Puff Daddy
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So I bought a lightning maroon clown he looks great but he had ich from the stress of shipping. I put him in my 20L QT with a small red tailed trigger. I began treating them with ich-X. and he cleared up in about three days and is looking great and is eating well. The trigger never showed signs of ich. I continued treatment for 4 days after the maroon clown cleared up, since the bottle recommends 3 days after the last signs. I have not discontinued treatment yet but noticed today that my trigger now looks like he has ich.
I am worried because I was just about to proclaim success and place them into the tank, but now the trigger getting ich has me concerned if Ich-X really kills off ich or just treats ich on the fish. The lightning maroon clown is still doing great and does not appear to have ich.
My question is, have you used ich-x? Should I continue treatment with ich-x or do a massive water change and switch to copper? Is the treatment only effective for one stage of ich so the trigger gave it a second host to move to? Will the ich be completely gone if I continue treatment until the trigger is clean?
Here is my treatment log----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4/06/2015 50% water change (10 gallons). Dosed 10 ml of ich-x. Maroon has ich. Small white dots, well spaced throughout body, smaller than a grain of sand.
4/07/2015 25% water change (5 gallons) Dosed 10 ml of ich-x at 8:19 am.
4/07/2015 15% water change (3 gallons). Dosed 10 ml of ich-x at 11:30 pm. Clown looks like he is clearing up. It is harder to notice spots.
4/08/2015 25% water change (5 gallons) Dosed 10 ml of ich-x at 11pm. Clown looks clean now and is eating well!
4/09/2015 25% water change (5 gallons) Dosed 12 ml of ich-x at 8am. Everyone was grumpy that I woke them up so early.
4/10/2015 Dosed 10 ml of ich-x. No water change.
4/11/2015 25% water change (5 gallons) Dosed 12 ml of ich-x.
4/12/2015 25% water change (5 gallons) Dosed 10 ml of ich-x.
4/13/2015 Trigger has ich falling off him. Noticed on trigger for the first time. Maroon looks good and is eating well.
I am worried because I was just about to proclaim success and place them into the tank, but now the trigger getting ich has me concerned if Ich-X really kills off ich or just treats ich on the fish. The lightning maroon clown is still doing great and does not appear to have ich.
My question is, have you used ich-x? Should I continue treatment with ich-x or do a massive water change and switch to copper? Is the treatment only effective for one stage of ich so the trigger gave it a second host to move to? Will the ich be completely gone if I continue treatment until the trigger is clean?
Here is my treatment log----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4/06/2015 50% water change (10 gallons). Dosed 10 ml of ich-x. Maroon has ich. Small white dots, well spaced throughout body, smaller than a grain of sand.
4/07/2015 25% water change (5 gallons) Dosed 10 ml of ich-x at 8:19 am.
4/07/2015 15% water change (3 gallons). Dosed 10 ml of ich-x at 11:30 pm. Clown looks like he is clearing up. It is harder to notice spots.
4/08/2015 25% water change (5 gallons) Dosed 10 ml of ich-x at 11pm. Clown looks clean now and is eating well!
4/09/2015 25% water change (5 gallons) Dosed 12 ml of ich-x at 8am. Everyone was grumpy that I woke them up so early.
4/10/2015 Dosed 10 ml of ich-x. No water change.
4/11/2015 25% water change (5 gallons) Dosed 12 ml of ich-x.
4/12/2015 25% water change (5 gallons) Dosed 10 ml of ich-x.
4/13/2015 Trigger has ich falling off him. Noticed on trigger for the first time. Maroon looks good and is eating well.
