I looked at all three of them a few minutes ago, the pleco has been out more
now because I have kept the light off, he is usually upside down on a big
rock somewhere, now he is on the glass so I was able to check him better, I
used a magnified glass, he looks fine to me I see nothing on him, the
gourami I think may have a couple ick spots (like a grain of salt) on his
side fins, but I am not 100% sure, the goldfish I don't see no ick on now,
but like I said his tail looks a little (hard to describe) white on the very
tips and I don't see any of the white on his coat like I seen before.
I thought I read that the salt would hurt the pleco, which is why I was
doing the salt dips out side of the tank in a bucket for the goldfish, am I
correct in thinking salt is bad for the pleco or could he deal with the
teaspoon per gallon, and how about the gourami, can he also deal with salt?
oh one question if anyone knows, my LFS does not have salt for fishtanks,
but I have the Morton's non-iodized salt which is what I use, I also have
salt I got at the store its called (Reese seasalt, it says fine crystals,
all natural, no additives, the ingredients are : refined sea salt.... that's
all) Any idea if that is better then the non-iodized table salt, at least
till I can find aquarium salt?? Thanks
I am not sure if the stuff on the goldfish I said I seen is fungus or
anything for that matter but while I was out today I grabbed T.C capsules
(antibiotic) incase in the end he does have some type of fungus, which is
what happened after getting rid of the ick in my guppy tank.
and if not I'll have them for if I ever need them.
thank you guys so much, the last few weeks I have just had a mess with my
tanks, and I do appreciate all the help. I also cut down on feeding I
usually feed twice a day, I try to feed different things, I got the jar of
food that has four different types of food breakfast/ lunch/ dinner/ snack
Nikki


"Frank" wrote in message
ups.com...
Nikki wrote,
I don't know, any one have any idea if I should continue with salt dips or
hold off now...........

I would hold off. One tsb of salt per gal. in the tank will stimulate
it's slime coat. Their slime coat contains antibody, so you won't want
to strip it - give it a little time to heal.

Since i did ick med on day 1 and 2, what
now .....

You don't want to over do that eather. Malachite green remains within
tissue for a long time, so it's not like the med. stops working when
you stop adding it. Next treatment should still be on day 4 (with a 20%
water change before treatment). If you plan on leaving the pleco in
there, keep an eye on it. If it looks like it is going into respiratory
distress, it will have to be moved to an untreated tank.
................ Frank