My two new rubbernose ended up with ick So i cleared out my killie, rainbow, angel, two valisneira, ludwigia, and bacopa to the 55 gallon, to administer treatment. Well my angel looked a little lonely in the big tank so i decided to get it a friend. I will get a picture up as soon as possible. I don't even know what kinda it is. It is pretty though. LOL. Oh and one of the rubbernose died this morning.

Sorry about the Rubbernose.

My Angels have obviously all matured now, because they're allways scrapping. Seeing scales out of place, is becoming a regular sight.

Sorry to hear about the rubbernose Did it sucumbe to the ich ?
Need of the new angel Billy ya old

The other rubber died too. I think it was a combination of the ich and the ich meds caused a degradation of aerobic bacteria wich caused an ammonia spike, Yay for me. Now all the fish in their are freeking out. Good things i got the sensitive ones out. Oh it killed my otto kitty too. So i did two water changes, hoping the plants start consuming more, and raised the temp and dosed with salt. I am never using ich meds again. Strict heat and salt bath from now on. I will get a pic of the new angel soon.

Sorry to hear that you have lost both the rubbernose's and the otto Not good. Must admit one of the first things i do if i get ich is raise the temp in the tank, i only use meds if i have to

Sorry, Bones !

I'm actually wondering if that's why I don't seem to suffer these afflictions, my temperature is generally up about 27c. Higher in summer.

Could quite be possible, as one of the first things i was told when i got in the hobby was to raise the temp to about 90f for a couple of hours over a few days (providing the fish can withstand the temp) Thankfully i have not had an outbreak for a very long time

I hate to encourage anyone to jack the temp up to 90f - but it does work.

I had a touch of ich in my Discus tank. As you know Discus are particularly sensitive & fragile fish. I put it up to 92f (as they like water in the upper 80's anyway) and it melted off in a couple days.

So I guess when it's all said & done I would reluctantly tell you to cautiously raise it a few degrees at a time to 90f - checking how they are acting along the way.

You might want to feed a tad more during that time, too as the higher temp will boost their metabolism. How does that go? "Starve a fever & feed the ich?" Something like that.

Another factor would be that I don't purchase fish anywhere as often you guys. So no surprise nasties in the bag.

The raising the heat should only be for a few hours at a time, not constantly, and be done for about 5 days. Whenever i buy new fish i look for any obvious problems with all the fish in the tank, and only when i am satisfied that all is well will i make my purchase

Well nice luck on me, my heater broke!!!!!!!!!! I lost all my fish to ich, every last one in that tank, and my new angel killed my first angel. LOL Jeeze! Well guys, sorry it took so long, but i have got a new job, can't use the computer for this but i get paid a whole hell of a lot more!!!! More bad news, I am moving out of this crappy apartment for a house soon, and might need to take my computer back for some extra quick doe, gotta raise up 3000 in one month while still paying off bills. I love it when it gets chaotic, i love my chaos LOL. Sooo i might be off for another extenstion of time sorry mates, ya know i love ya guys. I will be back though, even if i have to go to me local library to use a comp.

Good luck with everything Bones ! Ready the grappling hooks !

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i look for any obvious problems with all the fish in the tank, and only when i am satisfied that all is well will i make my purchase

The thing is, Clunk, 10 minutes before you arrived, the LFS bloke just finished flushing all the duds from that tank, down the dunny !!

Jeez your having a bad time of things there Billy bones (apart from the better paid job ) Hope every thing works out for you mate Hope your not away for too long ya old

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The thing is, Clunk, 10 minutes before you arrived, the LFS bloke just finished flushing all the duds from that tank, down the dunny !!

Your probably right