Newbie question about ich.

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Yeah, would have suggested start with heat only and raise it gradually with shrimp
 

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Sorry again. It’s my 2nd tank that technically is my daughters but she’s over it already.. I upgraded it from the original 9 gal flex to a normal 20 that only had some neon tetra in it.
After some bad advice from the one rep at the local fish store, I added 2 small marbled angels and 3 serpae tetras as well as 2 nerites and 8 shrimp. (Cherry, blue) Something must have hiked on one of them?
Down to 1 angel, 5 neons, 3 snails and not sure how many shrimp cause I think the angels ate them…
 

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So it’s been 10 days so far and I haven’t seen any signs of ich on any of the fish. Am I over it then and can stop salt and such and then get new fish?
 

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So it’s been 10 days so far and I haven’t seen any signs of ich on any of the fish. Am I over it then and can stop salt and such and then get new fish?
Give it another 4 days and then do a big water change, then can start looking at other fish
 
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I agree with NoodleCats, 2 weeks, & maybe do a couple big water changes to get rid of most of the salt...Then get some new fish. But look at them very carefully & realize it's a smaller tank. You want healthy & tank size appropriate fish. Ask us & we'll help you make better choices.
 

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I was going to do that but then I ended up cutting the back off cause I didn’t like the internal filtration. Added an aquaclear 20 filter and put some plants and shrimp in there. Think I’m going to move the 6 neon tetra from the 20 gal and then I may put the angel in my 29 gal if I can persuade my daughter? It’s her favorite in her/our tank, lol. My wife doesn’t want me to move the angel to our main tank cause she thinks it will bring the ich with it, but it’s been 3/4 weeks now. Not sure.
 

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I moved the 6 neon tetra to the planted flex 9 gal. The angel is still in the 20 gal cause my daughter won’t let me move it to my 29 gal…
I made a new post looking for “tank mates”
 
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