Kbait Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 (edited) Two weeks ago I added 6 ember tetras to my tank, they are hard to find in my area so 3 came from one store, 3 from another a few days later. I stupidly skipped quarantine and added them to my 10 gal established shrimp tank (I know it was stupid to skip quarantine... I'm paying for it now.) A few days later I noticed a tiny white spot on one of the fish, and pulled all 6 out for quarantine. I didn't have ich-x on hand (mistake #2) so I used a "highly recommended" medication from a local aquarium store. Fish were almost better by day 3 of treatment, and then day 5 ich re-exploded in the quarantine tank. (Was doing daily 30-50% water changes, quarantine tank is bare bottom, vac bottom with water changes) temp in quarantine was 78 degrees, no ammonia/nitrites or nitrates. Water parameters in shrimp tank are on point and shrimp are still thriving... definitely came from the second store as their entire fish section is currently shut down (I called but they wouldn't tell me what the fish are sick with) I used the other brand of ich medication for a few more days before my ich-x arrived (6 days other brand in total). Changed 2 days ago to ich-x and increased temp to 82 and this morning one of my tetras had very large spots compared to the small ich size. (Visible on photo on head). 3 of the tetras have no visible ich, and have never had spots that I have noticed. The other 3 are heavily spotted. It's weird to me that 3 are sick while 3 are not if it is ich, and these larger spots also make me wonder. But they have lasted for a total of 8 days thus far so whatever it is isn't a fast killer. Should I keep treating with ich-x? or should I add in maracyn and paracleanse and then not be able to perform water changes daily? Thank you anyone for help. Sorry this is so long of a post I tried to include all relevant info. Also its very hard to get a decent photo of them... Edited June 6, 2021 by Kbait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 It could be epistylis which is often mistaken for ich recommended treatment is kanaplex in food you will need seachem focus to act as binding agent mix with frozen foods 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HH Morant Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 The spots look bigger and fuzzier than ich, I hope Colu's suggestion does the trick. Good luck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbait Posted June 6, 2021 Author Share Posted June 6, 2021 Thank you so much for the help! Fingers crossed I can save them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 https://aquariumscience.org/index.php/10-2-4-epistylis/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 @Mmiller2001 Excellent article, bookmarked. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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