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Posted: April 15 2012 at 3:38pm |
I know the benefits of using garlic oil. But what if you have a fish that eats only bugs in the tank. Then what? 
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Posted: April 15 2012 at 3:49pm |
Mandarins are usually pretty resistant to Ich due to the slime coating on their skin however it is possible for them to get it. Do you have other fish in the tank ? The mandarin may be able to fight it off naturally. If not, they are sensitive to copper so your only other option would be hypo-salinity. GL
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Posted: April 15 2012 at 3:51pm |
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What's hypo salinity?
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Posted: April 15 2012 at 4:05pm |
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I don't think the mandarin would do well with hypo salinity treatment. It would not have anything to eat for 6 weeks (unless you fed it something, but even then, I think it would be stressed). By the way, hypo salinity is lowering the salinity down extremely low for 6-8 weeks (you have to move the mandarin into a hospital tank).
What caused it to get ich, and are you sure it has ich? I would us a uv sterilizer, and figure out what stressed him.
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Posted: April 15 2012 at 4:13pm |
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Well he has had ich since I got him. The lady at the LFS(not saying any names) hit him really hard withe side of the net when I bought him. And it's never gotten better. Do you think if I soaked tigger pods in garlic oil it would do any good?
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Posted: April 15 2012 at 4:20pm |
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You can add garlic to the water.... I do that along with adding to the food if I am having problems. Other than that I would make sure your water quality is great and hope that he can fight it on his own....
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Posted: April 15 2012 at 8:24pm |
 the seanze wrote:
Well he has had ich since I got him. The lady at the LFS(not saying any names) hit him really hard withe side of the net when I bought him. And it's never gotten better. Do you think if I soaked tigger pods in garlic oil it would do any good? |
Curious to your reasons for buying a fish with ich? And even more so why you would place that same fish directly in your display tank? I'm not seeing the correlation between the ich and the lady at the fish store with the net? Is your Mandarin showing other ailments also? Feeding with or adding garlic directly to the tank may help. However, I'm not sold on the whole idea. Ensure he is eating well and as previously stated, maintain excellent water quality.
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Posted: April 15 2012 at 8:46pm |
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No the fish did not have ich when I got him. He was very stressed when we got him because the lady hit him with the net. The ich came the next day... I decided to not put him in a hospital tank because all of the stuff he eats would die in an environment with copper treatments. There is plenty of food in my tank and he still eats well. I suppose I could try adding garlic to my water.
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Posted: April 15 2012 at 9:09pm |
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Try it and let's hope for the best.
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