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Aquarium Advice Freak
So I've had my tank for about 2-3 weeks now but I used filter media/water from my cycled 1 g and also safestart that seemed to work wonders. Turned out that because I got lazy with the vacuuming the gravel, I'm guessing the water chemistry changed quick in my 10G and my fish became stressed and now they have ich. It's only been1-2 days since I detected it and I've been watching over them so close all weekend since they've been glancing and flashing a lot. Now I understand. I'm going to vacuum thoroughly today and do a 50-75% water change. And apply some medicine. I don't want to try the heat method even I cranked up my heat from 79 to 82 which is allowed with my cardinal tetras and DG. They don't all have the spots yet but are bound too and the tetras are the worst of them all. Woke up in the morning to them being colorless. It was a scary sight. How do you guys think I should go about this when it comes to what medicine and how to apply and future tips to avoid this problem again. I haven't been lazy with water changes, I change about 20% every week. And for the water parameters, I always test, more than once a week and they seemed fine. On test strips that are completely useless. I ordered the liquid kit but so far I only have pH tester and that's 7.6. I'm desperate for help, quick replies please! Thank you