[AquaticLife] ICH
Lenny,
They also have salt grinders, which may be more appropriate. Or, you could always use a mortar and pestle. Frankly, though, I’ve never done either when using kosher salt at the table or for cooking.
\Steve//
> —–Original Message—– > From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of > Lenny V. aka GoldLenny > Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 7:37 PM > To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: RE: [AquaticLife] ICH > > If that is all you have, yes it will work. Next time you have to buy salt > for your home, get the plain table salt, preferably without any additives or > preservatives… although sporadic use of these are also OK if that’s all > you have… then you can use it on the fish too… the kind you cook or > keep! 
The preservatives have only shown to be a problem when used in > outdoor ponds where the sunlight has some kind of effect on the > preservatives which causes a problem. Tank lighting, regardless of the name > on the bulbs, does not come close to mimicking real sunlight… at least > I’ve never gotten much of a tan under the fluorescent “Daylight” bulbs in my > office. LOL > > If you buy the kind \Steve// recommended, then you could use a pepper grind > and use it to grind the larger grains if you want to also use it for your > dinner. > > After the goldfish have acclimated to the higher 78F temp, you could try > bumping it up higher as long as you provide plenty of oxygenation with air > stones and raising the filter a little to create more surface agitation. My > ponds would often reach into the low 90’s during the hottest parts of the > day down here and I never lost a fish as a result. Of course, those were > healthy long-bodied goldfish, as opposed to not-so-healthy round-bodied > goldfish. Make sure the tank temp doesn’t rise too fast.. no more than 2F > per hour and slow it down if the fish start to act too stressed. > > Lenny Vasbinder > Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny.blogspot.com > (Links to any articles referenced in above reply are listed on the right > side, alphabetically under Labels and also under Archives by Year, Month) > > > —–Original Message—– > From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com] On > Behalf Of angelandchase49@aim.com > Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 5:36 PM > To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [AquaticLife] ICH > > would regular table salt work that is iodized? > > —–Original Message—– > From: Steve Szabo > > To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 6:32 pm > Subject: RE: [AquaticLife] ICH > > The substance the store sold you probably contains methyline blue, which s > not only a medication, but a dye. If the store had told you that the est way > to treat ich, they would not have made any money from you that ay. > The ideal temperature for an ich cure is 84 degrees F. Your goldfish may ot > do well at that temperature, so you would need to raise it until the ish > start to become uncomfortable, which would like be 76-78 degrees. > hile waiting for the temperature to rise, go over to your friendly ocal > supermarket and get yourself some kosher or canning salt. Add this o your > tank at the rate of 1 tsp per gallon of water. Mix it with tank ater first, > so the salt has a chance to dissolve. > The white spots you see on the fish are created by the parasite and eggs re > laid. When the cysts burst open The eggs will release a form of the arasite > that will then become larva. When these larva swim in the water olumn, they > will then be at their most vulnerable and the salt will elp to lead them to > their d3mise as they look for a host fish. > The purpose of the heat is to speed up the process of their life cycle, o > they live shorter life spans. This, in turn, means they have less ime to > sped finding a host. > The white cottony substance you report is likely to be a fungus. Ich ill > cover a fish with what looks like salt crystals. > \Steve// > > —–Original Message—– > From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com ] > n Behalf Of angelandchase49@aim.com > Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 3:06 PM > To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [AquaticLife] ICH > > have been treating my goldfish for ich even though only one has it am > reating all as ihave no way to isolate the one who actually has it. It is > looking alot etterbut its tail is looking a bit chewed up. have been > treating the ich with stuff bought from a store urns water blue not sure > what the med is called but says it is for ich removal. The ick is lmost gone > now.? I do plan on getting a new filter prob have to anyways since the old > one as the ick virus(?) on it. > and don’t want to reintroduce the ich back into the tank.? how long ast no > signs of ich do i need to treat? Also at the fish store where i got the > stuff from had a old fish that had a white cottony like spot over its eye. > Whas that ich that i saw or what as it? > >
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