Red Phantom Tetras

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I recently purchased five red phantom tetras. I added them to an
established 10-gallon tank. They are rather small at this time and did
not want to add them to the 55 gallon aquarium with larger bleeding
heart tetras, yo-yo loaches, pl*co & Chinese algae eaters until they
are a bit larger.

Are these fish aggressive, fin nippers? Are they fragile fish?

They looked healthy when I bought them but one has died and the others
have a case of ick. I have treated the tank with Jungle Labs "Ick
Guard II" it "is specially formulated to clear Ick fast on scale-less,
small or weak fish. Also guards against secondary infections as a
result of wounds left by the ick parasite." But it doesn't seem to be
getting any better (and yes I have removed the activated carbon from my
filter). Has anyone had experience using this product? Is there
something better I should be using with these fish?

As I stated the tank (10 gallon) is cycled: ammonia 0, nitrite 0,
nitrate approx 10, ph 7.5 and kh 3.

Sorry for the length of this post. Any comments or information is
certainly appreciated. Thank you.

[John...]

> wrote in message
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> I recently purchased five red phantom tetras. >

> Are these fish aggressive, fin nippers? Are they fragile fish?

I have 5 in my 45 gallon community tank,they
are doing ok.
Think you might be getting them mixed up with
Serpae Tetra's which are known for fin nipping
and their aggressive behaviour at feeding time.
I had an outbreak of Ich a few weeks ago and
treated it with Interpet anti white spot plus No 6.
Cleared it up in no time.

John