Hello everyone ,
I have a 10 gallon planted aquarium which had 8 pairs of Neon Tetra and 2 Pairs of Ember tetra . They were all doing fine for almost 3 months . Recently, about a week ago a friend of mine gave me 2 pairs of his neon tetra and i added them to my tank . The next day i noticed that the newly added tetras had white spots on their tail,fins & body and were acting wierd. I just left them in the tank along with my old fish and a couple of days later my ember tertas developed the white spots and died . Since then i have lost almost 12 tetras . I quickly quarantined the tetra that had white spots and thoroughly examined the rest of the fish and they did not seem to have any spots on them.
Now a few tetras have developed the spots again . I really dont know what to do :-(
Have these parasites contaminated my tank ? If so how do i go about adding new fish ?
I plan to add in new fish bit im quite worried that they will also be affected by the parasites..should i drain the water completely??
Please suggest what needs to be done so that i can safely add in new fish..
I have a 10 gallon planted aquarium which had 8 pairs of Neon Tetra and 2 Pairs of Ember tetra . They were all doing fine for almost 3 months . Recently, about a week ago a friend of mine gave me 2 pairs of his neon tetra and i added them to my tank . The next day i noticed that the newly added tetras had white spots on their tail,fins & body and were acting wierd. I just left them in the tank along with my old fish and a couple of days later my ember tertas developed the white spots and died . Since then i have lost almost 12 tetras . I quickly quarantined the tetra that had white spots and thoroughly examined the rest of the fish and they did not seem to have any spots on them.
Now a few tetras have developed the spots again . I really dont know what to do :-(
Have these parasites contaminated my tank ? If so how do i go about adding new fish ?
I plan to add in new fish bit im quite worried that they will also be affected by the parasites..should i drain the water completely??
Please suggest what needs to be done so that i can safely add in new fish..
Yes they are granular like salt/small air bubbles stuck to the fish and look exactly line the tetra in the image. How should i get rid of them and how can i safely add new fish?
