HELP!!!!
- Thread starter FishGeek
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Little white things that look like grains of salt....its called ick or ich. It wont do any good to seperate out the ones who have it since they've all been exposed to it, probably best to treat the whole tank.
There's been lots of people who have had success with the heat and salt method of treating ich...and some success with medications. I'm not a big help with that...but you should do some searching to read what others have suggested as treatments for ich.
There's been lots of people who have had success with the heat and salt method of treating ich...and some success with medications. I'm not a big help with that...but you should do some searching to read what others have suggested as treatments for ich.
It's ich and it should be treated in the main tank since the parasite has a life cycle which involves falling off the infected fish and laying eggs in the substrate. Increasing the temp will speed up the life cycle of the ich and helps rid the tank instead of having unhatched eggs that will start the cycle all over again. Salt has been helpful in causing parasites to absorb water until they burst. However, ich starts from the inside of the fish and works it's way out of a cycst, which is the white spots you see. You should pick up a general ich treatment, but read carefully as many tetras a sensitive to medications and many recommend half dosage for tetras and scaleless fish such as catfish.
You could check the Disease forum for info.a complete water change?? like 100%? And what do you mean you change the gravel?? Generally as long as you keep up with a weekly or bi weekly change of 30% or so...you dont ever need to do a change big enough to take all the fish out and. The only time I've ever done it is when I move or tear down a tank to redecorate or change out the substrate (gravel/sand). A clean tank can help prevent ick outbreaks...but I doubt cleaning your tank will get rid of it.
I didnt know about all the cleaning that was involved in the begining (till I found this site). My gravel/tank was a mess and so I figured that if I started fresh that it would be better. I know that such cleaning isnt necessary but I think that this time it was for the best. Maybe that is why I got ick. ??? I went to Petco and a lady that worked there said she was very familiar with ick and that she had it too. She gave me something called Quick Cure and says that it worked great in her tank and that they use it at the store if they have a outbreak. Is anyone familiar with this?
