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jrman83 · 09-04-2010, 10:43 AM

Had to go out of town for a few days and came home to a tank full of ich affected fish. I left off my uv sterilyzer for some reason, but not sure it would have mattered. All 30+ or so fish are new to this tank and it just finished cycling about 10 days ago. It is easier to list how many NOT showing the tell-tale signs.

I have started treating with increased amounts of salt but not overly so. Current temp is 85F and slowly trying to get it to 86-88F and also using Ick-attack. Is this too much action?

My fish are all livebearers with the exception of one gourami. One or two of them don't look the happiest, but so far they don't look too stressed.

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