matcha_power Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 (edited) Water Parameters: pH -6.5 Nitrite - 0ppm Nitrate - 40ppm Hardness (GH) - 120ppm KH/Buffer - 0ppm Water Temperature - 76 F Ammonia - 0ppm My Dojo Loach has this strange red spot on his face. It has been there for a bit and just recently appears to have gotten larger. This morning I noticed that he starts to have small bumps on his body and small white dots. Sorry about the images, I know it is hard to see, but please can someone help me? I am new to fish keeping and really want to help him. Someone mentioned that it might be ich developing so I am going to go get some ich meds today after work. Is this what is happening?? How about the red spot on his face? Is the gravel scratching his face? Can it be heater burn? Please help me, I am so afraid for him T_T. Behavior wise, he is eating like normal and very active swimming all around the tank. Please let me know if you need any other information or images or anything. Also, sorry all the images are sideways, not sure how to get them to be the right orientation >_< Edited December 22, 2020 by matcha_power Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 The red mark on face look like an injury it could be heater burn the white on body look like the start of ich loach are a bit more sensitive to treatment I would start at half dose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matcha_power Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 47 minutes ago, Colu said: The red mark on face look like an injury it could be heater burn the white on body look like the start of ich loach are a bit more sensitive to treatment I would start at half dose Thank you so much!! Do you know if there is anything I can do to help him heal from the face injury? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Start treatment for ich and use melafix to help heal wound on head you can get plastic heater guards so it won't injury it self again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matcha_power Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 50 minutes ago, Colu said: Start treatment for ich and use melafix to help heal wound on head you can get plastic heater guards so it won't injury it self again Thank you! I bought melfix and API Super ICK Cure. They did not have any other ich meds there. Will this also be safe to use in the tank that has Nerite snails? I am going to use half dose and slowly raise the temp to 86 F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taco Playz Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Yes I have the same stuff what kind of filter do you have because that stuff normally says to take the filter out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matcha_power Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 1 minute ago, Taco Playz said: Yes I have the same stuff what kind of filter do you have because that stuff normally says to take the filter out. I have a hang on back tetra whisper filter. I think I need to take the carbon out only? Also, do you know if this is safe for snails? I have 2 Nerite snails in the tank also along with a few other fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taco Playz Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Yes it is safe for snails it didn’t kill mine. You just have to take the carbon out for about 30 minutes I think and then put it back in the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matcha_power Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 2 minutes ago, Taco Playz said: Yes it is safe for snails it didn’t kill mine. You just have to take the carbon out for about 30 minutes I think and then put it back in the tank. Thank you Taco Playz! Today has been a major emotional rollercoaster T_T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 (edited) Leave carbon pad out of filter till finished full Couse of treatment or treatment won't work Edited December 23, 2020 by Colu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matcha_power Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 3 hours ago, Colu said: Leave carbon pad out of filter till finished full Couse of treatment or treatment won't work Thank you! I started the treatment at half dose yesterday. Removed the filter and have been slowly raising the temperature to 86 F (We are at 83 F currently). The bottle says wait 48 hours then half dose again so I will add more meds tomorrow. I had to do a partial water change yesterday though. The pH went from 6.5 (where it usually is) to 6 which kind of freaked me out. Hopefully doing that mini water change did not lessen the effectiveness of the meds too much >_<. All the fish and snails seem to be ok. My Dojo is still pretty active, but you can still see the spots on his fins. Going to keep closely monitoring levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 You can leave your filtery just remove actived carbon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matcha_power Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 39 minutes ago, Colu said: You can leave your filtery just remove actived carbon Sorry I mean I removed the carbon from the filter. He is hiding a lot, but also swimming around some. No sign of improvement yet. Going to continue to monitor him and the other fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matcha_power Posted December 25, 2020 Author Share Posted December 25, 2020 On 12/23/2020 at 12:37 PM, Colu said: You can leave your filtery just remove actived carbon So I noticed that the pH dropped by 0.5 points to 6 with the first treatment. It kind of freaked me out so I did a 20% water change which brought it back up to 6.5. I did da second treatment today and the same thing happened again, but this time I decided to wait until tomorrow to do a water change because I am worries that if I do that the medication will be less effective (I already use half dose because Dojo Loaches are sensitive to the meds so a half dose is recommended). I really hope that everyone will be ok tomorrow and the meds will be effective before the partial water change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Put some crush oyster shell in your filter to act as a buffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matcha_power Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 On 12/25/2020 at 9:03 AM, Colu said: Put some crush oyster shell in your filter to act as a buffer Thank you! I have ordered some from online 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 I only put small amount in at a time and monitor till I get desired affect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matcha_power Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 UPDATE! My dojo loach and the others are all doing well! I ended up doing 3 treatments at half dose over a weeks time ( dosing after every 48 hours plus water change first) Now I am in the process of lowering the temperature back to 76F from 84F) I am really really hoping that the treatment was complete and all the ich was dealt with . Thank you everyone for all of your help! I really appreciate it and have learned a lot of super valuable information about fish keeping and care 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Great to hear your fish getting better 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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