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From:Buena Park, CA, Orange County
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posted 01-16-2004 06:34 PM         

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my black tetra has tinny white specs on his body and fins....could this be ick? and what can i do about it??? will my other fish get sick too??

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posted 01-16-2004 08:06 PM         

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Sounds like ick you can get meds at the local fish store to cure it. Your other fish can get it too so you want to treat it ASAP and it can be deadly so the sooner the better. Check out http://www.nunnie.com/ick.html they have pretty good info.

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posted 01-16-2004 09:14 PM         

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sounds like ich to me too i would get some quick cure for it asap

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posted 01-16-2004 09:42 PM         

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Hi Cateyes1184, It sounds like Ick. You have to remember that Ick is in the water and not just on the fish, so isolating the fish and treating him will not resolve your problem. You need to treat the whole tank. First, do a partial water change cleaning the gravel and filter as you do. Second raise the tank temperature to 80 degrees. Third, dose the tank with medication for Ick (I highly recommend Maracide made by Mardel) for 5 days at the recomennded levels listed on the medication.

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posted 01-17-2004 07:39 PM         

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this sounds like ick but to be sure cheack on the fish if they are missing scales i also had a problem with ick heres a tip dont leave your window open or your room(or the room the tanks in) get dusty this is bad and causes ick

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posted 01-19-2004 02:05 PM         

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wow, i had no idea that having a window open could cause that...thanks alot for the help guys! my tank is in the living room, and the window is open quite a bit, i'll have to change that, thanks!

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posted 01-22-2004 08:34 AM         

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The air in Buena Park isn't THAT bad! If you're doing regular water changes, cleaning the gravel and have an appropriately sized filter your tank should be OK. A more important source of pollution is decaying food or plants in the tank. Make sure that fish are not fed excessively or it is removed after 5 minutes and that dead/dying leaves are pruned and removed.

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posted 01-22-2004 10:03 PM         

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In thirty years this is the first time I've heard of Ick being caused by dust.

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