ach its ich!

[minzabella]

all three of my rummynose tetras have ich! it seems like the little white spots appeared overnight. I did a 50% water change. raised the temperature to 83 and gave them all salt dips. what else should I do? do I need to change all the water?

 

[Apocalypse_Gold]

There is no way you can change enough water to remove all the ich, and those spots on your fish fall off and become a thousand more. Keep pushing that temp up. At 83 ich will multiply rapidly. At 86 they kick the bucket. Tetras can be sensitive to salt so don't use too much.

 

[dax29]

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I recently had an outbreak on my clown and Yo Yo loaches and raising the temp cleared up the symptoms in a week. I would recommend keeping the temp. raised to 86 for some while after ther last lesion is gone to make sure all the parasites have been killed. I got all my information from this website and I'm sure some of the others that respond can give you better specifics. I just like the heat treatment b/c you don't have to fool with chemicals and salt. You gotta have a good thermometer and a good heater (I had to learn that the hard way).

 

[Menagerie]

Definitely read the article on FW ich and keep the temp up for two weeks past when the last ich spot is seen.

 

[Jchillin]

Minzabella - All the information you need is contained in this article:

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/showquestion.php?faq=2&fldAuto=32

This should provide some insight and information that is extremely helpful. It was for me when I had the same problem.