What is ich?
- Thread starter bluegourami
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It looks like salt sprinkled on your fish. Here is a link all about it.
http://www.timstropicals.com/FishCare/Ich.asp
http://www.timstropicals.com/FishCare/Ich.asp
^^^Like was said, it looks like grains of salt/sugar on the fish, most noticeable on fins. Caused by a parasite. There are many medicines available, but I prefer the salt method(WHich works just as well) - raise the temperature to 27-28 degrees C, add 1 tablespoon of aquarium (NOT table) salt per gallon, and wait a few days... once all signs of ick are gone, wait another 4 or 5 days, then do a couple of 50% water changes, and you're done.
The white stuff was more like a fungus than salt... i found a website http://www.2cah.com/pandora/Disease.html#Velvet -- its got great pictures of diseases... i think mine looked more like an bacterial external infection.. like Columnaris or something-- and i must have a real big problem with this stuff, cause i have had this same problem before-- only a different tank, but i put new fish in with the fish i already had, and the fish i already had caught it... and this new fish i got recently got it too.. and it was from the same fish store as the other fish i had put in... maybe i just shouldn't buy fish from there anymore?!
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ich is pretty distinctive...it literally looks like someone sprinkled your fish with salt. Sounds like you're either describing a fungus, or if its near the mouth its called columnaris which is actually bacterial...or sometimes when a fish is injured and starts healing that part turns white for a little while. I'm not sure if body rot/fin rot turns white all the time, but I know it can and I dont remember if it is bacterial or fungal??
btw - bigredspecial table salt and aquarium salt can be used interchangably. The only difference is that one is ionized and one is deionized...I've never heard a compelling arguement for or against either type.
btw - bigredspecial table salt and aquarium salt can be used interchangably. The only difference is that one is ionized and one is deionized...I've never heard a compelling arguement for or against either type.