Thank you in advanced!
I'm having another ich outbreak and the heat only method I've been using doesn't seem to be effective. It's been at 32 degrees for 4 days now and today (5th day) its set to 30 degrees. (Tank is aerated)
I know that heat will speed up the ich cycle so more white spots are expected, but the troubling thing is that new spots are still popping up on fish that previously did not have any.
At 32 degrees, normal ich should be destroyed and at 30, it shouldn't be able to reproduce but this doesn't seem to be the case.
So now, what is the best plant/shrimp safe ich med that I can use with the heat treatment? Does anyone have success using a certain med?
I would normally stick with the suggested 10 day heat treatment but there have already been 2 casualties so I am looking for something more effective.
Thank you in advanced!