Richard has Ich

[GamePlayer No. 1058]

Okay, my first GF died, I dont know if it was the ich or an uncured tank. I
first noticed ich on the GF on the 2nd day, and bought quick cure, by the
morning of day 3 or 4, the GF had died.

I then washed out the tank, (when I say washed, I dont mean with soap and
water, but rather just rinsed the tank 7 or 8 times in tap water). I got
rid of the substrate and sponges in the filters and refilled with water.

I poured in enough bio spira for 90 gallons, and added the fish when the
temp was right.

Now, everythings been fine but it's now on day 4 or 7 (Im terrible with time
lapses), and fish are alive, breathing normal and behaving like good little
fish should. But Richard I noticed has a couple spots on his tail,
yesterday there were about 10 little white spots. I dripped in 8 drops of
quick cure yesterday night.

Tonight I notice only a few white spots on his tail (looks like quick cure
is working), and I drip in another 11 drops (since my 8 drops were off since
the tank is larger than 8 gallons and more like 11.75 true water gallons).

But my question comes to this: Did ich reoccur with fresh inhabitants to
the tank because I didnt wash out the tank in bleach and water, or because
the first day or two we had a hot spell and the water temp rose 3 to 4
degrees within 24 hours, thus stressing the fish? I've now got control over
the temp fluctuations since I added a fan to the hood which is doing well to
keep the tank temps the same, day or night.

But I'd hate to lose Richard or Hyacinth, so is there anything else I can do
for this besides just wait it out and keep dosing quick cure until I see no
more spots?

Thanks,

[GamePlayer No. 1058]

Oh yeah, when I say rinsed 7 or 8 times, what I mean is to fill the tank 7
or 8 times, then throughly drain it dry, then repeat 7 or 8 times.


"GamePlayer No. 1058" > wrote in message
...
> Okay, my first GF died, I dont know if it was the ich or an uncured tank.
I
> first noticed ich on the GF on the 2nd day, and bought quick cure, by the
> morning of day 3 or 4, the GF had died.
>
> I then washed out the tank, (when I say washed, I dont mean with soap and
> water, but rather just rinsed the tank 7 or 8 times in tap water). I got
> rid of the substrate and sponges in the filters and refilled with water.
>
> I poured in enough bio spira for 90 gallons, and added the fish when the
> temp was right.
>
> Now, everythings been fine but it's now on day 4 or 7 (Im terrible with
time
> lapses), and fish are alive, breathing normal and behaving like good
little
> fish should. But Richard I noticed has a couple spots on his tail,
> yesterday there were about 10 little white spots. I dripped in 8 drops of
> quick cure yesterday night.
>
> Tonight I notice only a few white spots on his tail (looks like quick cure
> is working), and I drip in another 11 drops (since my 8 drops were off
since
> the tank is larger than 8 gallons and more like 11.75 true water gallons).
>
> But my question comes to this: Did ich reoccur with fresh inhabitants to
> the tank because I didnt wash out the tank in bleach and water, or because
> the first day or two we had a hot spell and the water temp rose 3 to 4
> degrees within 24 hours, thus stressing the fish? I've now got control
over
> the temp fluctuations since I added a fan to the hood which is doing well
to
> keep the tank temps the same, day or night.
>
> But I'd hate to lose Richard or Hyacinth, so is there anything else I can
do
> for this besides just wait it out and keep dosing quick cure until I see
no
> more spots?
>
> Thanks,
>
>

[Gunther]

In article >,
says...
> Oh yeah, when I say rinsed 7 or 8 times, what I mean is to fill the tank 7
> or 8 times, then throughly drain it dry, then repeat 7 or 8 times.


I think ich is pretty much ubiquitous, and every so often it
just decides to go active. It seems like almost any non-trivial
change to the environment can bring on an outbreak -- new additions
to the community, stress from some other illness, or even
a drop in temperature of more than a couple of degrees.
You can almost guarantee that when you get a new goldfish, it will
first exhibit ich itself in the isolation/hospital tank; then when
you add it to the community tank, the other fish will most likely
break out.

G

[Pog Mo Thoin]

"GamePlayer No. 1058" > wrote in message
...
>
> But I'd hate to lose Richard or Hyacinth, so is there anything else I can
do
> for this besides just wait it out and keep dosing quick cure until I see
no
> more spots?
>
> Thanks,
>

Stick them in a Bucket!

Geddit!

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what are your water quality parameters, ammonia, nitrites, nitrates and pH?
how many fish. 8 drops of QC means you got an 8 gallon tank? otherwise, it is 1
drop per gallon to treat.
ich comes on with new fish when they are moved. temp drops bring on ich.
you dont talk about checking water paramters or changing water. both are essential.
Ingrid

"GamePlayer No. 1058" > wrote:
>Tonight I notice only a few white spots on his tail (looks like quick cure
>is working), and I drip in another 11 drops (since my 8 drops were off since
>the tank is larger than 8 gallons and more like 11.75 true water gallons).
>
>But my question comes to this: Did ich reoccur with fresh inhabitants to
>the tank because I didnt wash out the tank in bleach and water, or because
>the first day or two we had a hot spell and the water temp rose 3 to 4
>degrees within 24 hours, thus stressing the fish? I've now got control over
>the temp fluctuations since I added a fan to the hood which is doing well to
>keep the tank temps the same, day or night.
>
>But I'd hate to lose Richard or Hyacinth, so is there anything else I can do
>for this besides just wait it out and keep dosing quick cure until I see no
>more spots?
>
>Thanks,
>



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[GamePlayer No. 1058]

My water paramaters are all good, amonia, 0, nitrites 0, nitrates <10 Water
temp now a steady 77f.

I think I underdosed, because this tank use to be a sal****er nano reef
tank, that only held about 8 gallons of actual water because of the
displacement of the liverock, and livesand. In actuallity it holds
aproximately 11 3/4 gallons.

Today the ich is no longer noticible so Im going to dose the last 11 drops
tonight then tommorrow night Im going to put the carbon back in after a
water change to clear up the water from the quick cure dosing.

I havn't wanted to change the water during the quick cure treatment because
I felt it would dilute the quick cure medicine below what it should be at
(which apparently I dosed it too low on the first day by 3 drops), so after
they're free and clear of ich, I'll do my regular water change twice a week,
like I've done in the past with my tropical fish.

> wrote in message
...
> what are your water quality parameters, ammonia, nitrites, nitrates and
pH?
> how many fish. 8 drops of QC means you got an 8 gallon tank? otherwise,
it is 1
> drop per gallon to treat.
> ich comes on with new fish when they are moved. temp drops bring on ich.
> you dont talk about checking water paramters or changing water. both are
essential.
> Ingrid
>
> "GamePlayer No. 1058" > wrote:
> >Tonight I notice only a few white spots on his tail (looks like quick
cure
> >is working), and I drip in another 11 drops (since my 8 drops were off
since
> >the tank is larger than 8 gallons and more like 11.75 true water
gallons).
> >
> >But my question comes to this: Did ich reoccur with fresh inhabitants to
> >the tank because I didnt wash out the tank in bleach and water, or
because
> >the first day or two we had a hot spell and the water temp rose 3 to 4
> >degrees within 24 hours, thus stressing the fish? I've now got control
over
> >the temp fluctuations since I added a fan to the hood which is doing well
to
> >keep the tank temps the same, day or night.
> >
> >But I'd hate to lose Richard or Hyacinth, so is there anything else I can
do
> >for this besides just wait it out and keep dosing quick cure until I see
no
> >more spots?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
> http://puregold.aquaria.net/
> www.drsolo.com
> Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
> compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
> endorsements or recommendations I make.

[GamePlayer No. 1058]

Hahahahahaha, at first I was about to killfile you thinking you were being a
smart @ss, then I re-read it and realized how funny that really is.

Thanks for the chuckle.

"Pog Mo Thoin" > wrote in message
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>
> "GamePlayer No. 1058" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > But I'd hate to lose Richard or Hyacinth, so is there anything else I
can
> do
> > for this besides just wait it out and keep dosing quick cure until I see
> no
> > more spots?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
>
> Stick them in a Bucket!
>
> Geddit!
>
>
>

[axeman chris]

"Pog Mo Thoin" > wrote in message
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>
> "GamePlayer No. 1058" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > But I'd hate to lose Richard or Hyacinth, so is there anything else I
can
> do
> > for this besides just wait it out and keep dosing quick cure until I see
> no
> > more spots?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
>
> Stick them in a Bucket!
>
> Geddit!

LOL! Mind the old lady on the pavement!

Jacqui

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>

[Pog Mo Thoin]

"GamePlayer No. 1058" > wrote in message
...
> Hahahahahaha, at first I was about to killfile you thinking you were being
a
> smart @ss, then I re-read it and realized how funny that really is.
>
> Thanks for the chuckle.
>

"It's the way I tell 'em!"

Aw nice!