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[jerkyslim]

Unfortunatly i have a neon tetra that is suffering from Ich very badly and i dont think he will make it (although i hope he does, and i will be very pleased to see that this medication is working). He is the only one infected with Ich that i can see. After his death when i take him out will i have to continue treating the water for ich to kill all of the bacteria? Or once the infected fish is out its good to go? because i want my other fish to survive and not go through what my neon tetra is.

Thanks,
Steven

 

[WILDER]

Carry on treating the tank, does the neon tetra look like its sprinkled in salt, once they start to labour breath with whitespot they don't make it as the parasite have damaged the gills to much.
Do you use full dose as neon tetra's can be funny with parasite med, and have you increased aeration in the tank.

 

[jerkyslim]

aeration is up! just added todays dose of meds about an hour ago and he seems to be moving around a little more. It looks like a alot of salt has been sprinkled on like u said and its like mounds of salt not spots.

 

[WILDER]

Can you say where it is on the fish, as it weird if the other fish didn't get any salt grains of spots on them.
Has the red stripe area look bleached out.
And does the patch run along the back coming down the sides to form a saddle appearance.
Does it look fluffy, as they can flick and rub with columnaris.

 

[jerkyslim]

the spots are scattered all over him. but around the gills it is almost reddish like it has a rash or a sore of some kind.

 

[WILDER]

You mean the gills look red and inflamed, can you post stats in ammonia,nitrite,nitrate,and ph.


Does it look like this.
http/www.2cah.com/pandora/ich_bobjohnson.jpg

 

[jerkyslim]

yea almost like the gills are inflamed but not greatly. but i dont have a test kit so i cannot tell you any numbers. sorry

 

[WILDER]

Or this.
http/www.2cah.com/pandora/columnaris_elenawong.jpg
Red gills can be due to bad water quality so it hard to say without stats.
Take a sample of your tank water to the lfs and tell them to write the readings down for you.
And i would strong suggest you invest in a liquid test kit of your own.

 

[jerkyslim]

haha my guy looks way worse than anyting on that guy. i cannot even tell what is wrong wiht that fish that you linked

 

[WILDER]

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[jerkyslim]

i think my neon is way past any help of any medication

 

[WILDER]

Which link as the first one is whitespot, the second one is columnaris.
Velvet tend to attack the gills first is the white on the fish a dusting of white like talc.
I would get a pic up as i'm for some reason not convinced it whitespot, if no other fish have the grains of salt on them.

 

[jerkyslim]

do u think that the result of some kind of gill infection is the result of bad water levels?

 

[WILDER]

Red gills are due to bad water quality if ammonia or nitrites are high.
Red gills can also be gill flukes, check though it will be hard on a little neons behind the gills to see if you can see a parasite with a magifying glass.
Get a clean cloth and soak it in tank water squeeze excess water off then wrap the fish in it, but don't keep the fish out of the water for long.

Your'e not answering some question, you havent said yet if the other fish have salt like grain spots on them.
And which pic did your fish resemble whitespot, or columnaris.

How long has the tank been set up.


This is velvet.
http/www.2cah.com/pandora/velvet_shawnprescott.jpg

 

[jerkyslim]

now he is just letting the current take him around the tank. it doesnt have hte energy to move at all.



he died