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Ich / Ick itchy fish

Discussion in 'Fish Diseases & Cures' started by kwheeler91, Jul 7, 2009.

  1. kwheeler91

    kwheeler91 Thread Starter New Member

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    some of my fish had ich and i was treating with salt. the ich is gone and i have continued to use the salt and some of the fish that didnt have ich have been rubbing on plants and gravel. i dont see any ich on them. can salt itself cause them to itch?
     
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  2. Anthony

    Anthony Active Member

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    Not that I've seen or heard of. Ich can still be present even though it's not visible. Were you just treating the ich with salt ?
     
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  3. kwheeler91

    kwheeler91 Thread Starter New Member

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    that and i had the temp at about 82 for about 2 weeks i think it was and that fish never showed any signs of it(scarlet badis). maybe he just had an itch idk :) i suppose fishes get itches too sometimes
     
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    buzz4520 Well-Known Member

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    what was/is dosage of salt and how long ? did you also raise tank temp to 86*?
    if it's been a few days since you've seen any signs of ick you could do a partial water change to dilute the salt content. i'm no expert on this, it's been about 18 yrs since i had to deal with ick and i just treated by raising them temp to 86* for about a week.
     
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  5. Guidoman888

    Guidoman888 New Member

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    Ick isnt always visible, Anthony has a great piece of information on the forum wich can be found here

    -> <a class="postlink-local" href="http://theexoticfish.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=973" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">viewtopic.php?f=30&t=973</a>

    I think you'll find some answers there
     
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  6. kwheeler91

    kwheeler91 Thread Starter New Member

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    it has been a while since i saw any ich and i never saw it on any fish besides the boraras. ill decrease the salinity which was only 1 tbs/5gal and observe. i only saw the badis do it one time but am being caution since i had uch in the tank
     
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    ich might still be there keep adding salt until fish are normally behaving and looking
     
    DanBruv, Jul 16, 2009
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