White spot / Ick on My Tetras. How to use the medicine ?

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Hello ,
It was since 3 days ago my tetras got ick and i just bought the medicine they said to just put a little and don't make it be really yellownish.. btw do i really had to move all the thing inside ? like gravel , plants and toys.. ?
 
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What medicine do you have? What kind of tetras are they? Don't do anything before we figure that out.

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tdiggs said:
What medicine do you have? What kind of tetras are they? Don't do anything before we figure that out.

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there's 3 Neon Tetra got ick. In the aquarium there's 7 Lemon Tetra , 7 Neon Tetra ( Including the 3 sick Neon Tetra ) , 1 Platty , 5 Bronze Corries.
 
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errmmm..what medicine do you have?
 
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Tetra's, especially neons and cardinals, are very very sensitive to any medications. If they have Ich you need to separate them into a quarantine tank (a simple 10 gallon will do) and increase the temperature to at least 80 degrees and use non-iodized salt. Look up the "Ich Salt Method". You will likely loose your tetras if you use medications.
 
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IMO---High temp and salt works better then any med.
 
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tdiggs said:
Tetra's, especially neons and cardinals, are very very sensitive to any medications. If they have Ich you need to separate them into a quarantine tank (a simple 10 gallon will do) and increase the temperature to at least 80 degrees and use non-iodized salt. Look up the "Ich Salt Method". You will likely loose your tetras if you use medications.
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Well , quarantine tank might not work .. the ick might be already spread all over the default fish tank they just finding new host.. and then i decide to buy new medicine it's like blue ink and it work as well.. my tetras now is fine it only took 1 week to cure my fish :) i was very happy to see my tetras are swimming around..
 
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Boq said:
i decide to buy new medicine it's like blue ink and it work as well.. my tetras now is fine it only took 1 week to cure my fish :) i was very happy to see my tetras are swimming around..
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Glad that all is OK. :)
 
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Boq said:
Well , quarantine tank might not work .. the ick might be already spread all over the default fish tank they just finding new host.. and then i decide to buy new medicine it's like blue ink and it work as well.. my tetras now is fine it only took 1 week to cure my fish :) i was very happy to see my tetras are swimming around..
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For future reference; they would do fine in a quarantine tank. As for ICH in the main tank... after 3 or 4 days of no fish in the main tank the ICH would die. ICH cannot live longer than a few days without a host.
 
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Glad they are okay! I recommend treating them in a quarantine tank because the medicine will stain your silicone, usually.
 
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