Ick and pl*co

I have been treating my tank for 2 weeks (Ick). All teh fishes are now clear
out but my pl*co still covered in ick. I was planning to do a big water
change tomorrow and stop medicating the tank.....I had just a decesed fish
(tetra neon) all the rest seems to be just fine. I am not sure waht to
do....I dont want to continue with medication (Rid Ick+)



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Paulo

why do people put the * in pl*co?


"Paulo" wrote in message
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I have been treating my tank for 2 weeks (Ick). All teh fishes are now
clear
out but my pl*co still covered in ick. I was planning to do a big water
change tomorrow and stop medicating the tank.....I had just a decesed fish
(tetra neon) all the rest seems to be just fine. I am not sure waht to
do....I dont want to continue with medication (Rid Ick+)



--
Paulo

Just a way to protect them

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Paulo
"anti" wrote in message
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why do people put the * in pl*co?


"Paulo" wrote in message
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I have been treating my tank for 2 weeks (Ick). All teh fishes are now
clear
out but my pl*co still covered in ick. I was planning to do a big water
change tomorrow and stop medicating the tank.....I had just a decesed
fish
(tetra neon) all the rest seems to be just fine. I am not sure waht to
do....I dont want to continue with medication (Rid Ick+)



--
Paulo

i mean when posting to ng's they type pl*co
what does the * mean?
why not type the fishes name?

"Paulo" wrote in message
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Just a way to protect them

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Paulo
"anti" wrote in message
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why do people put the * in pl*co?


"Paulo" wrote in message
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I have been treating my tank for 2 weeks (Ick). All teh fishes are now
clear
out but my pl*co still covered in ick. I was planning to do a big
water
change tomorrow and stop medicating the tank.....I had just a decesed
fish
(tetra neon) all the rest seems to be just fine. I am not sure waht to
do....I dont want to continue with medication (Rid Ick+)



--
Paulo

Apparently to write the complete name, it will attract bad luck to your own
pl*co....

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Paulo
"anti" wrote in message
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i mean when posting to ng's they type pl*co
what does the * mean?
why not type the fishes name?

"Paulo" wrote in message
...
Just a way to protect them

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Paulo
"anti" wrote in message
...
why do people put the * in pl*co?


"Paulo" wrote in message
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I have been treating my tank for 2 weeks (Ick). All teh fishes are
now
clear
out but my pl*co still covered in ick. I was planning to do a big
water
change tomorrow and stop medicating the tank.....I had just a
decesed
fish
(tetra neon) all the rest seems to be just fine. I am not sure waht
to
do....I dont want to continue with medication (Rid Ick+)



--
Paulo

Paulo wrote:

Apparently to write the complete name, it will attract bad luck to your own
pl*co....


Pleco pleco pleco pleco? Pleco pleco pleco... Pleco!

silly superstition ...knock on wood ;-)

BOB
"anti" wrote in message
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why do people put the * in pl*co?


"Paulo" wrote in message
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I have been treating my tank for 2 weeks (Ick). All teh fishes are now
clear
out but my pl*co still covered in ick. I was planning to do a big water
change tomorrow and stop medicating the tank.....I had just a decesed
fish
(tetra neon) all the rest seems to be just fine. I am not sure waht to
do....I dont want to continue with medication (Rid Ick+)



--
Paulo

On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 14:53:50 -0400, "Paulo" wrote:

I have been treating my tank for 2 weeks (Ick). All teh fishes are now clear
out but my pl*co still covered in ick. I was planning to do a big water
change tomorrow and stop medicating the tank.....I had just a decesed fish
(tetra neon) all the rest seems to be just fine. I am not sure waht to
do....I dont want to continue with medication (Rid Ick+)


I buy all my fish through the internet. They are delivered overnight
by Air Express. I bought 7 Clown Loaches all covered with Ich. I too
treated them in my 75 gallon tank with Rid Ick+. Only two survived.

I am surprised that your plecos have ich. I have lost 3 o4 four that
just never seemed hardy, but never ich.

I know Rid Ick+ reccommends a water change after the first cycle and
continuing. Did you remove the charcoal from your filter?

Yes, I removed teh carbon. Today I am going to do a big water change and i
will see how the pl*co goes. I dont really want to continue, all the rest of
the fishes are fine now.

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Paulo
"Dick" wrote in message
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On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 14:53:50 -0400, "Paulo" wrote:

I have been treating my tank for 2 weeks (Ick). All teh fishes are now
clear
out but my pl*co still covered in ick. I was planning to do a big water
change tomorrow and stop medicating the tank.....I had just a decesed
fish
(tetra neon) all the rest seems to be just fine. I am not sure waht to
do....I dont want to continue with medication (Rid Ick+)


I buy all my fish through the internet. They are delivered overnight
by Air Express. I bought 7 Clown Loaches all covered with Ich. I too
treated them in my 75 gallon tank with Rid Ick+. Only two survived.

I am surprised that your plecos have ich. I have lost 3 o4 four that
just never seemed hardy, but never ich.

I know Rid Ick+ reccommends a water change after the first cycle and
continuing. Did you remove the charcoal from your filter?

Paulo, I hope NetMax or RedForeman or someone more knowledgeable than I will
comment on this or correct me if I'm wrong, but....

if your ich-y pl*co is still in your main tank, even if your other fish are ich
free, as I understand it there is a high probability the tank will be
reinfected when the ich thingees go through the rest of their life cycle as
they drop off the pl*co.

I would think you would have to continue treatments several days past the
disappearance of the last white spots on the last fish in your tank to insure
against eventual re-infection (which can occur a considerable time later).

When I recently de-iched my tanks, I found lots of good info online -- don't
have the exact url's, but iirc one of the best was at a site called something
like "the skeptical aquarist". The treatment I settled on was used the full
dose of rid ich+ (formalin & malachite green) four different times, waiting 3
days between each treatment, each treatment accompanied by 1/3 water changes.
Also used 1 T salt per 10 gal, & raised temp to 85 F. Seems to have worked.

If I were to do it again, I think I'd do the 4 doses 3 days apart deal using
Quick Cure (formalin only, i think?), and omit the salt & temp increase.

At any rate, I wonder if the best thing to do might be to isolate the ich-y
pl*co in a quarantine tank (continuing treatment there), and continue to hit
your main tank with another dose or two of Rid Ich+, waiting 3 days between
treatments, with partial water changes before each treatment.

I guess the main thrust of what I'm saying (hopefully to be confirmed or
refuted by others), is that if you still have an ich-y fish in the tank, you
still have an ich-y tank.

Jim Supica