The tub is in the patio. I built the filter out of a 5 gallons bucket using
the skippy bio-filter specification. Currently, the filter functions as a
waterfall as well. According the Beckett spec, the pump should be running at
119 gph. The temperature in Dallas dropped almost 10oF to 15oF overnight for
the last 2 days. This could have attributed to the ich. Will get the Quick
Cure tomorrow and hopefully it's not too late. THANKS!!!!!!!


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get the antibiotics out of the tub, change water. do you have good
aeration? what
kind of filter? what is the water temp and do you have a heater in there?
GF cannot take temperature drops of more than 4oF or so or they will break
out with
ich. red gills are normal. if the salt grains are all over the fish not
just on
their gills covers, then it could be ich. you must get good aeration in
there. 2
airstones. the best treatment for ich is Quick Cure, every other day with
water
changes every day. Ingrid

"abc" wrote:

Hi.. I've 4 (3") little shubunkins and 8 bunches of anacharis in a 40
gallons tub. The water quality is good with ideal ammonia trace and very
little nitrate trace. They have been in the tub for 45 days ago with
Bio-spira.

It seems like they all have developed salt grain like on their head. One
of
them could not swim properly and kinda look likes drowning. It also shows
sign of lack of O2 and routinely surfacing for gasping air. I noticed it
has
a pretty bright red gill. After do some research, I still could not
determine the probable disease. Being a newbie, I don't have much to
begin
with. I dropped 3 capsules of Tetracycline (Aquatronics) in the tub this
evening. Anyone know what's going on? Thanks.

regards,
Khien H. Siow