Can I take it to 86'F?
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Can I take it to 86'F?
I have a case of Ich going on in my tank and I am using Quick Cure to fight it; after reading enough about Ich, articles state that if I can take my aquarium temperature up to 86'F it will stop the cycle (Although they say if I take it to 89'F it will kill all Ich, and I imagine the fish as well). Do you think my Cherry and Ghost Shrimp can survive in a temperature of 86'F for about 4 days at most?
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Ich is almost always the result of water quality problems. How often do you do water changes? If you are not changing the water by at least 20% every week, you are going to have trouble.
You should isolate the sick fish in a separate tank from the shrimp and treat them there.
http://www.fishdoc.co.uk/disease/whitespot.htm has some good info. The easiest treatment is a little salt, but I've no experience with how tolerant your shrimp are to salt.
You should isolate the sick fish in a separate tank from the shrimp and treat them there.
http://www.fishdoc.co.uk/disease/whitespot.htm has some good info. The easiest treatment is a little salt, but I've no experience with how tolerant your shrimp are to salt.
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Yeah it ich. I've been doing the 20% water changes weekly, I just made a real foolish error. I bought my fish from Petco instead of a L.F.S. and I realize now that a couple filters run all the tanks in the store, so that if a fish is sick 5 tanks away from the tank you buy your fish from its bad news. I went back to Petco yesterday and noticed that the tank my fish came from had fish with Ich. Even if I quarantine the fish the parasites are still floating in the water and substrate. So I have to really treat the tank the fish are secondary.
only had ich outbreak once
Involving my guppies. Basically the higher the temperature, the less time the ich has to find a host to attach to before dying.
For my tank, I slowly raised the temp over 3-4 days to the low or mid 80's and increased aeration with extra airstones. Ich was gone in less than two weeks.
If you do the temp treatment, don't raise it so high as to stress your fish/shrimp as that would increase their vulnerability. Also, extra cleaning of tank, especially the gravel would help to reduce parasite density.
For my tank, I slowly raised the temp over 3-4 days to the low or mid 80's and increased aeration with extra airstones. Ich was gone in less than two weeks.
If you do the temp treatment, don't raise it so high as to stress your fish/shrimp as that would increase their vulnerability. Also, extra cleaning of tank, especially the gravel would help to reduce parasite density.
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pimafix doesn't treat ich. Watch your tank closely. Just because you don't see it anymore doesn't mean it might not pop back up. Ich can be very tricky to get rid of. I always use salt first, half dose if you have sensitive stuff in the tank. I haven't had to treat with salt and shrimp since shrimp don't get ich and my shrimps are alone now so I doubt I ever will. Are they easily effected by aquarium salt?