Treating sick fish

redbull · Post by **redbull** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:36 am

Hi everyone, have been reading this forum for a while now but posting for the first time. This is a great place for information!

I have a heavily planted tank with cherries, amanos, SAEs and tetras. I have just noticed that the tetras are falling sick. It looks like ick. Anyeone know what treatments would not harm the shrimps?

And will using aquarium salt adversely affect the shrimps as well?

Thanks!

theshrimp_123 · Post by **theshrimp_123** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:38 am

Most ich medications contain copper, which even in small doses is fatal to invertebrates. I also use aquarium salt and if used properly it doesn't hurt shrimp. I hope this helps.

redbull · Post by **redbull** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:45 am

Thanks. I sort of guessed it would be the case.

Any experience with table salt rather than aquarium salt as its late Sun eve here and I dont know when I will be able to nip out to the LFS?

TKD · Post by **TKD** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 12:53 pm

Hi,

DONT USE TABLE SALT

Never use it for aquariums.
Use Sea salt. I have used the kind for picling pickels. (Yes I already hear the jokes)

TKD

cro117 · Post by **cro117** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 7:50 pm

here is a link that might help. http://www.care4fish.com/question5

personaly i would use a salt bath if posible. in a seperate container filled with water pour in salt until it can no longer saturate. 100g of water at 20c should abrorbe about 34g of salt, if that helps any. then you dunk the fish in one at a time or in small groups for a few seconds. then quickly place them back in a fresh water tank you have standing by. this is a shock to the fish and should only be done under extreme conditions.

please do a search on this before doing it or wait until someone on this sight can confirm wether or not this is a good idea. also only use this method on external probles like fungus and parisites. do not use it on problems like swim blader disorder.