Re: uh oh.. ich on oto! help! (yet another ich question)

[Dave M. Picklyk]

Ich is a lot of tiny specs on the fish. If you see a single or a couple
large white spots then it's probably fungus, not ich. This is best left to
the fish's immune system to get rid of. Do not add any chemicals whatsoever.
Fungus on the fish is practically harmless. I've had this on my bronze cory
and I just waited and it slowly went away as the fish's immune system fought
it off.

Dave.

"LM" > wrote in message
...
> Hi all,
>
> today, when I was looking at my fish, I found one small white spot on back
> of one of my otos... hmm... I'm HOPING it's not ich, but it's likely
that
> it is..
>
> Now I know I need to run to the nearest LFS and get some drugs within the
> next day or so, but here are my questions that I was hoping to get:
>
> 1. which is the best medication on market? are otos sensitive to certain
> types of medication? (I assume I need to treat the whole tank anyways)
>
> 2. one of my little whiteclouds had an "accident" over the weekend and
has
> an injured head (not quite an open wound I don't think, but has injury on
> his head... I'll post story on r.a.f.m later if you're interested..).
will
> the ich medication hurt it?
>
> 3. I have plants that are copper-sensitive... do common medication
contain
> copper that I need to be aware of?
>
> 4. can I treat it without raising temp? (or is this just for sal****er
> treatment?) I have whiteclouds, and they won't like temperatures much
above
> 78F...
>
> 5. after medication, do I need to use carbon to clean it, or some drastic
> water changes enough to dilute the medicine? (how toxic is it to fish)
How
> do I know that the medication is all filtered out? (will be using
> aquaclear200 powerfilter on a 37G)
>
> I have white clouds, gold danios and otos in a very densely planted
tank...
> the tank is kept at around 76F.
>
> thanks for any suggestion you can offer!
>
> linda

[linda mar]

Hi All,

thank you for all your reply! it seems like it will be best to see if
things get worse or get better for a bit before I start dosing medications.
(and a learned lesson not to freak out with the first sign of any disease
that may or may not be one..)

I will, however, get a bottle of Rid-Ich+ (which seems to be recommended on
many of the google-searched sites) just in case I need to do something.

for now, I'll do some moderate water changes every other day (and vacuum!)
in hopes of diluting any harmful organisms in the tank and hope for the
best..

the "seemingly infected oto" is so far happily eating away, so.. hopefully
that is a good sign.

thank you! you guys are wonderful!

linda

"Dave M. Picklyk" > wrote in message
...
> Ich is a lot of tiny specs on the fish. If you see a single or a couple
> large white spots then it's probably fungus, not ich. This is best left to
> the fish's immune system to get rid of. Do not add any chemicals
whatsoever.
> Fungus on the fish is practically harmless. I've had this on my bronze
cory
> and I just waited and it slowly went away as the fish's immune system
fought
> it off.
>
> Dave.
>
> "LM" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > today, when I was looking at my fish, I found one small white spot on
back
> > of one of my otos... hmm... I'm HOPING it's not ich, but it's likely
> that
> > it is..
> >
> > Now I know I need to run to the nearest LFS and get some drugs within
the
> > next day or so, but here are my questions that I was hoping to get:
> >
> > 1. which is the best medication on market? are otos sensitive to
certain
> > types of medication? (I assume I need to treat the whole tank anyways)
> >
> > 2. one of my little whiteclouds had an "accident" over the weekend and
> has
> > an injured head (not quite an open wound I don't think, but has injury
on
> > his head... I'll post story on r.a.f.m later if you're interested..).
> will
> > the ich medication hurt it?
> >
> > 3. I have plants that are copper-sensitive... do common medication
> contain
> > copper that I need to be aware of?
> >
> > 4. can I treat it without raising temp? (or is this just for sal****er
> > treatment?) I have whiteclouds, and they won't like temperatures much
> above
> > 78F...
> >
> > 5. after medication, do I need to use carbon to clean it, or some
drastic
> > water changes enough to dilute the medicine? (how toxic is it to fish)
> How
> > do I know that the medication is all filtered out? (will be using
> > aquaclear200 powerfilter on a 37G)
> >
> > I have white clouds, gold danios and otos in a very densely planted
> tank...
> > the tank is kept at around 76F.
> >
> > thanks for any suggestion you can offer!
> >
> > linda
>
>

[linda mar]

Hi All,

thank you for all your reply! it seems like it will be best to see if
things get worse or get better for a bit before I start dosing medications.
(and a learned lesson not to freak out with the first sign of any disease
that may or may not be one..)

I will, however, get a bottle of Rid-Ich+ (which seems to be recommended on
many of the google-searched sites) just in case I need to do something.

for now, I'll do some moderate water changes every other day (and vacuum!)
in hopes of diluting any harmful organisms in the tank and hope for the
best..

the "seemingly infected oto" is so far happily eating away, so.. hopefully
that is a good sign.

thank you! you guys are wonderful!

linda

"Dave M. Picklyk" > wrote in message
...
> Ich is a lot of tiny specs on the fish. If you see a single or a couple
> large white spots then it's probably fungus, not ich. This is best left to
> the fish's immune system to get rid of. Do not add any chemicals
whatsoever.
> Fungus on the fish is practically harmless. I've had this on my bronze
cory
> and I just waited and it slowly went away as the fish's immune system
fought
> it off.
>
> Dave.
>
> "LM" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > today, when I was looking at my fish, I found one small white spot on
back
> > of one of my otos... hmm... I'm HOPING it's not ich, but it's likely
> that
> > it is..
> >
> > Now I know I need to run to the nearest LFS and get some drugs within
the
> > next day or so, but here are my questions that I was hoping to get:
> >
> > 1. which is the best medication on market? are otos sensitive to
certain
> > types of medication? (I assume I need to treat the whole tank anyways)
> >
> > 2. one of my little whiteclouds had an "accident" over the weekend and
> has
> > an injured head (not quite an open wound I don't think, but has injury
on
> > his head... I'll post story on r.a.f.m later if you're interested..).
> will
> > the ich medication hurt it?
> >
> > 3. I have plants that are copper-sensitive... do common medication
> contain
> > copper that I need to be aware of?
> >
> > 4. can I treat it without raising temp? (or is this just for sal****er
> > treatment?) I have whiteclouds, and they won't like temperatures much
> above
> > 78F...
> >
> > 5. after medication, do I need to use carbon to clean it, or some
drastic
> > water changes enough to dilute the medicine? (how toxic is it to fish)
> How
> > do I know that the medication is all filtered out? (will be using
> > aquaclear200 powerfilter on a 37G)
> >
> > I have white clouds, gold danios and otos in a very densely planted
> tank...
> > the tank is kept at around 76F.
> >
> > thanks for any suggestion you can offer!
> >
> > linda
>
>