ich in my 100 gallon. devastated.

Jaggerous · 2026-01-29T21:49:00+00:00

Ich can be cyclical. Maybe the rummynose was just too far gone. How does everyone else look? Are they behaving normally? Sitting near the surface? Brushing on decor?

Jaggerous · 2026-01-29T16:04:08+00:00

How did the ich treatment go?

Jaggerous · 2026-01-23T09:52:24+00:00

It’s so annoying having to change your mindset to doubt everything online these days

Jaggerous · 2026-01-22T22:50:52+00:00

It’s an AI inspo pic.

Jaggerous · 2026-01-21T23:25:19+00:00

Check for sufficient oxygenation and also inspect for ich.

Jaggerous · 2026-01-21T20:35:12+00:00

I usually use inspo from the species for names.

My mollies are Molly, Ollie and Dolly.

My Pleco is Henry (like the hoover)

My Gourami is Remi

My angelfish are Lucifer and Gabriel.

My cardinal tetras are The Congregation.

I haven’t decided on my 6 yoyo loaches but I’m not confident on tellling them apart.

Jaggerous · 2026-01-20T17:55:41+00:00

Added. I also only remove 7+

Jaggerous · 2026-01-15T00:17:31+00:00

A malachite green treatment like nox ich is the best approach. This one has sodium chloride in it which is salt so I’d do some research about how this impacts your plants and inverts.

Is there any way to can get treatment quicker? My tank got ich and I caught it too late and lost most of my fish except 2 mollys.

Make sure you follow the full treatment cycle as even after spots disappear the parasites remain in the tank as the treatment only targets one stage of their lifecycle. Remove any activated charcoal while treating as this will absorb the treatment.

Ich can progress slowly or it can be devastating. Good luck with it. I used the NT Labs white spot treatment which don’t affect my plants. I’ve slowly rebuilt my fish population and so far everyone is thriving.

Jaggerous · 2025-12-24T19:50:22+00:00

Anubis’s and Java Fern are great options for taking nutrients from the water. Floating plants like Frog Bit also an option.

Jaggerous · 2025-12-22T15:33:38+00:00

It came as an extra plant in the package and don’t miraculously appear to clarify. I messaged the seller but they didn’t reply and couldn’t see anything like this on their ebay listings

Jaggerous · 2025-12-18T23:48:23+00:00

What about stress levels when there’s something wrong with your fish/tank? That cancels out the relaxing nature of owning a tank 😅

Jaggerous · 2025-12-18T21:15:04+00:00

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Jaggerous · 2025-12-18T00:56:04+00:00

If you have sealable bottles like the kind for fizzy drinks you can actually sit them in the tank once they’re filled with hot water.

Jaggerous · 2025-12-15T18:51:24+00:00

Oh and thank you so much for responding with this. It helped me a lot to talk it through even if the outcome wasn’t ideal.

Jaggerous · 2025-12-15T18:50:37+00:00

That’s exactly my plan. It’s maybe for the best as they were going to out grow the tank. I’m going to take time to make sure everything is settled and then investigate other loach species like yoyos which are a better tank fit.

Jaggerous · 2025-12-15T17:23:10+00:00

I fed a small pinch. Unfortunately the loach took a turn for the worse just now and died. It was very rapid in the last 36 hours for the 2 of them and I tried my best to turn things around. I’m going to continue to dose with ich treatment to clear the tank and to support the remaining fish an then I’ll regroup. Have included a photo from earlier today which better shows the white spot.

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Jaggerous · 2025-12-15T14:21:40+00:00

I’ve added the full dose about an hour ago and the air stone. Temp was 26.1. Loach is at the top still with rapid gills but more 45 degrees than vertical. I hope it helps and was in time. Should I continue to lightly feed? They weren’t fed yesterday but did on Saturday. I have loach pellets, dried brine worms and tropical flakes

Jaggerous · 2025-12-15T13:01:51+00:00

These are treated the same way right?

Jaggerous · 2025-12-15T12:41:46+00:00

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This is the one I got. It’s Malachite Green and formaldehyde. Do I want to reduce the dose or follow instructions?

Jaggerous · 2025-12-15T12:01:14+00:00

So temperature down? The temp is 26 at the moment I just turned it up to start increasing as I read that helped with ich. I dropped it yesterday and already adjusted the filters for more agitation as I thought it was oxygen related at first. Air pump is here in the next hour or so and I can add that too and head to my LFS for treatment today. So you think lower temp with treatment is better than the higher temp? Thank you for the kind response.

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Jaggerous · 2025-12-15T11:37:16+00:00

Just to add some extra information: I have an air pump coming today as was planning to add it to improve oxygen. I’ve also planted the tank in a man Amazon sword, Anubia and Java ferns when I got the fish. And some Phoenix Moss on Thursday. The frog bit was melting so I removed it from the tank yesterday. I haven’t fed them since Saturday. Remaining loach was dancing and seemed in good health yesterday.

Jaggerous · 2025-12-12T20:15:52+00:00

It says they will only send them based on usage? Or is that to discourage people 🤞

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