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From:orangeville, canada
Registered: Jan 2004

posted 01-01-2004 01:57 PM         

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hey i have a 48 gallon tank and i had about 43 fish in my tank, but know i only have 32! all those fish have died in the last few days i think it is the desiese Ick! i have asked the pet store what to do and they gave me some medicine but my fish are still dieing,the medicine that u used is quickcure for about 2 weeks, then when i went to the pet store they gave me coppersafe....but my fish are still dieing!!! what else can i do????

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posted 01-01-2004 01:59 PM         

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you had 43 fish that there is called overcrowing you need to get more tanks to have them or a real big one

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From:austin,tx, usa
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posted 01-01-2004 02:00 PM         

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Have you done any water changes? I'd start there! 2 weeks is a long time to use any medication.
change your water!!
As far as overcrowding, I guess it would depend on the kind of fish.
For example, I don't think 43 neon tetras in a 48 gallon would be overcrowding?

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posted 01-01-2004 03:14 PM         

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k thanks for your opinons and help but its a 48 gallon and the fish i had where absoluty fine, because there commmunity fish and there on a few inches each anyways.......so how many fish would you recomend on haveing in my 48 gallon tank???

Thanks

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From:austin,tx, usa
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posted 01-01-2004 03:39 PM         

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Honestly, I've never found ich hard to get rid of at all. It goes away in 2 days tops, for me anyway. that's why I suggested water changes. once I had a persistent ich problem, where it would go away then come back again a week later. I had a few deaths, also a community tank. I discovered my husband had not changed the filter as I thought he had. so after replacing the filter media (we have biowheels so the filter needed changing) no more ich problems or deaths..
I think all of us here can only speak from our own experiences.
good luck to you.. it is so frustrating to lose fish.
oh, and "the rule" is 1 inch of fish per gallon of water.
so count up those inches!

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posted 01-02-2004 10:22 PM         

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I had some fish that got Ick too. It was really bad, a lot of my fish died. When you use the medicine, make sure to take the carbon out of the filters because it takes the medicine out of the water. Also I would take the sick fish out and put them in a different fish tank. I hope your fish get better, good luck!!!!

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