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If you keep the temp at 86* for at least 10 days, the ich should go away. If you are not 100% sure it's ich, and the spots get bigger with the warmer water, you might be dealing with fungus instead.

After 8 weeks, I would say your tank is cycled. Losing fish is not going to make it start over, or mess up your readings. The only thing that would, is adding a bunch of fish at once. :) As for the sick fish, he is swimming funny? Does it look like he is trying to stay straight but can't? If...

I had a DG that injured himself, and I used Pimafix/Melafix to heal him back up, worked great. Since 2 male gouramis should not be together, you will probably have to get a divider and keep them separated.

Ich is a parasite, and it can show up in one spot one day, and not be there the next day. Are these new fish? Have you added any new fish? Has your tank gone through the nitrogen cycle? What did you raise the temp to? How long has your tank been set up? What is your water changing schedule?

Sounds like you might need to treat you whole tank, not just one fish at a time. And depending on which treatment you use, it might kill your whole nitrogen cycle.

Do you have fish in the tank yet? What kind of substrate? That might be a little too much filtration for a 10g, and also, you are going to be limited on what fish you can get for that tank. Also, you should read up on the nitrogen cycle, if you don't know about it already. :)

Sometimes bettas can just change colors too. You can look it up, it's kind of neat. Don't give up hope yet, just keep his water clean, and see if that helps. Also, make sure his water is at least 80*F.

His fins don't look terrible, the second fish. The first one, that's a different story. As long as his fins don't rot all the way to his body, he should be able to grow them back. BUT, to me, it looks more like bites, since the edges are so severe.

My bettas rays grew out first. He does look pretty bad. :( Are you sure he's not biting his? They do have Stress-Zyme with aloe, and you might want to try some of that.

I learned about the salt/kidney thing from a lady who has been breeding bettas for 30+ years. It sounds like the salt is working for one, but not the other. When my bettas were regrowing their fins, it was clear, not white.

Coeur d' Alene, Idaho. Taken with my cell phone, so it's a little grainy.

Mine was the same, hanging in plastic packaging.

Do not use salt for more than 10 days with bettas if you go that route. Bettas kidneys can start to shut down after that amount of time. Since you have been dealing with this since November, and you have tried meds and clean water, the last option is the anti-parasitic meds IMO. They are not...

No problem! I remember the directions from when I used them. :) I don't think the aquarium salt will do much at this point, except stress them out even more. I would wait for the food. Did you ask PetSmart to order some in for you? I have used fosterandsmithaquatics.com, and the stuff...

The strain of ich that can live in temps above 86* is VERY rare. The high temps don't actually kill the ich, it keeps them from reproducing. If the platy still has spots on it after 10 days, you might have something else besides ich, possibly a secondary fungal infection from the "ich...