Giving it Another Go

[pwmin]

Picked up a 4" mono for cheap a couple weeks ago. It was all by itself, so I just had to. Fast forward to today and I picked up 3 intermedia and 2 orinos from Ray's Tank, a superb rare/monster fish store in Colorado. The intermedia are about 2 inches, so they're not very colorful, but the orinos are about 3 inches and look like they have a lot of potential. One already is looking like it's going to be a stunner. I forgot to ask if they knew the collection location.

 

[pwmin]

And one of the fish must have had ich. I didn't have the temperature high enough. Been having a rash of heaters going bad lately. Bumping the temp to 87, maybe a little more, hoping that and salt will take care of it.

 

[jimmie1974]

congrats on the pickups

 

[jimmie1974]

keep us updated

 

[pwmin]

Only bass that's left now is an orino. Covered in ich, so I'm not expecting it to last long, either. Also took out a flagtail and Xingu I pike.

 

[jimmie1974]

API Super Rid Ich Cure. Or just add aquarium salt, bump temp to 84, remove the carbon . That sucks.

 

[pwmin]

Added salt and bumped to 87 over a period of time, no carbon. I didn't think I would lose this many fish.

 

[bassinmike85]

Heck yeah!!!

 

[Sadrobots]

gorgeous fish, good luck! ray's is my favorite store in town for sure as well!

 

[pwmin]

The last one is still hanging around. Hope at least 1 makes it. I want to get more, but I'm not sure which fish I got brought it in and I want to make sure it's all gone before I add more. How long do I need to wait before I see no more trophonts? We use formalin in hatcheries, but I'm not sure I want to go that route. At this point, I'm just going to keep the temp up as the worst should be over.