Subj : Re: Battling ICK on clown
To : All
From : Kay
Date : Wed Jan 21 2004 03:25 pm
Computer Prog wrote:
> It has been about 11 days since I first spotted the ICK and it looks
> like all of the white spots on the clowns are gone. I gradually
> lowered the temp down to about 79 degrees and I am still treating with
> half doses of QuickCure every odd day. I did 30% gravel vac water
> changes with a little salt about 3 times during treatment and I
> stopped using Maracyn. Everyone in the tank survived and they all
> look healthy. The clowns are very active and they are not hiding.
> Whenever I drop shrimp pellets into the tank they go right for them
> and eat them very quickly. The Pleco even comes out for the pellets
> and tries to share them with the clowns.
>
> PH is currently 6.6, Ammonia is zero, Nitrite is zero, Nitrate is 10
> ppm. I will continue to use Quickcure every odd day in a half dose
> until the end of the week and then I will do another water change and
> put the carbon back into the filter. Hopefully that should be enough
> to kill off any ICK in the substrate.
>
> So MelaFix is worthless? I thought that was a good product. I did
> add MelaFix, StressCoat, and a small amount of salt to the water after
> each water change.
It might be useless for ICK but I have used it for allot of other
reasons and it has never let me down.
