Ok, I've decided to set up another new tank for multiple reasons... most pressing is that a new platy at work came to us pregnant, and we found two fry, and a really fat dwarf gourami yesterday morning. The two fry have been put into a little nursery basket we purchased yesterday, but the tank (10 g) is already stocked.... so I am setting up a little tank (5-10 gallon) in my son's room. He is really into the 40g I put in my room recently.
I also posted threads about not cycling my new at home tank properly, and I am in the process of rectifying that situation, but...... I think I've found ich among the red minor tetras as of today. Should I go with:
Option 1 - Use the new tank in my kid's room for a sick tank before it's cycled? I could treat them there for a week, and then finish cycling it before I bring the fry home.
Option 2 - Treat my 40 gal in total.
The fry at work can stay at work until I have a tank ready for them, so my biggest concern is what is best for the entire 40g community? Separate and treat the sick, or treat them all together?
Is the picture ich? The spot is on the tip of his bottom lip. The blurry 3rd picture is of a different tetra with a spot on his rear fin, which has also been nipped up by the other tetras. Sorry about the phone pic quality. I can try for better
I also posted threads about not cycling my new at home tank properly, and I am in the process of rectifying that situation, but...... I think I've found ich among the red minor tetras as of today. Should I go with:
Option 1 - Use the new tank in my kid's room for a sick tank before it's cycled? I could treat them there for a week, and then finish cycling it before I bring the fry home.
Option 2 - Treat my 40 gal in total.
The fry at work can stay at work until I have a tank ready for them, so my biggest concern is what is best for the entire 40g community? Separate and treat the sick, or treat them all together?
Is the picture ich? The spot is on the tip of his bottom lip. The blurry 3rd picture is of a different tetra with a spot on his rear fin, which has also been nipped up by the other tetras. Sorry about the phone pic quality. I can try for better