RE: [APD] Ich and planted tanks

["Adam Aronson" <adam at aronson_net>]

Though it might be early to count my episode as "passed" the recommendation
of a fellow hobbyist on one of the planted tank web forums seemed to work
for me. I simply raised the temperature in my tank to 86 and did 50% water
changes every other day stirring up as much gravel as possible without
uprooting or damaging the roots of plants.

I did notice that the day after the gravel stirring there were more white
spots than the day before but their numbers slowly dwindled. I also fed a
lot of frozen bloodworms.

Adam

> -----Original Message-----
> From: aquatic-plants-bounces at actwin_com 
> [mailto:aquatic-plants-bounces at actwin_com] On Behalf Of Thomas Barr
> Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 12:21 PM
> To: aquatic-plants at actwin_com
> Subject: [APD] Ich and planted tanks
> 
> Ich is controlled by public aquariums by raising the temp to 
> about 90F.
> I've never had a ich issue in a planted tank, I've even added 
> fish that had ich only to watch it disappear a week or so 
> later of being in good conditions........
>  
> You can do both or add malachite green(use 1/2 dosage for 
> tetras/catfish etc) and provide a good home for the fish. 
> Frequent water changes reduces the likeyhood of disease. 
>  
> This is the same advice I gave customers when I working in a 
> LFS as a kid nearly 30 years ago. And the advice has not changed. 
>  
> Regards,
> Tom Barr
>  
> www.BarrReport.com
> 
> 		
> ---------------------------------
>  Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page 
> _______________________________________________
> Aquatic-Plants mailing list
> Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
> http://www.actwin.com/mailman/listinfo/aquatic-plants
> 
> 



_______________________________________________
Aquatic-Plants mailing list
Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
http://www.actwin.com/mailman/listinfo/aquatic-plants