Ich w/ Snails?

[Sam]

what is the recomended treatment for Ich when you have snails? My betta got
it and he is in a tank with the only ones he gets along with.
Please help.

Sam

[Dinky]

"Sam" > wrote in message
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> what is the recomended treatment for Ich when you have snails? My betta
got
> it and he is in a tank with the only ones he gets along with.
> Please help.
>


I've found most fw snails are damn near indestructable. I've never lost any
snails when treating for ich. I just raise the temp to 80, and dose the ich
meds:) Don't forget to remove the carbon from your filter while medicating.
<g>

[NetMax]

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> "Sam" > wrote in message
> ...
> > what is the recomended treatment for Ich when you have snails? My
betta
> got
> > it and he is in a tank with the only ones he gets along with.
> > Please help.
> >
>
>
> I've found most fw snails are damn near indestructable. I've never lost
any
> snails when treating for ich. I just raise the temp to 80, and dose the
ich
> meds:) Don't forget to remove the carbon from your filter while
medicating.
> <g>

Alternately move the snail out for a few weeks and do not treat him. I
don't think the parasite would infest a snail, and without a host, the
Ich would vanish from the snail's tank. ymmv

NetMax

[Sam]

"NetMax" > wrote in message
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> "Dinky" > wrote in message
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> > "Sam" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > what is the recomended treatment for Ich when you have snails? My
> betta
> > got
> > > it and he is in a tank with the only ones he gets along with.
> > > Please help.
> > >
> >
> >
> > I've found most fw snails are damn near indestructable. I've never lost
> any
> > snails when treating for ich. I just raise the temp to 80, and dose the
> ich
> > meds:) Don't forget to remove the carbon from your filter while
> medicating.
> > <g>
>
> Alternately move the snail out for a few weeks and do not treat him. I
> don't think the parasite would infest a snail, and without a host, the
> Ich would vanish from the snail's tank. ymmv
>
> NetMax
>
>

But wouldn't the snails at least carry ICH. I don't want to spread it
arround.
is there a wash or something I can use that will clean off the snail? I am
not sure they would appriciate a salt bath.

Sam

[NetMax]

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> > > > what is the recomended treatment for Ich when you have snails?
My
> > betta
> > > got
> > > > it and he is in a tank with the only ones he gets along with.
> > > > Please help.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I've found most fw snails are damn near indestructable. I've never
lost
> > any
> > > snails when treating for ich. I just raise the temp to 80, and dose
the
> > ich
> > > meds:) Don't forget to remove the carbon from your filter while
> > medicating.
> > > <g>
> >
> > Alternately move the snail out for a few weeks and do not treat him.
I
> > don't think the parasite would infest a snail, and without a host,
the
> > Ich would vanish from the snail's tank. ymmv
> >
> > NetMax
> >
> >
>
> But wouldn't the snails at least carry ICH. I don't want to spread it
> arround.
> is there a wash or something I can use that will clean off the snail?
I am
> not sure they would appriciate a salt bath.
>
> Sam

No, the Ich parasite has a very fixed 4 stage life cycle. One of these
stages is the free-swimming stage where they have about 48 hours to find
a host. If no host, they die. You should only need to wait until all
the Ich parasites in their various life stages reach the free-swimming
stage and die off. AFAIK, snails can carry Ich (like plants, shrimps
etc) but not support them. ymmv

NetMax