HenryC Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 pH - 7.8 Nitrates - 20-40ppm Hardness - about 390ppm Nitrite - 0 Ammonia - 0 KH/Buffer - about 150ppm Water Temperature - 78F In my 100g tank, my 2 severums have developed a massive ich infestation. I have no idea why but I suspect due to stress cause I previously had a green terror here and well, terrorized the whole tank. He has been moved now but the severums are in bad shape, but the thing is, only the severums ahve ich, the blood parrot, the vieja and the Oscar are completely free of it. How would you treat ich in this scenario? Mind you, it is a big, 100g tank so I would like a cheaper alternative to ICH - X. I have purchased aquarium salt (attached), Do you think this will be enough to get rid of the ich? I remember Cory saying in a livestream that with Cichlids he always uses salt cause they can tolerate it no problem. I've even see them hiding all the time, they're super stressed it seems. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Cory Posted October 9, 2020 Administrators Share Posted October 9, 2020 You'd likely need more sale then what you have on hand. 1 Tablespoon per gallon is what I would do. Also know that it'll kill your plants. I can see in the last picture it looks like your severum has some other cysts on his dorsal fins. Ich X could also do this if you don't want to remove the plants. Unfortunately big tanks take a lot of meds. Good news is 1 bottle of ich X should get you through this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryC Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Cory said: You'd likely need more sale then what you have on hand. 1 Tablespoon per gallon is what I would do. Also know that it'll kill your plants. I can see in the last picture it looks like your severum has some other cysts on his dorsal fins. Ich X could also do this if you don't want to remove the plants. Unfortunately big tanks take a lot of meds. Good news is 1 bottle of ich X should get you through this. The man himself! Thanks Cory. For some reason I was under the impression that I would need like a gallon of Ich X haha. I will go ahead and order a bottle. In the meantime, do you think it is a good idea to treat with the salt? Or just wait until Ich X arrives? I just did a 50% water change to at least give them fresh, clean water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Cory Posted October 9, 2020 Administrators Share Posted October 9, 2020 I would get the salt started right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryC Posted October 10, 2020 Author Share Posted October 10, 2020 12 hours ago, Cory said: I would get the salt started right away. Ok thanks cory! Used the salt, will be ordering the ich-x. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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