Finrot and Ich?

Question

I have been putting salt in my aquarium twice daily at 1 TBSP per gallon as it says to on the label, so how long will it take to start improving my fishes fins, and how long will it take for the fins to regrow where the bacteria has infected them?

The salt was recommended to me by several fish people and the good people at PetsMart ;) so I figured that was the best treatment to go with.

Ah yes you're right, it was a typing error, it IS 1 TBSP per 5 gallons, and that is what I have been putting in there! I researched Ich and finrot and I decided to completely dismantle my aquarium, and scrub everything down and so now I have completely new water! Any other tips would be appreciated!

I have two oranda goldfish, only one has been affected so far. Whenever I dismantled the aquarium I disinfected EVERYTHING, gravel, the tank itself, you name it, and I left the filter in. Please, just answer the question being asked! How long will it take to work, and how long it will take for the fins to grow back!

Answer 1

The biggest mistake you could have made was taking the tank completely apart and scrubbing it down
unless, you didn't clean your filter, your tank has to start all over with the cycling process, which will put your fish in an additional risk for nitrite poisening

As of now, you will need to perform 25% partial waterchanges every other day
if you have ich in your tank, the best treatment is turning up the temperature to 89 degreese (and yes the fish will survive this temperature) to kill the ich and adding 1 tablespoon of salt per 1 gallon, but not twice a day, only when you start the treatment
You will leave the temperature for 2 weeks
If you have a 10 gallon tank, you will take out about 2.5 gallon of water, which means you will need to replace the salt you take out
which is in your case now only about 2.5 tablespoons of salt will be replaced
if you put more then that in there, you will make it a brackish tank which isn't healthy for your fish

once the treatment is finished, do a 50% waterchange and replace with conditioned water
do another 25% waterchange after 3 days

once your tank is established, do regular maintenance, which means doing partial waterchanges of 25% with a gravel siphon weekly




Hope that helps
Good luck



EB


Edit*
Like i said, it was a mistake to scrub everything down, since you're putting them through additional stress which was not needed, that's all i said, and if you don't want help then don't ask

And since i doubt that they have ich, i would start treating them with maracyn TC, but do a 10 day treatment instead of the recommended 5 day period and leave out the salt

I just used it myself, and the fins started looking much better already on the fourth day

Now all the fins on my fish are growing back really great

Answer 2

The aquarium/rock softening salt is only effective if you have increased the temperature to 85 F and have been doing partial water changes to reduce the amount of ich parasites in the water. This ich reducing regiment may take two weeks at most but it is the most effective mean at riding your tank of the parasite without the use of toxic chemicals found in most anti-ich formulas.
However I believe it is 1 tablespoon for every five gallons…if I recall the instructions.
Finally, get your water tested (Petsmart does it for free, takes 30 seconds) if you haven't already. Fin rot is a sign of poor water quality and toxic water degrades the health of your fish to the point where they become more likely to get sick.

Answer 3

If you dealt with for finrot 4 days in the past, run your clear out once more if no longer already doing so for someday with a brand new carbon %. This will blank the water and dispose of any previous cure. Then deal with the fish for Ich with the suitable cure. Make certain that for the period of the cure you flip off your clear out for the period of the cure. The cure demands to be unaltered via a carbon clear out. Make certain you're treating the fish for the proper cure. Fin rot reasons fins to rot away and fish will often swim sideways. Ich offers the fish white legions at the gills. Good good fortune and ensure drain your tank and blank the rocks on the backside for any fungus.

Answer 4

It may not help at all. Finrot is a bacteria eating away the fins and needs medication. Ich also needs to be treated. Saltwater cure isn't a guarantee of anything.

Be careful not to get too carried away with the salt thing because you will eventually make the water toxic enough to kill the fish.

Answer 5

just changing the water is useless. the rock and pebbles and sand and whatever else you have have to be boiled before putting them back in the tank with the new water. you also don't say what kind of fish you have. salt or freshwater?

Answer 6

Take your engine and off to the vet.