So, I have a 75 gal fish tank, that's been cycled/running for a year now, no problems. Wanted to add new fish to it, quarantined fish for 4 weeks, added them to the tank, and now in two days, it now has ich. This question is not about how to treat ich, I have had it in the past and dealt with it, this question is about if tetra lifeguard works, or if how I am quarantining is wrong, and if I could change the preventative medicine.
Here is the run down on how I quarantine. When I receive new fish, I dont quarantine them in tanks, and instead I quarantine new fishes in 5 gallon buckets. I will fill 5 gallon buckets, not to the 5 gallon point (which from what I read on other forms, is the second tab down), but instead eyeball it and fill the bucket half way with water from my bathtub. Then I proceed to add in a airstone, one of those HT10 tetra heaters, and add the following (tetra aquasafe plus, and tetra safestart for a little added bacteria). Then depending on the type of fish I may or may not add in a small handful of aquarium salt. Then I would float the bags and release the fish into those buckets. Now I usually would add in tetra ich guard or ich-x. And would do daily water changes, but instead of changing a portion of the water, I would just do a full 100% water change, fill another bucket half way with water, add everything from airstone to meds, and this will continue until the end of quarantining. Then from there I would add the fish into a clear container and inspect them until I feel satisfied they are alright and then add them to the main tanks. Now tetra ich guard and Ich-x, I have to eyeball it if I add it in, which I may add in too much or not enough, and have had instances of the medicine not doing anything and getting some disease (mostly ich) because of lack of proper amount equivalent to water.
Then I had decided to try my hand on tetra lifeguard, since it covers many areas of diseases including ich it says and the tablets are smaller and measured for 5 gallons, making it easier to add. So I go through my quarantining process as explained above, but instead of ich-x or ich guard, I add 1 tablet of lifeguard. And would follow the instruction and do a daily 100% water change and just add another tablet. Fast foward 4 weeks, added them into clear container, no signs of white spots or other issues, add them to tank and now current problem.
My thought process is, no matter if I do a 20% or 100% water change for the 5 gallon buckets, I would still be adding same dosage amount, and it would still be considered a little over a dosage since I dont measure the water up to the 5 gallon mark every time I did my daily water change. From every source that I read about ich, warm water and stressed out fish is all it needs to hatch and infect, and with all the moving of the fish, which I scoop them out with my hand for 4 weeks straight, plenty of time for them to hatch and get killed by the medicine being present in the bucket or I should see them in the fish, is what I presume. I didn't know if this thread would fit under disease, since its not about the disease since this thread isn't about how to treat ich. With that any advice is welcomed and your experience with lifeguard, other than that, onwards to heating the tank up and treating.
Here is the run down on how I quarantine. When I receive new fish, I dont quarantine them in tanks, and instead I quarantine new fishes in 5 gallon buckets. I will fill 5 gallon buckets, not to the 5 gallon point (which from what I read on other forms, is the second tab down), but instead eyeball it and fill the bucket half way with water from my bathtub. Then I proceed to add in a airstone, one of those HT10 tetra heaters, and add the following (tetra aquasafe plus, and tetra safestart for a little added bacteria). Then depending on the type of fish I may or may not add in a small handful of aquarium salt. Then I would float the bags and release the fish into those buckets. Now I usually would add in tetra ich guard or ich-x. And would do daily water changes, but instead of changing a portion of the water, I would just do a full 100% water change, fill another bucket half way with water, add everything from airstone to meds, and this will continue until the end of quarantining. Then from there I would add the fish into a clear container and inspect them until I feel satisfied they are alright and then add them to the main tanks. Now tetra ich guard and Ich-x, I have to eyeball it if I add it in, which I may add in too much or not enough, and have had instances of the medicine not doing anything and getting some disease (mostly ich) because of lack of proper amount equivalent to water.
Then I had decided to try my hand on tetra lifeguard, since it covers many areas of diseases including ich it says and the tablets are smaller and measured for 5 gallons, making it easier to add. So I go through my quarantining process as explained above, but instead of ich-x or ich guard, I add 1 tablet of lifeguard. And would follow the instruction and do a daily 100% water change and just add another tablet. Fast foward 4 weeks, added them into clear container, no signs of white spots or other issues, add them to tank and now current problem.
My thought process is, no matter if I do a 20% or 100% water change for the 5 gallon buckets, I would still be adding same dosage amount, and it would still be considered a little over a dosage since I dont measure the water up to the 5 gallon mark every time I did my daily water change. From every source that I read about ich, warm water and stressed out fish is all it needs to hatch and infect, and with all the moving of the fish, which I scoop them out with my hand for 4 weeks straight, plenty of time for them to hatch and get killed by the medicine being present in the bucket or I should see them in the fish, is what I presume. I didn't know if this thread would fit under disease, since its not about the disease since this thread isn't about how to treat ich. With that any advice is welcomed and your experience with lifeguard, other than that, onwards to heating the tank up and treating.
