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Mostlycichlids Cichlid Specialist
Posts : 4566
Age : 44 Location : New Mexico USA Favorite Fish : Jaguar Cichlid
| Subject: ICH Outbreak Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:04 am | |
| Well to cut to the chase....QT, QT, QT. I noticed one of my pictus cats in the 55g swimming behind the plants the other day. I really didn't think much of it although it seemed strange. I looked in and didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. He did this for a fer days....I kept an eye on it. Well two days ago I notice all the pictus swimming up and down the glass...not normal behavior....didn't think much of it. Last night they were up and down the glass all night at the top swimming etc.
So today I go to do my water change and notice the Severum at the top behind the filter. I take a close look and see he is covered in ICH. I freaked out and started looking at the tank. I notice a different Pictus cat the largest one about 6inches has skin coming off and a bloody gills....The ICH has taken his slime coat and has started destroying him. The tank currently has a adult Convict, Green Terror, 4x Pictus cats, Severum and 3x Australlian rainbows. Everyone has ICH luckily the GT has only a few spots.
I emmediately do a 75% water change. I then added salt and a 5x dose of Prime....I added the salt throughout the day and cranked the heat to 85. Everyone seems to be doing ok and I think I got to it just in time. I wish I would of looked closer sooner, I knew the fish were acting strange. It has been so long sense I have lost a fish to disease or even had a diseased tank I took the strange behavior for granted. I regret to say I lost the large Pictus....RIP...i am kind of sad because I have had that guy for about four years now....
Back to the QT I think the cause was the new fish I added. I should of put them in QT. That is where they are now BTW. I am treating that tank too as a preventitave even though there is no signs. Long story short if you notice your fish behavng strange, and it will come with experience check them out it only takes a few seconds. QT all new fish as well...it will save you time and ensure good health to adult fish. | |
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Mostlycichlids Cichlid Specialist
Posts : 4566
Age : 44 Location : New Mexico USA Favorite Fish : Jaguar Cichlid
| Subject: Re: ICH Outbreak Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:24 am | |
| Update...I got home this morning to find I lost a rainbow and another Pictus cat. The Cichlids are in bad condition the GT has pop eye and his slime coat is gone I'm so f'in pissed off right now. I'm pretty sure the two pictu cats wont make it much longer and I might loose the rest of them. :angspmd: | |
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c_scherer123 Member
Posts : 90
Age : 36 Location : Athabasca, AB, Canada
| Subject: Re: ICH Outbreak Wed Jan 21, 2009 1:17 pm | |
| Sorry for your loss... My mom put 6 neon tetras in my 55g tank once because she thought they were pretty. She didn't put them in the quarantine tank because the shop owner said they were healthy. Over 1 week I lost over $100 in small tetras despite my efforts. My mom now asks if she can buy me a fish - good thing, or I would have oscars, terrors, parrotfish, and various saltwater species in my 55g tetra/danio tank... | |
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dirtydawg10 Global Moderator
Posts : 3098
Age : 52 Location : Connecticut Favorite Fish : Severum
| Subject: Re: ICH Outbreak Wed Jan 21, 2009 5:05 pm | |
| Sorry to hear that, Paul. I hope you can save some of them.
Yes, a quarantine tank can save you many headaches. | |
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1nevrkwitz Extraordinary Member
Posts : 660
Age : 55 Location : Missouri Humor : I find humor, amusing. Favorite Fish : Jack Dempsey
| Subject: Re: ICH Outbreak Wed Jan 21, 2009 5:50 pm | |
| Dang, that really sucks! Best of luck Mostlycichlids. Hoping all works out well, Ed. | |
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Silver Dollar Dude Banned
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Age : 31
| Subject: Re: ICH Outbreak Wed Jan 21, 2009 5:54 pm | |
| Wow sorry to hear that!! Hope they heal | |
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saint_felony The Turtle Whisperer
Posts : 1930
| Subject: Re: ICH Outbreak Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:27 pm | |
| Ugh. I've had really good luck with epsom salt for treating pop eye. Also I wasn't aware that Prime did anything for ich.
For ich I've had very good results with malachite green, but be warned it stains the living crap out of everything. Formalin works good too and doesn't stain, it's more expensive tho around me for some reason.
Good luck with saving some of them. | |
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Mostlycichlids Cichlid Specialist
Posts : 4566
Age : 44 Location : New Mexico USA Favorite Fish : Jaguar Cichlid
| Subject: Re: ICH Outbreak Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:55 pm | |
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saint_felony The Turtle Whisperer
Posts : 1930
| Subject: Re: ICH Outbreak Thu Jan 22, 2009 2:23 pm | |
| I have API brand Pond Stress Coat and it works just fine. Any brand stress coat added, I'm sure will help. | |
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dirtydawg10 Global Moderator
Posts : 3098
Age : 52 Location : Connecticut Favorite Fish : Severum
| Subject: Re: ICH Outbreak Thu Jan 22, 2009 3:07 pm | |
| That sucks bigtime!... | |
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saint_felony The Turtle Whisperer
Posts : 1930
| Subject: Re: ICH Outbreak Thu Jan 22, 2009 4:01 pm | |
| Oh yea. If you have any inverts or live plants in there copper salts will kill them. | |
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Mostlycichlids Cichlid Specialist
Posts : 4566
Age : 44 Location : New Mexico USA Favorite Fish : Jaguar Cichlid
| Subject: Re: ICH Outbreak Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:47 pm | |
| Yeah I know saint....fortunately I don't. | |
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Wyomingite Fish Wrangler
Posts : 1781
Age : 56 Location : Wonderful Windy Wyoming Humor : "I drank what?" - Socrates Favorite Fish : I won't choose and ya can't make me!
| Subject: Re: ICH Outbreak Fri Jan 23, 2009 12:34 am | |
| Too bad about the sev. Sorry to hear that. I had that happen to a full tank of fish once, lost their slime coat and got all fungused. Had a pair of convicts, an oscar and a coupla oddball cats in it. Nothing worked. I'd had a bad sinus infection and never finished the prescription, and in slightly drunken (tells ya how long ago it's been) frustration I broke one of the capsules (amoxicillin) open and dumped it in the tank. A week later everybody was happy and healin' nicely. Don't know what it did to my bacteria colony, but never had any ammonia problems, LOL. Not that that helps ya. Sounds to me you're doin' everything ya can. Personally, Nox-Ich is my favorite treatment for ich and velvet. It is devastating to live plants but could still be effective in a QT tank or as a bath. Don't think I've ever lost a fish after using it. I feel bad, Paul, wish I'd a caught this thread last night. WYite | |
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Mostlycichlids Cichlid Specialist
Posts : 4566
Age : 44 Location : New Mexico USA Favorite Fish : Jaguar Cichlid
| Subject: Re: ICH Outbreak Fri Jan 23, 2009 12:42 am | |
| Well the GT and Convict are still alive....look like shit but still alive we will see what night fall brings. Did another 90% water change, added stress coat, Melafix and replenished the salt. Hop it helps I also left the water level about 2inches from the top so the HOB filters create a good splash for extra oxygen. | |
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Mike D DIY Guy
Posts : 1842
Age : 41 Location : Maine Humor : You can't offend me
| Subject: Re: ICH Outbreak Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:07 am | |
| Good luck man I'm using Maracide for my velvet outbreak. I'll let you know how it works out. I'll be crushed if I loose my GT. I brought her back from the brink of death once and it took almost a full year for her to get back to normal only to get velvet. If I loose the whole tank well I wont go there just yet. | |
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Mostlycichlids Cichlid Specialist
Posts : 4566
Age : 44 Location : New Mexico USA Favorite Fish : Jaguar Cichlid
| Subject: Re: ICH Outbreak Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:40 am | |
| Thats what I am thinking I hope I don't loose the whole tank. I have never had much experience with disease besides the occasional pop eye and split fins etc. | |
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Mike D DIY Guy
Posts : 1842
Age : 41 Location : Maine Humor : You can't offend me
| Subject: Re: ICH Outbreak Fri Jan 23, 2009 10:56 am | |
| My fish are responding to the Maracide. With the maracide came a little pamflet and it recommends using CopperSafe for Ich, flukes, anchor worms, velvet and other external parasites. But when using CopperSafe remove any inverts, plants and snails buecuse it will kill them. | |
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saint_felony The Turtle Whisperer
Posts : 1930
| Subject: Re: ICH Outbreak Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:31 pm | |
| Nox-Ich: Active ingredients Sodium Chloride, Malachite Green. If you're using something with malachite green, you should leave your lights off. It oxidizes under lights and it's efficacy drops. | |
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Mostlycichlids Cichlid Specialist
Posts : 4566
Age : 44 Location : New Mexico USA Favorite Fish : Jaguar Cichlid
| Subject: Re: ICH Outbreak Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:44 pm | |
| Well I think the worst is over now. The terror is moving around a little very slow. Yesterday he didn't move at all and stayed in the same spot all day. The Convict is also responsive.....I think the both of them as well as two rainbows are going to make it...whew what a relief. | |
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saint_felony The Turtle Whisperer
Posts : 1930
| Subject: Re: ICH Outbreak Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:37 pm | |
| Hurray! You're not out of the woods yet, but that's definitely a good sign! | |
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dirtydawg10 Global Moderator
Posts : 3098
Age : 52 Location : Connecticut Favorite Fish : Severum
| Subject: Re: ICH Outbreak Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:33 pm | |
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Mostlycichlids Cichlid Specialist
Posts : 4566
Age : 44 Location : New Mexico USA Favorite Fish : Jaguar Cichlid
| Subject: Re: ICH Outbreak Fri Jan 23, 2009 10:44 pm | |
| I know I am but I threw a couple pellets in tonight. The rainbows ate some flakes and the terror munched on a pellet, he only ate about 3/4 of it but he ate it. The convict also munched on a pellet. More good news in my book. I know I am not out of the woods but things are still improving slowly. | |
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Silver Dollar Dude Banned
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Age : 31
| Subject: Re: ICH Outbreak Fri Jan 23, 2009 10:52 pm | |
| Wow thats some good news. | |
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Wyomingite Fish Wrangler
Posts : 1781
Age : 56 Location : Wonderful Windy Wyoming Humor : "I drank what?" - Socrates Favorite Fish : I won't choose and ya can't make me!
| Subject: Re: ICH Outbreak Sat Jan 24, 2009 1:32 am | |
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Mike D DIY Guy
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Age : 41 Location : Maine Humor : You can't offend me
| Subject: Re: ICH Outbreak Sat Jan 24, 2009 9:23 am | |
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