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I have Ich in my tank and want to do a salt treatment. I have 2 skirt tetras (one is blue on top with a white bottom and the other pink on top with a white bottom). I have a 10 gallon tank. I have read conflicting things all over the internet. I have seen 1 teaspoon per gallon and also 2-3...

And if it did, how long did it take to treat?

Ok great. The salt treatment is underway. I did a half dose treatment and have the heat up to around 80ish. They seem to be doing ok with it so far. The spots on the blue tetra have now fallen off so hopefully this will all work. Did your half dose treatment get rid of the Ich in your tank?

They have not been flashing, just the spots. All of my fish seem to be ok with salt except the tetras. I've read that they are sensitive to it so perhaps a half dose? Can anybody weigh in on how pink and blue tetras, black and white mollies, danios, and guppies would do with salt and raised...

Yes it is definitely ich, I just looked at my black molly and the little white spot above her mouth is now gone so it must have fallen off to reproduce.

And I know it's hard to tell without actually seeing the fish but like I said there are like 2 little white dots on the tail of the blue tetra and 2 on his bottom fin and like 1 on his top fin and then the pink one has 2 little ones on the tail. So I'm not entirely sure if that isn't just the...

Thanks for the response! Will all of the fish I have be able to safely tolerate the high temperature and salt in the water?

I have a new 10 gallon tank with 1 blue tetra (he is roundish shaped and all white with a blue streak on his back/upper body), 1 pink tetra (again, roundish shaped and all white with a pink streak on back/upper body), 1 white molly, 1 black molly, a pink danio, and 1 guppy. So 6 fish (not sure...

Tank is about 85 degrees, yes surface agitation with air stone and filter, PH is 8, and I used tap water but conditioned it with Aqueon. And I'm using the API test kit, not strips. I went away for a few days and before I left the Ammonia was around 4ppm and no it's around 2 ppm but no Nitrite...

I have a 10 gallon tank that I am doing a fishless cycle on. I added pure ammonia on November 24th. I have consistently been testing and making sure the ammonia is between 3-5 ppm. However, I have not seen a decrease in ammonia and rise in nitrite yet. Is that ok for where I am right now or do...

Thanks for the responses everyone. Would I be able to do 2 platies and 2 guppys or maybe 1 platy and 3 guppies? Or is that too much of an overload? Just looking for options with fish.

Does anyone think I need to bring it down? Or is 8 ok?

Also should mention that the PH of my water is rather high, around 8.

I am starting a new 10 gallon aquarium that is in the process of a fishless cycle. Just wanted to get some ideas for fish when the time comes. I am doing it with my parents and they want variety as opposed to a school. Suggestions? Also, I am a fan of platies but read that 10 gallon really...

I was without power for about a week. Glass aquarium. Substrate is about an inch deep. When I took everything out to rinse all of the ornaments, filter, filter pads, and water smelled.

Yes, it's a new tank. It's just weird because when I first put the stuff in it didn't smell and then I lost power for a little while so the filtration and heat stopped and everything was just sitting there. That is when I noticed the bad smell and I started running everything again a few days...

I am starting a 10 gallon tank doing a fishless cycle. I have not started the cycle yet but I have noticed that my tank really smells. I'm not sure what it is exactly, but my only guess is the plastic ornaments I have in there? It smells kind of plasticy. I emptied out the tank and rinsed...

Thanks for the response. Ok great! So it is alright to put 2 of the poly fiber pads in along with the black foam grid? And that is all I need in there? Also, I think I understand the fishless cycle..it seems pretty straight forward. However, a lot of people mentioning using stuff from old...

Hey everybody. I recently bought a 10 gallon Tetra tank with a Tetra Whisper Internal filter. I've done a lot of research on everything but I just had some questions to clear a few things up as I have read conflicting information on different sites. I have the tank ready to go with everything...