help ASAP !! please

[sessogrande]

please help,
i surprised my gf on day with a huge vase of flowers and a betta fish. i have kept fish for many years. and after i surprised her i put the betta in a 10 gallon tank with a filter. we added 3 small grey fish i think danios or something like that anda pleco, i treated the tank with melifix with the new arrivals but sunday night i noticed white spots on the betta, and 2 of the small fish died so i got ich guard 2 reccommended by petshop. and treated the water, and now everything in waaay worse the betta went froma afew spots to covered and its losing colour and til is shredded even the pleco now is covered, im lost i dont get deases in my 90 gallon what should i do please help
thnk you
josh

 

[vollphann]

Not sure if this will help

Ok, I'm sorta a newbie myself, although I have had aquariums of various sizes for 20+yrs(off more than on). I would try an antibacterial agent next, combined with the ick cure(unless otherwise stated). If you don't know what you're dealing with cover all bases. I recently(just last week) had a problem that I wasn't sure if it was fungus or parasite so I treated for both. I lost my older male platy, but the female is now recovering. I think if I had acted with the two pronged approach more quickly, I'd still have both fish. Good Luck!

 

[Flare]

Was the 10 Gallon cycled? If not, you may want to move him to his own little hospital tank.

When my betta had Ick, I used Aquarisol daily. I also added aquarium salt to the water. It is said that raising the temperature of the water will also help but I wasn't able to. But he did recover and is doing well.

Perhaps a moderator would know more though.

Best Wishes,
cj

http://www.bettatalk.com/betta_diseases.htm

 

[Lotus]

What exactly did the spots look like? (size, color, shape)

I hope you took out the carbon in the filter and followed the instructions carefully on the bottle. Did you do the second treatment?

 

[sessogrande]

i read the directions very closely i took out the carbon and i reapeated the tretment 3 times the spot look exactly like ich, small white spots. the betta was in the tank for a few months before we aded the other fish and tht when everything happened. any sugggestions on the antibacterial????

 

[revfred]

You might want to try a wider spectrum med ... although it almost certainly is ich. I might suggest Kordon's Rid-Ich+. I have had excellent success with it for myself and friends' tanks. Just follow the mfr's directions to the letter.