ich treatment for loaches

[latazyo]

in my 20g (check sig) my neons have ich

the loaches aren't showing any signs of ich though

when I treat the neons, will the loaches be safe?

 

[mwood322]

If you're talking clown loaches I treated full strength with Maracide twice with no problems. THe loaches are all fine now, and seemed fine during treatment.

--Mia

 

[latazyo]

well, I took another look today and now my KUHLI loaches have the ich as well as the neons

this sucks a$$, will I be able to treat them?

 

[JamisonBWolsh]

I believe clown loaches are scaleless. This mean you cant use the reg. medication for ICH. When I first started 3 of my fish had it. I couldnt use the normal stuff cause I have scaleless fish (elephant nose..various others). There is a medications that does treat ICH made especially for scaleless fish (it does cost like double though). It works great. follow the directions and you will not have ich any longer..

 

[latazyo]

alright, I do NOT own clown loaches, I only have golden and half banded kuhli loaches

anyways, I bought "rid ich" and I just put about half of the dosage in the tank along with about a 3/8 water change,

we'll see what happens

 

[JamisonBWolsh]

I hope your loaches survive....if they are scaless Rid ich could be VERY bad for them

 

[latazyo]

I hope so too, but I don't know anything else to do and I had to do something before the ick kills them

 

[JamisonBWolsh]

Just found out. LOACHES are SCALELESS. Thats why they make Ich treatment for SCALELESS fish Like I suggested earlier. IF your loaches survive, then all the good. But most likely that medication is doing more harm then good...

 

[latazyo]

there was not an ich treatment for scaleless fish at my petco, the woman there said she didnt' know what to do, she suggested a salt dip, but wasn't sure what else I could do

she said that the brand I got would be the safest choice, but still a risk for the loaches

I only used about .5-.75 dosage in the tank

 

[latazyo]

well, we're about 16 hours post treatment, and all fish seem to be healthy, I guess we'll keep an eye on those loaches