I figure since there is some body/fin damage it’s good to dose the tank again. I normally add it to water changes, but should I treat the whole tank now?
I would treat the tank with stress coat after you’ve finished with the ich treatment. Stress coat helps add extra slime coating to the fish. The slime coating on the fish is what the ich hides under and the ich medication cannot kill it when it’s on the fish. Adding stress coat could be counterproductive, you would be adding a healing agent for the fishes benefit, but you would also be trapping live ich protozoans under the slime coat with the fish.
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January 17th, 2010 at 6:39 am
I would treat the tank with stress coat after you’ve finished with the ich treatment. Stress coat helps add extra slime coating to the fish. The slime coating on the fish is what the ich hides under and the ich medication cannot kill it when it’s on the fish. Adding stress coat could be counterproductive, you would be adding a healing agent for the fishes benefit, but you would also be trapping live ich protozoans under the slime coat with the fish.
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January 17th, 2010 at 6:47 am
I think after. Your fish will have their slime back again.
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