My odd acting paradise fish died today and i found out what was the final killer, it was ick, the only issue was he begun hiding about 2 days ago and when he came out i didnt notice ANY spots on his body but today when i looked in the tank, he was COVERED and dead. He was bullied a bit when my brought home my second and it shredded his back fin a tiny bit but when i brought home my 3rd male, the bullying stopped. The stress must have caused the ick. Now i noticed on my other male paradise fish he has 2 or 3 spots so i have to kill it now while i can, i have some Aquarium salt i can use as i read that helps cure it. The temperature of the tank is already high around 82-84 most of the time. How much do i need to does my 10 gallon tank to kill the ick? I didn't ask you guys for help cause i didnt have a test kit and i figured he would get better after a few days of not being bullied.
Found out the issue but it was to late for 1 fish
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Here is just one of the websites that isn't specific, but after reading about the Spike tails also, they pretty much say the same thing - in fact they recommend one male to a tank. You can google up pages of info.
Facts And Care Of Paradise Fish With Forum
Facts And Care Of Paradise Fish With Forum
That is not the species i have, my species is this one, now i know this says a minimum of 15 gallons, but it does say males can be kept together, i maybe shouldnt have gotten a second and third male:
Spiketail Paradise Fish - Tropical Fish Forums
This is also a thread on another forum by someone else who recommends a pair for a 10 gallon tank and says they are really peaceful:
Spiketail Paradise.. - Aquarium Advice - Aquarium Forum Community
Now i did a gravel vacume yesterday which constituted a 50% water change. I then dosed 1 treatment of Aquarium salt. Today, i did another gravel vacume, which constituted another 50% water change and ive treated another dose of Aquarium salt. Should i wait 2 or 3 days before i do that again? I dont want to over change my tank to much.
Spiketail Paradise Fish - Tropical Fish Forums
This is also a thread on another forum by someone else who recommends a pair for a 10 gallon tank and says they are really peaceful:
Spiketail Paradise.. - Aquarium Advice - Aquarium Forum Community
Now i did a gravel vacume yesterday which constituted a 50% water change. I then dosed 1 treatment of Aquarium salt. Today, i did another gravel vacume, which constituted another 50% water change and ive treated another dose of Aquarium salt. Should i wait 2 or 3 days before i do that again? I dont want to over change my tank to much.
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There isn't that much difference between those species except the one you have is supposedly a little smaller, and even if two can be kept together successfully it doesn't always work and they need a lot more room than you have - You also say you have 3 platys in there. Also if its heavily planted that takes up some of the room and all those species say to have a heavily planted tank. I would be concerned about the salt - I don't think you have any way to measure salinity and salt doesn't evaporate so you may well stress your fish to death as Kerry states - salt is not necessary ot cure ich.
Okay and i got a question, how does doing water changes and gravel vacumes get the parasite off Enrique? (My male paradise fish that has nothing physically wrong with him). And i have a theory, was my other male paradise fish so violent to the one that die because he has 1 bad eye that he cant see out of? Does he feel like if he doesnt get the upper hand he will be at a disadvantage?
You misunderstood me Thyra, i meant the fish that is blind in one eye is the one doing the bullying. I figured he felt handicapped because he was blind in one eye. Yes, i now realize i shouldnt have gotten 3, luckly the current 2 are getting along really well. The Ick has begun coming out of Enrique and has begun falling off, i did another gravel vacume and water change today. It looks like its getting better. Thanks for the help and patience guys 