What can I put my 2 1/2inch pictus catfish in when it has ich? All i have is an 1 1/2gal aquaqrium and my main

Question

Where can I leave my pictus catfish where it can stay in a salt bath for ten days without my cat touching it? If I leave it in the small aquarium I think it will stress and how much salt do I use? I'm a begginer sort of speaking and don't know what to do with ich and aquarium salt!!! *sob*

Answer 1

Well - I'd use some Quick Cure - putting a fish in a saltwater bath would be a little hard on it, going from one type of water to another is very stressful. You should add a small amount of aquarium salt to your main tank to help keep disease down - not treat it.

If you have air or a filter on the 1.5 gallon he'd be okay in there for a week or two while you treat him. Just watch the big tank and make sure they don't get ich too.

Answer 2

If you keep the water chemistry right in the 1.5 gallon tank and watch the fish and it behavior it should be fine until the ich treatment is done. However, you might just want to treat your whole tank because ich is contagious and chances are your other fish will start showing signs.

Answer 3

Your best bet is to use QuickCure, one drop per gallon daily. It might take a week or more for the ich to be cured, and once it's gone, sterilize your tank with boiling water. Allow it a day to cool down before returning your catfish to it. I did it with my female Betta, and the ich never came back. Sterilizing the tank with boiling water will kill off any parasites that might remain behind.

Answer 4

When treating ich, you treat the tank, not the fish. The ich on the fish won't be killed until it falls off the fish.

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Answer 5

Don't move him. The entire tank needs to be treated along with every fish in it. See your last question for my suggestion to you for how to treat the ich.

MM

Answer 6

the deep fat fryer!