Is it ick?

Sarah · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 10

Last night I noticed that one of my little neons was staying towrd the
bottom of the tank and wouldn't move. I finally got a closer look at
him and noticed that he has little white spots on his fins and a
couple on his body. I thought it might be ick so I immediately
started treatment for ick with the quick cure that a friend gave me.
I also check the neons that I have transferred to one of the new tanks
and he too had some white spots. One of the black tetras in with also
had some spots. This morning I woke up and found that one of my
platies has tome white spots on her tail. It seems to start on the
tail of dorsal fin and spread from there. Could this be ick? Should
I do anything else beside treat them for the disease?

Sarah

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Victor M. Martinez · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 36

Raise the tank temperature to 84 degrees or so. That will speed up the
metabolism of the parasite and allow the medication to work faster.

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Jody Pellerin · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 4

Check your water conditions... ammonia, PH, temperatures, ect. They may be
stressed out.

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"Sarah" wrote in message@posting.google.com...
Last night I noticed that one of my little neons was staying towrd the
bottom of the tank and wouldn't move. I finally got a closer look at
him and noticed that he has little white spots on his fins and a
couple on his body. I thought it might be ick so I immediately
started treatment for ick with the quick cure that a friend gave me.
I also check the neons that I have transferred to one of the new tanks
and he too had some white spots. One of the black tetras in with also
had some spots. This morning I woke up and found that one of my
platies has tome white spots on her tail. It seems to start on the
tail of dorsal fin and spread from there. Could this be ick? Should
I do anything else beside treat them for the disease?

Sarah

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Jenya · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 3

I agree with a prev poster. Check your water conditions.
I've had an outbreak of ick about 7 months ago. It was caused by a sudden
change in Ph due to an aggressive CO2 injections.

The key in treating ick is NOT to follow instructions on the box. Somewhere
on the www.krib.com site I read a post explaining the life cycle of an ick
and the mechanism the way drug treatment kills it. It is important to treat
for, I believe, 15 days to ensure that parasites on the 1st stage of
development would be exposed to a drug by the time they mature.

In my case, the treatment was 100% success. Nobody dies. Every fish got
cleared out of specs.

By the way, here are the pictures of my neons when I discovered an outbreak:
http://www.culbertfamily.com/jenya/aquarium/sick%20neons/

Jenya

Jenya · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 3

> The key in treating ick is NOT to follow instructions on the box.
Somewhere
> on the www.krib.com site I read a post explaining the life cycle of an ick

http://www.thekrib.com that is.

Cammie · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 42

Sounds like ick to me. Follow medication for treatment to a T, and do a
water change. Did you just add them or any new fish to the tank? Or did
they recently get stressed in any way?

"Sarah" wrote in message@posting.google.com...
> Last night I noticed that one of my little neons was staying towrd the
> bottom of the tank and wouldn't move. I finally got a closer look at
> him and noticed that he has little white spots on his fins and a
> couple on his body. I thought it might be ick so I immediately
> started treatment for ick with the quick cure that a friend gave me.
> I also check the neons that I have transferred to one of the new tanks
> and he too had some white spots. One of the black tetras in with also
> had some spots. This morning I woke up and found that one of my
> platies has tome white spots on her tail. It seems to start on the
> tail of dorsal fin and spread from there. Could this be ick? Should
> I do anything else beside treat them for the disease?
>
> Sarah

Sarah · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 10

It's a new tank so it hasn't completed the cycle yet. Ammonia levels
in the first tank are at about 1.6-2.0 and I can't detect any nitrites
yet. The pH in all 3 tanks is steady at about 7.5 (I can't seem to
bring it down anymore). Ammonia is not detectable in the other two
tanks as of yet, neither is nitrite. I set these tanks up less than a
week ago.

I do have to add, though, that one of the original neons I bought died
within 2 days, but I don't think it had anything to do with the water
conndition. Not half an hour after I had put them (5) into the tank
the other four started chasing him and he was acting very lethargic.
I didn't notice any white spots on him, but then again, I wasn't
looking. I'm thinking maybe he brought it into the tank and all my
fish caught it. They all started in the first tank and then got moved
to the additional 2 tanks.

Sarah

"Cammie" wrote in message news:...
> Sounds like ick to me. Follow medication for treatment to a T, and do a
> water change. Did you just add them or any new fish to the tank? Or did
> they recently get stressed in any way?
>
>
> "Sarah" wrote in message
> @posting.google.com...
> > Last night I noticed that one of my little neons was staying towrd the
> > bottom of the tank and wouldn't move. I finally got a closer look at
> > him and noticed that he has little white spots on his fins and a
> > couple on his body. I thought it might be ick so I immediately
> > started treatment for ick with the quick cure that a friend gave me.
> > I also check the neons that I have transferred to one of the new tanks
> > and he too had some white spots. One of the black tetras in with also
> > had some spots. This morning I woke up and found that one of my
> > platies has tome white spots on her tail. It seems to start on the
> > tail of dorsal fin and spread from there. Could this be ick? Should
> > I do anything else beside treat them for the disease?
> >
> > Sarah

Sarah · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 10

Might have been, since the tank had just started cycling. The neon
already seemed debilitated when I got him though.

Geezer From The Freezer wrote in message news:...
> Sarah,
>
> Your tanks ammonia levels should be zero zero zero always. I bet that was a
> factor in killing
> the fish.
>
> Sarah wrote:
> >
> > It's a new tank so it hasn't completed the cycle yet. Ammonia levels
> > in the first tank are at about 1.6-2.0 and I can't detect any nitrites
> > yet. The pH in all 3 tanks is steady at about 7.5 (I can't seem to
> > bring it down anymore). Ammonia is not detectable in the other two
> > tanks as of yet, neither is nitrite. I set these tanks up less than a
> > week ago.

Geezer From The Freezer · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 496

Sarah,

Your tanks ammonia levels should be zero zero zero always. I bet that was a
factor in killing
the fish.

Sarah wrote:
>
> It's a new tank so it hasn't completed the cycle yet. Ammonia levels
> in the first tank are at about 1.6-2.0 and I can't detect any nitrites
> yet. The pH in all 3 tanks is steady at about 7.5 (I can't seem to
> bring it down anymore). Ammonia is not detectable in the other two
> tanks as of yet, neither is nitrite. I set these tanks up less than a
> week ago.