Ich confusion??

[TMartins]

Hello, I posted a while back that my Platies were rubbing against my Aquarium plants and started treating them for flukes with paracleanse.  Then I noticed one of my Rummy Nose Tetras with white spots and then the Platies got white spots.  So I stopped the Paracleanse and switched to Ich-X and the white spots disappeared after treating for 4 days but the Platies started rubbing against plants again and not have any white spots so I stopped Ich-X and went back to Paracleanse.  Now the Platies have clamped fins and the white spots are back on the Rummy Noses and Platies.  I’m on day 2 of the Paracleanse and not sure if I should stop and go back to Ich-X or finish the Paracleanse, but the white spots have really come back and regret stopping Ich-X treatment.  All my water parameters are 0 with the Ph at 6.8 after adding crushed coral in a heavily planted tank .  I don’t know what to do at this point and it’s hard seeing my fish go through this.

[Colu]

On 6/29/2021 at 7:09 PM, TMartins said:

Hello, I posted a while back that my Platies were rubbing against my Aquarium plants and started treating them for flukes with paracleanse.  Then I noticed one of my Rummy Nose Tetras with white spots and then the Platies got white spots.  So I stopped the Paracleanse and switched to Ich-X and the white spots disappeared after treating for 4 days but the Platies started rubbing against plants again and not have any white spots so I stopped Ich-X and went back to Paracleanse.  Now the Platies have clamped fins and the white spots are back on the Rummy Noses and Platies.  I’m on day 2 of the Paracleanse and not sure if I should stop and go back to Ich-X or finish the Paracleanse, but the white spots have really come back and regret stopping Ich-X treatment.  All my water parameters are 0 with the Ph at 6.8 after adding crushed coral in a heavily planted tank .  I don’t know what to do at this point and it’s hard seeing my fish go through this.

I would deal with ich Frist as that will kill your fish more quickly than treat with paracleanse for the flukes it will take 2-3 course of treatment two weeks to get rid of gill flukes

Edited June 29, 2021 by Colu

[quikv6]

1. With ich, you must continue to treat for days after you see the last spot on the fish, due to to unique lifecycle of the ich parasite. To be honest, I would treat for 6-7 days after seeing the last spot....just to be safe.

      2. As Colu mentioned....you can deal with any parasites after completely eradicating the ich.

[lefty o]

agree with above. treat the ich, keep treating it. the chemicals only kill the live active ich, not the spores or whatever they are that are in the substrate etc and havent hatched.

[TMartins]

Thank you Colu and Quikv6 for the replies.  Would it be safe to still use Easy Green Fertilizer while dosing Ich-X or should I just wait until the treatment is completed??

[quikv6]

That's a fair question, and one I can't accurately answer. My guess is it would be fine, but when I used Ich-X, I also minimized the amount of light the aquarium was getting, as is often suggested. With less light, you may not utilize the ferts like you normally would.