ick on cardinal tetras

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paulbell

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10 gallon tank
2 cardinal tetras
2 mollies
2 guppies
1 albino cory
1 small pleco

The tetras are the only fish i can see that have the ick specks. I have slowly added 20 teaspoons of Aquarium salt over the last 24 hours and all of the fish seem fine. The tetras have slightly faded but are active and seem fine. I have a heater that will keep the temp between 76 and 78 degrees. My question is how long until the specks fall off and how long do i have to treat the fish? I'm concerned the salt concentration (2tsp per gallon) is not enough to kill the ick but also am worried about the salt sensitivity of my cory and tetras. any advice would be appreciated.
 
might want to also slowly raise the temp to about 82-84 to help speed along the ick life cycle and get them to fall off the fish sooner.
 
My heater is internally set to keep temp between 76 and 80 degrees, can't adjust. I could purchase an adjustable heater if what i'm currently doing does not work. How long should i keep the salt dilution as it is after the ick falls off?
 
paulbell said:
My heater is internally set to keep temp between 76 and 80 degrees, can't adjust. I could purchase an adjustable heater if what i'm currently doing does not work. How long should i keep the salt dilution as it is after the ick falls off?
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get a new heater. i wouldnt use one i couldnt change. follow what dave said in the link Madcrawdad posted.
 
10 gallon tank
2 cardinal tetras
2 mollies
2 guppies
1 albino cory
1 small pleco

Today is the 4th day of salt treatment almost at 3 tsp/gal and the ich is actually worse. What is strange is the ich is only on my tetras. Could this be something other than ich? It looks like all the photos I've seen of ich.
 
How long have you had your tetras? I am only curious because I just bought some cardnal tetras a couple of weeks ago....and guess what I just found on them today - ick.
 
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