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Neon tetra--ich?
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Fish diseases : Neon tetra--ich?
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Scout
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Monday,
January 21, 2002 - 08:34 pm
I have a neon tetra that has white raised, tiny bumps on
the end of his tail just before the fin part. I have had
the neons since Jan. 3. He seems fine just his color is
fading. He doesn't
rub on anything like he itches. No other fish seem to have
this. My tank has been up since Dec. 21. Ph--7.8-8.0, .25
nitrites.
If I need to treat him, can I set up my old 10gal. tank
by putting water from my 58 gallon and
putting him right in it? I don't want to treat the big
tank because I have plants in it. I bought some coppersafe,
is this a good product?
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marie
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Monday,
January 21, 2002 - 08:46 pm
Yes, I think you would be ok filling the 10 gal with tankwater
and putting him in there, as long as you have a heater and
filter for it. I would put him in the 10 gal as soon as
possible, just in case whatever he has is contagious. Have
you done a search for "neon tetra disease" or looked
at "ick" on Badman's? It may not be either of
these-just a suggestion on somewhere to start looking. I
don't know anything about coppersafe though.
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joycedonley
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Tuesday,
January 22, 2002 - 07:34 am
Badman's board lists coppersafe(also Maracide)
for ich. If you have ich though QTing won't do much
good as all your fish will be infested and you need to treat
the whole tank. It really doesn't sound like ich, but
there is a great pic on the main board in the ich article
and I think also under medications. Ich looks like salt
on your fishes body! If it's neon tetra disease Pat
recommends parasit guard. I never had any luck treating
neon tetra disease. I think by the time you notice the syptoms
(color fading) the fish is usually pretty far gone.
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joycedonley
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Tuesday,
January 22, 2002 - 07:40 am
Check out Pandora's pic on ich. Click on articles on
the main board and read the what are those white spots article.
She has two articles on it out there, but the second one
has the pic.
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Scout
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Tuesday,
January 22, 2002 - 11:25 am
It doesn't really look like that picture. These white
dots are bigger. He has almost no red color in him anymore.
If it is neon tetra disease is it contagious? Should I QT
or treat the whole tank?
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joycedonley
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Tuesday,
January 22, 2002 - 12:24 pm
Normally I don't post other links, but there is a really
good article on this site about it and yes QT the fish.
http://freshaquarium.about.com/library/weekly/aa092601a.htm
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joycedonley
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Tuesday,
January 22, 2002 - 12:29 pm
Also if you cannot positively identify the disease according
to the article treating with a broad range antibiotic may
work. Try one of the meds they suggest and possibly your
fish just has a bacterial infection and will recover.
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Pandora
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Wednesday,
January 23, 2002 - 10:45 pm
Scout, from the description of the red stripe going away,
I agree that it is very likely that it is NTD... I also
like the article joyce listed and have recommended it in
the past. Unfortunately, NTD is incurable and highly contagious...
quarantine suspected victims at once, I have lost over 20
neons to NTD in a school of 30 about a year ago. Sometimes
they die some pretty awful deaths, also, like getting bloated
to the point where their eyes bulge out (a really puffy
balloon appearence that is distinguishable from dropsy,
where the scales stick out)... so if you are pretty
sure it is NTD, you might want to consider euthanasia for
those fish after quarantine confirms it.
The bumps are a little more confusing, because these are
not associated with NTD. It sounds like you have more than
one disease in your tank, possibly ich or lymphocystis,
you didn't describe the bumps in much detail. In the
future, make sure you quarantine all new fish in order to
avoid these kinds of epidemics spreading to your old fish.
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