Please help!

Aug 13, 2010
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What type of gravel vac do you have? I have sand in one of my tanks and I almost always suck up some sand.

You never said what size the tank is. If you are using medicine and have carbon in the filter, you will need to remove the carbon.

What do you do for petco?

I do not use ANY chemicals in my tank but a good declor, I use tap water conditioner by API, but a lot of the folks here like Prime.

DO NOT MESS WITH THE PH! Sorry about raising my voice, but it way more harmful for the fish then you think.

Good luck and hope you save your fishies!
 

Nov 25, 2010
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I got the prime from work. I have a 16 gallon bow front. Right now I just have a cheap gravel siphon but I plan on getting a python... I had one before and loved it! Yes I found out about the ph thing the hard way...then i relized the platys I bought had ick ( though I had kept an eye on then for a week at wOrk and they where fine) I'm a dog groomed/ trainer at petco. Though when I am not busy I am in the aquatics area and I am constantly reading up on fish. :) this is the first time I've ever had problems with a tank. I used to have 8 freshwater community tanks, one cichlid tank and a 55 gallon salt tank(not a reef tank). I had 4 generations of livebearers in my community tanks (hints why so many lol) it's been awhile since I've had a tank this small that wasn't a growing tank. I have jumped right back into this wonderful hobby though and I am looking forward to trying some more challanging fish. Thanks so much for all the help everyone had given me on this topic!
 

bassbonediva

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Oct 15, 2009
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If you keep the temperature up in the range mentioned and for at lease a month, the spores that fall off will not be able to survive to reinfect.

But, I'd do gravel vacs anyway, because it can never hurt!
Doing daily or every other day gravel vacs and raising the temp, my ich was gone in two weeks and didn't come back. Not trying to disprove or say one method is better than another, just relating my personal experience. :)