cbrynolf
Member
I have read many of the posts relating to ich. I am very new to this hobby and am not sure if I had/have ich.
I began cycling my tank with three damsels, two yellow tailed and one 3 stripe. After a few weeks when I was sure everything had cycled, I went to the LFS and bought two Percula Clowns. After a couple of days I noticed white spots so I immediately thought ich and went into action. I used Rid ich for a few days and everything looked ok(did not use for length of time as directed). One of the clowns had some mucusy stuff coming off his bottom fins and instead of flapping them while he swam they were slicked back all of the time.
I was especailly worried about this one and did a formalin dip. That seemed to work. All good after 4 weeks later.
Other than the white spots I have only noticed one other sign on One of the clowns and that is after 4-5 weeks he has been looking a little pale and in the morning and at night he stays really close to the sand and in one particular spot. They eat like pigs, they do twitch a lot(a second sign I guess) and they have been alive for the last 4-5 weeks since I first suspected ich.
The three damsels have not shown any signs and look in perfect health.
Is ich possible? Generally how long will ich take to kill a fish.
My tank is a 55g and has the 5 small fish I listed above.
Am I needlessly worrying?
I began cycling my tank with three damsels, two yellow tailed and one 3 stripe. After a few weeks when I was sure everything had cycled, I went to the LFS and bought two Percula Clowns. After a couple of days I noticed white spots so I immediately thought ich and went into action. I used Rid ich for a few days and everything looked ok(did not use for length of time as directed). One of the clowns had some mucusy stuff coming off his bottom fins and instead of flapping them while he swam they were slicked back all of the time.
I was especailly worried about this one and did a formalin dip. That seemed to work. All good after 4 weeks later.
Other than the white spots I have only noticed one other sign on One of the clowns and that is after 4-5 weeks he has been looking a little pale and in the morning and at night he stays really close to the sand and in one particular spot. They eat like pigs, they do twitch a lot(a second sign I guess) and they have been alive for the last 4-5 weeks since I first suspected ich.
The three damsels have not shown any signs and look in perfect health.
Is ich possible? Generally how long will ich take to kill a fish.
My tank is a 55g and has the 5 small fish I listed above.
Am I needlessly worrying?