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Poor little guy passed away. :(

Good morning, I found one of my ember tetras stuck between the sponge filter and the aquarium glass this morning. I took him out with my long tweezers and put him in my hand to prepare to get rid of him. Then he started wiggling! Right now I have him in a bowl floating in the water so the temp...

Hi there, I have a 29 gallon planted setup. I just went through an episode of ich with some cardinal tetras that I added from two different sources. All of the cardinals ended up dying, but none of the other fish died. Currently I have 5 ember tetras, 1 bristlenose pleco, 3 corydora...

It's a stunningly beautiful little guy!

I'm kind of thinking I should not medicate today. I've already changed the water and vacuumed the gravel. I don't know, maybe I should hit it one more time to cover the life cycle of the little parasite. So you don't use salt either? Just the heat? I will definitely do the heat treatments...

Unfortunately all of the cardinals perished. They were so pretty, darn it anyway.

I think it's a pretty reputable shop - They're well known, can I mention them here? So maybe medicate one last time today, let them go over the weekend. And then do a good water change on Monday to start removing the meds from the tank? OR, just be done with the meds right now and only do a...

Today is my 3rd full day of no white spots. I talked with the store that sold me the Ich X and they said that normally it solves the problem in 2-3 days and that 5 days is considered a course. But because I've had to treat for 14 days before getting rid of white spots that I must be dealing...

Well here it is Tuesday, 4 days after my last post. All of the cardinals did die, but none of the other fish. This morning I don't see any sign of white spots on the embers. The Ich X says to treat for 3 days after the last sign of white spots. An end is in sight! Question: I plan to put George...

Best to speed it up by heating the water and thus shortening how long I use meds or keep it the same temp and use the meds longer? Which is more stressful for the fish?

It's at 80 right now.

The remaining cardinal has a lot of spots. Four of the embers each have one spot.

Today (Friday), I have one lonely little cardinal left. =(

This morning 1 cardinal missing and another on deathwatch. I netted it and put it in a floating cup. And then there were three. Everybody else continues to do well. UPDATE: Found the missing cardinal. It is dead. It was trapped in a nook of the spider wood. The one in the cup died.

2 more cardinals dead this morning. Down to 5. The cardinals are the only fish I've lost so far. Even though I love the look of them, I don't think I'll restock them when this is all over. The embers have proven themselves very hardy. I think I want yellow in my tank next. I have the orange...