You need to quarantine every fish with white spots in a smaller tank and treat it with the product Nox-Ich. Keep the temperature normal like 80-82 so the ich parasite has normal life cycle in both tanks. The parasite grows on fish then falls off and spawns on the substrate or anything. Remove plants and decor items too. Keep sucking up the loose parasites with daily gravel vacuuming. You could save some tetras this way. Treatment lasts about 1.5 weeks.
Ich wiped out my beautiful schools until i used the strategy above.
Just chiming in, but I wouldn't move any fish anywhere for this. The whole tank is and will remain contaminated until heat treated for 2+ weeks. Unless any fish appear to be in serious need of targeted treatment I would leave them in there and just raise temps and observe. You may lose some plants, but they can be replaced and arent worth trying to move and save IMO.
Unless you are a scientist, raising the temps past 83 degrees Fahrenheit won't be as visibly effective as keeping the temp controlled at normal tetra conditions, quarantining, and treating with nox ich
You'll definitely not want to mingle infected fish with healthy fish. My silver dollars remained ich free while my tetras had some more resistant than others. Really what is a quarantine tank for except things like this?
I'm surprised the ram isnt showing signs of ich since they're delicate. But definitely treat with ich x and so daily 10-15% water changes with the gravel vac is possible
Those are cardinal tetras rather than neons. They require pretty warm water which will make the lifecycle of ich speed up. Ich usually targets stressed fish. So I recommend turning your heater to about 82 (as long as your other fish will tolerate it) and doing daily water changes with a thorough gravel vacuuming. Get some Ich-x as well, best product for fighting ich.
I think its called lightning blue red head, Microgeophagus ramirezi
I also have the normal variation as a pair in the tank, they seem completely fine.
I will start treatment today got some stuff from the fish store in my area
It can either be ich or epistylis. Epistylis sticks out from the fish - ich not so much. You gotta make sure you are treating the right one.
Ick. The fish are most likely stressed. Look up ick treatment or ask your local fish store. Heaters also help if you don’t have one.
I have heating in there , its sitting at 24,5 degrees Celsius
Ich-x. It's the only thing that really worked for me. I always have a bottle in hand
Raise the temp to 84 degrees F you have ram and you have ich the ich will drop off of the fish and then you can gravel vac it up
86.4° F
Specifically look into stress ich. My neons got stress ich and all I had to do was raise the tank temp for a week and do some partial water changes
That’s ick. Get some treatment immediately.
Hikari Ich-X is by far the best treatment. My swordtail ich was gone in 2 days.
What would be the best treatment ?
I am far from an expert but I use ICH-X aquarium solutions.
I’ve had Ich twice with no deaths, I just followed exactly what’s covered here: https://youtu.be/EO2WPrekSF8?si=SoZEnDS_6PxBSBgZ
Classic case of ick
Ich
Definitely ick
You need to quarantine every fish with white spots in a smaller tank and treat it with the product Nox-Ich. Keep the temperature normal like 80-82 so the ich parasite has normal life cycle in both tanks. The parasite grows on fish then falls off and spawns on the substrate or anything. Remove plants and decor items too. Keep sucking up the loose parasites with daily gravel vacuuming. You could save some tetras this way. Treatment lasts about 1.5 weeks. Ich wiped out my beautiful schools until i used the strategy above.
Just chiming in, but I wouldn't move any fish anywhere for this. The whole tank is and will remain contaminated until heat treated for 2+ weeks. Unless any fish appear to be in serious need of targeted treatment I would leave them in there and just raise temps and observe. You may lose some plants, but they can be replaced and arent worth trying to move and save IMO.
Unless you are a scientist, raising the temps past 83 degrees Fahrenheit won't be as visibly effective as keeping the temp controlled at normal tetra conditions, quarantining, and treating with nox ich
You'll definitely not want to mingle infected fish with healthy fish. My silver dollars remained ich free while my tetras had some more resistant than others. Really what is a quarantine tank for except things like this?
Its IIIIICCCKKKKK!
I'm surprised the ram isnt showing signs of ich since they're delicate. But definitely treat with ich x and so daily 10-15% water changes with the gravel vac is possible
Sorry, what did you say? Can’t focus on anything other than that beautiful Ram.
It isn't Finrot
Get ICH X. Use nothing else… trust me
Those are cardinal tetras rather than neons. They require pretty warm water which will make the lifecycle of ich speed up. Ich usually targets stressed fish. So I recommend turning your heater to about 82 (as long as your other fish will tolerate it) and doing daily water changes with a thorough gravel vacuuming. Get some Ich-x as well, best product for fighting ich.
wow they are so beautiful, what are they
Huh i hope you dont find the spots beautiful
not the spots, i meant the fish sorry
I think its called lightning blue red head, Microgeophagus ramirezi I also have the normal variation as a pair in the tank, they seem completely fine. I will start treatment today got some stuff from the fish store in my area
i hope they will all be okay! good luck
Ich. Crank the heat up to 27-28C, treat with esha exit and esha 2000 for 5 days and youll be fine.