hi please help icy icy

**moose** · 07-24-2007, 02:06 PM

just need to no does it matter if u use the medication for white spot if the fish doesnt have it.

**RobbieG** · 07-24-2007, 02:15 PM

Depends on what kind of fish some are sensitive to it - did you use a medication that instructed you to remove the carbon from your filter?

If you did just reinstall it and it will remove the medication from the water

If not do a few extra water changes this week to get rid of it

**moose** · 07-25-2007, 12:58 PM

thanks for that.
i have got a 4ft tank with
4 clown loaches
3 bolivian butterflys
1 german blue ram
2 gouramis
2 sucking catfish

**hungryhound** · 07-25-2007, 01:06 PM

As a general Rule loaches are a scaleless fish, and very sensitive to medicine. IF possible you will want to remove the loaches from the tank being medicated( ideally move the sick fish to their own tank and medicate them). However if this is not possible, you should cut the recommended dose of the medicine down by 50% .

**RobbieG** · 07-25-2007, 06:52 PM

Given that you have loaches in the tank I would take steps to remove the medicine from the water immediately if I were you.

Reinstall the carbon /add carbon to the filter and do a largish water change

**gm72** · 07-26-2007, 12:52 AM

Originally Posted by moose

just need to no does it matter if u use the medication for white spot if the fish doesnt have it.

Wait a minute, if I am reading this post correctly the question is if it is okay to use medicine even if the fish isn't infected? Maybe we are talking about a single fish in a community tank?

**crackatinny** · 07-26-2007, 12:59 AM

Originally Posted by gm72

Wait a minute, if I am reading this post correctly the question is if it is okay to use medicine even if the fish isn't infected? Maybe we are talking about a single fish in a community tank?

I read it the same way LOL.

If it is not infected, why would you treat it?

Or have you done it by accident?

**MeganL3985** · 07-26-2007, 02:22 PM

I think maybe he's trying to say one or some of his fish have it, but some others don't. Like you said, treating in a community tank.

I personally would not treat a fish for ich if it doesn't have it. My Betta just got over it actually. Do you have a hospital tank, or is there a way you can treat just the fish that do?

**Lady Hobbs** · 07-26-2007, 02:29 PM

The whole tank should be treated for ICK since it multiplies after falling from the fish. Fish not affected that are sensitive to meds should be removed if at all possible. IF you have scaleless fish and removing them is not possible or if they also have ICK, use half dose of meds.