Using cp with other medicines ...mainly oodinex esha ..?

Jason mack · Feb 22, 2020

Ok friend of mine has a doctor fish ..got ich pretty bad ...its in QT...but they've been dosing oodinex esha .....I have some chloroquine phosphate they can use ...us it necessary too do a water change first or can they just start dosing cp ...they done a couple of fresh water dips over the last couple of days..but say nothing is coming off ...??..any advice ?
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#Humblefish

Jason mack · Feb 22, 2020

Bump .!

Big G · Feb 22, 2020

So I looked up oodinex esha and it appears to be a mix of malachite green and acriflavine. Both are products that are best used in a 60-90 minute bath rather than dosing in a QT.
Neither of those meds are reliable to treat ich to the point where they stop the cycle. CP is far superior.

I wouldn't mix the CP with the OE. Unknown how those would effect the tank and fish. I'd do some water changing. And run some carbon to remove the OE.

Jason mack · Feb 22, 2020

Big G said:
So I looked up oodinex esha and it appears to be a mix of malachite green and acriflavine. Both are products that are best used in a 60-90 minute bath rather than dosing in a QT.
Neither of those meds are reliable to treat ich to the point where they stop the cycle. CP is far superior.

I wouldn't mix the CP with the OE. Unknown how those would effect the tank and fish. I'd do some water changing. And run some carbon to remove the OE.

Thanks for the reply #Big_G

Jason mack · Feb 22, 2020

Unfortunately...we will see how these react together ...my friend did a 50% water change they have no activated carbon ...then dosed the cp(645gr in a 43ltr qt.filtration has been pulled out ) ...I had asked him too wait till I'd gotten an answer on here ...but you know people....a law unto themselves ....would raising the temp of the QT help in any way or should it be kept at 25 ° ...and if so what is the best temp ...?

Big G · Feb 22, 2020

Raising the temp doesn't help with marine Ich like it does with freshwater ich.
Let us know how the "mix" worked.

Jason mack · Feb 23, 2020

The fish has survived the night ...is breathing easier ...and ich looks less today...

GoldeneyeRet · Feb 23, 2020

645g/43l must be a typo?

If this fish was in the main tank, the rest of the tankmates also need to be treated.

Jason mack · Feb 23, 2020

GoldeneyeRet said:
645g/43l must be a typo?

If this fish was in the main tank, the rest of the tankmates also need to be treated.

645gr in a QT from 43liters ...that's working at 15gr per litre

GoldeneyeRet · Feb 23, 2020

Jason mack said:
645gr in a QT from 43liters ...that's working at 15gr per litre

Yes. 15 mg/l would fall within the normal dosage range, 15g/l is way high

Jason mack · Feb 23, 2020

GoldeneyeRet said:
Yes. 15 mg/l would fall within the normal dosage range, 15g/l is way high

15ml is 15gram is it not ..?

GoldeneyeRet · Feb 23, 2020

Jason mack said:
15ml is 15gram is it not ..?

Of water, yes, but that's not relevant here. You stated the dosage as 645g of CP in 43l of water if I'm reading correctly. 645mg of CP in 43l of water would be within the CP dosage range which is why I thought it was a typo.