I've got 4 4" pictus cats in my 55 gallon, haven't had an ich outbreak in over a year. Saw a few spots on one, and immediately went to my LFS to purchase some aquatronics Quinsulex (quinine sulfat).. which is the BEST ICH med I have ever used when dealing with scaleless fish. However, they no longer ...

Thanks for all the great advice... I think I'm going to up the dosage on the medecine.. at this point, its all or nothing.. b/c nothing seems to be working. Also, I don't want to spread ick from the QT tank to the main one through nets or syphon hose... so do I need to disinfect them somehow or just ...

By the way... I now have the temp sitting at 82 degrees trying to "naturally" stop the ick problem...

I've heard this is going to help the fungus keep growing.. but there is so much going on here I don't know what the best solution is anymore...

Water is fine... Nitrite & ammonia : 0 Stuck some of the "bio-foam" from the filter of my established 55gal in the filter when I put the pictus in... He's still eating, ammonia still 0. So there was enough bacteria on there to get things rolling. Nothing seems to be helping the fungus/infection at ...

Thanks for the advice...

Any ideas on the medication though.. What would you do in my shoes with a fish that has an infection and fungus growing all over it??

There are literally tons of medications out there that will say they are for bacterial/fungal infections... which ones are the best to use??

I bought a new pictus about a week ago, looked very healthy. Luckily I had just recently set up a quarantine tank for new fishes. Anyhow, the 2nd day I noticed a pretty bad tear on one of his fins... on his left side. By day 4 a fungus had started growing on it. At the recommendation of the LFS, I ...

I have noticed a HUGE difference in the health of pictus from place to place.... Everytime I go to WalMart, I check in on their fish and the pictus almost always have ICH. I feel so bad for them I almost want to bring some med with me..!! At PetsMart, I always check them out, and they are always so ...

The more I read on UGF's the more I find that most people think they are a bad idea. I've read the following things about them: 1. Too much gravel will restrict water flow through the UGF and cause anaerobic bacteria to grow which will kill my fish. 2. Larger decor, such as driftwood or whatever ...

I have a 55 gallon tank with 3 albino tiger barbs (very peaceful... unusual from what I read), 3 tin-foil barbs, 3 pictus, and 1 pleco. One of the pictus beats up on the other two constantly..... he tries to claim all of the "hide-outs" as his.. and there is plenty of driftwood all across the tank ...

This is the first fishtank I ever had, and as stupid as it was, I did use cold tap water to refill the aquarium. I now know much better... I never really appreciated how sensitive fish were to things... I also added 1 capful of bio-safe and 1 capful of bio-coat for each 10 gallons of water as ...

I had 3 pictus cat along with many barbs in my 55 gallon tank (plenty of fake plants and driftwood)for almost 4 months. Everything was fine, tank was well-cycled. One day, as a cleaning routine, I changed about 40% of the water adding bio-coat and bio-safe to it. The one thing I did wrong was that I ...