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memories of when someone microwaved them at work and the smell lingered for months.
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Ah, your starting to get the free swimming phase, now it's time to treat the Ichthyophthirius. During this stage the tomont cysts are at the most vulnerable and susceptible to chemicals.
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I wouldn't feed garlic too often, I only use it twice a week for the six weeks of quarantine, then weekly for a month and then every 6 months or so.
You do have to be careful not to overload the tank with it. I only use about a quarter of a clove each tank (I've got 4 tanks).
You do have to be careful not to overload the tank with it. I only use about a quarter of a clove each tank (I've got 4 tanks).
If at first you don't succeed....
...get someone else to do it!
Enjoy your fish, shrimps and snails!
Ian
...get someone else to do it!
Enjoy your fish, shrimps and snails!
Ian
So, I did the first dose as above, waited 48 hours and did the second does. Now 48 hours later, as instructed I have done a water change.
The white spots on the Tetras have completely gone and they all seem to be just fine. Eating and swimming as normal. S fingers crossed that I have had a lucky escape here.
That's all the instructions say. Nothing about any more doses. It seems the treatment regime is complete. But should I do another dose to be on the safe side?
But....when I counted Tetras yesterday, I only had 12 where I should have had 13. Ok, so the Ich got one was my thought. But then when I took the lid off to do the water change today I found this:
My glass cover was kind of not properly on at times, and he/she must have jumped and got caught under the cover at some point. Then when I put the cover on properly, it must have squished the body.
Oh well....back down to 12 Tetras again, with the baby one making up the numbers.
The white spots on the Tetras have completely gone and they all seem to be just fine. Eating and swimming as normal. S fingers crossed that I have had a lucky escape here.
That's all the instructions say. Nothing about any more doses. It seems the treatment regime is complete. But should I do another dose to be on the safe side?
But....when I counted Tetras yesterday, I only had 12 where I should have had 13. Ok, so the Ich got one was my thought. But then when I took the lid off to do the water change today I found this:
My glass cover was kind of not properly on at times, and he/she must have jumped and got caught under the cover at some point. Then when I put the cover on properly, it must have squished the body.
Oh well....back down to 12 Tetras again, with the baby one making up the numbers.
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Probably explains why my Ancistrus fart so much.
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Sorry you lost one, easy mistake to make with lids not going on properly.
If at first you don't succeed....
...get someone else to do it!
Enjoy your fish, shrimps and snails!
Ian
...get someone else to do it!
Enjoy your fish, shrimps and snails!
Ian