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Whitespot and cloudy water?
On Monday I noticed that 3 of my 4 clown loach have whitespot (ick). I went to the LFS and got some Protozin, and also some aquarium salt as I have been told that this will help the fish recover. Yesterday I did a 50% water change, suctioned the gravel, and added the first dose of Protozin (half the recommended dose) and salt, but today my water is really murky. I can hardly see my fish unless they are at the front of my tank.
Any ideas why this has happened? Is it normal when treating for whitespot? Also do I need to change the water or will a water change stop the meds working?
I don't know if this makes a difference, but I have a few plants in the tank, only 2 ornaments, and I have turned out the UV lamp as it says to do so on the Protozin bottle.
Wudbeiser: please read the question. I know it is called ich, and I have already bought meds.
6 Answers
- wudbiserLv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
something called ICH. buy meds for it but it is sometimes fatal. (pronounced Ick)
- 1 decade ago
The cloud is a bloom from the Protazin. It will go away. Also ich is a disease in fish that is caused by stress but also is attributed to the tank water being too cold. You should turn off any filtration during the Protozin treatment, adjust your tank temperature to the recommended degree for the type of loach you have after the recommended time of treatment. This will help to prevent any future ick outbreaks.
Be careful of the UV lamps after treatment! This can cause an algae bloom which will make your tank green!
Source(s): Years of pet shop experience. - Anonymous5 years ago
Ick is not killed while on the fish. The parasite has burrowed into the body of the fish and the spot you see is the shell. The only time Ick can be killed is when it falls off the fish and reproduces on the bottom of the tank. You should never have Ick in an established tank. It is introduced by new fish or fish that have gotten stressed out from water too cold. I have a feeling you did not kill off all the ick because you didn't treat the tank long enough OR you continued to buy new fish that introduced ick again. You need to treat for ick at least 10 days and vac the gravel daily to pick up reproducting new ones. And you should always have a quarantine tank for new livestock and keep them in quarantine for a couple weeks.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Just to add to MoxZs answer, you should also aerate the tank. A lot of medications take out a lot of the oxygen in the tank, so be sure to have and air pump and and airstone.
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
Talk to a person that specializes in selling of aquarium equipment OR where you got what you have. They should be able to help you.
