Author: John SmithJohn Smith Date: Aug 27, 2008 21:34
mike d. wrote:
> I had three or four fish in a ninety-two gallon tank, and they got ick, and
> I treated it(the tank) with the blue copper compound but I didn't remove
> any charcoal. I don't know if my charcoal was old and spent, or if it just
> didn't stop the action of the copper sulfate, but the fish very quickly &
> very completely recovered. Mike.
> "Gottcha" comp-connections.biz> wrote in message
> news:brMDc.16861$a92.3626@twister.nyc.rr.com...
>> I recently had an ick outbreak in my tank and was wondering. If i add kick
>> ick do i need to take my activated carbon out of my filter? I was told
>> that
>> it will remove all medications from the water.
All that out of the way now ... this might be the way I'd go (at least
before dropping to copper in freshwater aquaria.) However, all snails,
plants and salt sensitive fish (such as Corydoras, etc) must be removed
first:
http://www.skepticalaquarist.com/docs/health/salt.shtml
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