Regular Member benobassist Posted May 3, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted May 3, 2005 the ammonia is o the nitrite is 0 the nitrate is 0 the hardness is 50 and the ph is 7.2 once the size of the aquarium is ten gallon with two orandas ( i know its overstocked ) i feed him wardley goldfish flakes every day and do a water change of 50 percent every 2 days when I do a waterchange I add stress coat stress zhmye and ammo lock today he has been lying on the bottom all day and I just noticed he had white spots on him should i move him tho a quarintine if so should i get a filter for help pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssse. thanks in advance. and he just recovered from swimbladder disorder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member benobassist Posted May 3, 2005 Author Regular Member Share Posted May 3, 2005 I moved him to a 10 gallon quarintine I dont have a filter though i am treating with salt and coppersafe by mardel it said it took a month to treat and no water changes I moved him to a 10 gallon quarintine I dont have a filter though i am treating with salt and coppersafe by mardel it said it took a month to treat and no water changes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member JenW Posted May 3, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted May 3, 2005 Hi bb - sorry to hear your fish isn't well. If it is ich, it might've be an idea to treat in the tank where he had it otherwise, there's a chance it'll just spread to both tanks The easiest solution to getting rid of ich is by salting to 0.3%. So add 1tsp per gallon then repeat in 12 hours and repeat another 12 hours then raise your temp to 78-80 degrees.... If you can, vacuum your gravel to remove any cysts that drop off... As you now have him in a qt that isn't cycled, you'll need to do 100% waterchanges every day - just try to replace the water with temperature, salt and ph matched water . Adding a filter at this stage isn't necessary unless it's a cycled filter so i'd just go with pristine, salted, heated water. I hope this helps and good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member benobassist Posted May 3, 2005 Author Regular Member Share Posted May 3, 2005 thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member benobassist Posted May 5, 2005 Author Regular Member Share Posted May 5, 2005 all the white spots are gone do i keep him in the quarantine tank or do I move him back to the main tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member LaurieP Posted May 6, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted May 6, 2005 How long as he been in the q tank? With most ich cases it is best to keep them isolated a full week or two to make sure it is gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member benobassist Posted May 6, 2005 Author Regular Member Share Posted May 6, 2005 ok thanks i have had him in quarintine for 3 days so I will keep him there for 2 more weeks does that sound good thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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