Subj : Re: Battling ICK on clown
To   : All
From : Kay
Date : Wed Jan 21 2004 03:25 pm

Computer Prog wrote:

> It has been about 11 days since I first spotted the ICK and it looks
> like all of the white spots on the clowns are gone.  I gradually
> lowered the temp down to about 79 degrees and I am still treating with
> half doses of QuickCure every odd day.  I did 30% gravel vac water
> changes with a little salt about 3 times during treatment and I
> stopped using Maracyn.  Everyone in the tank survived and they all
> look healthy.  The clowns are very active and they are not hiding. 
> Whenever I drop shrimp pellets into the tank they go right for them
> and eat them very quickly.  The Pleco even comes out for the pellets
> and tries to share them with the clowns.
> 
> PH is currently 6.6, Ammonia is zero, Nitrite is zero, Nitrate is 10
> ppm.  I will continue to use Quickcure every odd day in a half dose
> until the end of the week and then I will do another water change and
> put the carbon back into the filter.  Hopefully that should be enough
> to kill off any ICK in the substrate.
> 
> So MelaFix is worthless?  I thought that was a good product.  I did
> add MelaFix, StressCoat, and a small amount of salt to the water after
> each water change.
It might be useless for ICK but I have used it for allot of other 
reasons and it has never let me down.

Kay
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