- Have you tested your water?
- Yes
- If yes, what is your ammonia?
- 0
- If yes, what is your nitrite?
- 0
- If yes, what is your nitrate?
- 0
- If I did not test my water...
- ...I recognize that I will likely be asked to do a test, and that water tests are critical for solving freshwater health problems.
- Do you do water changes?
- Yes
- What percentage of water do you change?
- 21-30%
- How frequently do you change your water?
- Every week
- If I do not change my water...
- ...I recognize that I will likely be recommended to do a water change, and water changes are critical for preventing future freshwater health problems.
So I have a 10 gal aquarium with a pleco, a betta and two cory cats, recently I have noted ich on my pleco and do not want it to spread but I do not have another tank to quarantine it in. I have seen paraguard but know it is bad for inverts, and there is also a snail, a crayfish, and some ghost shrimp in there. I have a small bowl I used as a nursery for some ghost shrimp but that would not be adecuate for the pleco so I can just move all the inverts to there while I treat the tank. I guess my question is, how long does paraguard last in the water before I can but the inverts back in with everything else? What procedures would I have to follow to clean the water of it? And is there a method to rid ich that does not require medication, or a medication that does not harm inverts? Sorry for the long post I’m relatively new to this lol
