Ich-y eyes

jefw100 · 10-02-2004, 07:20 AM

I just got home from a 6 day trip. My sister fed and checked on my tank while I was away. My hippo with Ich still has it. His eyes are cloudy and look like then have a layer to peel off or something. Other than that he is active and eating like a little piggy. I sure hope this clears up soon. I'm just maintaining as best I can. I think I will try some opera music with the garlic today.
j

lfish · 10-02-2004, 09:52 AM

It is good you had her feed! I know they say you can let fish go a few days w/o food but when they are battling ich (and recovering) you need to really pamper them with the garlic dosed food.

David Grigor · 10-03-2004, 02:04 AM

If it has gone on this long, It's time to take more drastic measures ( if it's not too late already ).....

Get it out of the tank and start treating in a quarantine situation....

Kevin1000 · 10-03-2004, 10:12 AM

Ich is an easy disease to treat - all you have to do is QT and use either hypo or copper.

otolith · 10-03-2004, 11:43 AM

Copper and hyposal are proven treatments. Garlic, OTOH, is more along the lines of a herbal rememdy, with no proven, only anecdotal, evidence.

jefw100 · 10-03-2004, 01:51 PM

I have tried to catch him a few times. He has way too many places to hide, which as you know, they easily do at the first sign of human intervention. I hate to empty my tank...which i did 2 months ago because of an naughty Flame Angel. I'll keep trying. Maybe I am just being a wuus about it. (hmmm, how do you spell wuus?) Keep the input coming, I need it.

j