Nikki wrote:
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Nikki wrote:
I am out of "ich" med and was reading how to treat ich with salt and high
temp, however in all the pages I read I noticed malachite green treats
ich, and fungus, I have fungus med with the ingredient being MG, but my
bottle has the dose for fungus on it being that is what its for, no
dosing info for ich treatment, the fungus direction said dose twice 48
hours apart which would. not work for ich, any idea what the right dose
would be for ich in a 40 gl tank, or even per gallon and I can figure it
out, maybe someone has ich med at home with MG as the main ingredient.
being its a holiday stores are closed and I noticed the ich yesterday but
was on the way out the door for the funeral, so figured I would deal with
it today, so I don't want to wait till I am able to get to the fishs
store, need be I guess I could go to the super market and they may have
it, but if the malachite green will work it would be a little easier.
so if anyone is around today and knows please let me know.
thanks an happy easter
.Nik
how high of a temp can female bettas deal with, i have it on 81 now but i
think as far as heat killing ich it has to be at least 85-89 right? I
have an extra air hose going
I hope the funeral went OK.

Ich meds are usually a mixture of formalin and malachite green. Straight
MG or formalin can both work - just not as fast. If it's all you have,
try it. You can always change some water and go to a normal
formalin/malachite green medicine later. Follow the dose on the bottle
because the manufacturer has designed it to be a safe dose. Overdosing on
MG is very bad for tetras, scaleless catfish, and loaches.

As for temps, I've had bettas up to 84F (along with the rest of my house
and all my other fish) with no ill effects. You need at least 85F for
temperature alone to kill ich. Some temperature tolerant strains have
been reported, so watch carefully if you try high temps with no meds.

If I were you, I'd start feeding the fish twice a day with a good,
high-protein food. I would raise tank temps to 82F to speed the parasite
life cycle and dose the malachite green exactly according to the fungus
bottle. In a couple of days, when I was over the stress of the funeral, I
would see if the fish looked better and maybe go to the fish store for
some Quick Cure or raise the temperature higher.

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I did salt the tank, well I use some salt any way but I put close to 2 tsp
per gl in the tank, and I am raising the temps slowly, I ran out of ich med
before ...and forgot to grab more. I did not know if female bettas could
handle 86 degree's, the reason I was asking about the dose is for fungus it
says use it the first day then again in 48 hours and thats all, and I see
where that would work with fungus but with the life cycle of ich that would
not work , I used the dose on the bottle last night, so I don't know if I
should skip a day and do it that way or use it again tonight until I don't
see the ich no more then use every three days which is how I use the ich
meds, I guess I can try to go to the store today, but to be honest this
weekend was just a little to long for me, and I don't want to go any where I
have to deal with people.
The funeral went as well as one could go I guess, there was a line half way
down the street, I seen Sammy his three year old daughter and that was very
sad, I just been trying to make sure my dad, and the rest of the family are
ok, me and my sister are going to go pack up his house so his wife and baby
don't have to go back there in the next couple weeks.
thanks for asking
Nik

Don't put any more malachite green in a salted tank. You can kill fish
that way. The heat and salt is plenty for ich.

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