Weird white area on tetra's body

[Mary]

I've never seen pics of ich before but I looked on google & it looked more
speckled than solid, so I don't know if that's what I've got here or not.

My black neon tetra is like a solid white from about 2/3 of the way back to
almost the tail on both sides of his body. It's not a bright white but it is
solid. He looked normal yesterday. He seems to be acting normal, too.

Anyone? Is it ich or something else? What should I do?

Thanks,
Mary

[Mary]

"Mary" > wrote in message
...
> I've never seen pics of ich before but I looked on google & it looked more
> speckled than solid, so I don't know if that's what I've got here or not.
>
> My black neon tetra is like a solid white from about 2/3 of the way back
to
> almost the tail on both sides of his body. It's not a bright white but it
is
> solid. He looked normal yesterday. He seems to be acting normal, too.
>
> Anyone? Is it ich or something else? What should I do?
>
> Thanks,
> Mary
>
>

So can anyone tell me where to find better pics of ich? I still don't know
what I've got...

[NetMax]

"Mary" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Mary" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I've never seen pics of ich before but I looked on google & it looked
more
> > speckled than solid, so I don't know if that's what I've got here or
not.
> >
> > My black neon tetra is like a solid white from about 2/3 of the way
back
> to
> > almost the tail on both sides of his body. It's not a bright white
but it
> is
> > solid. He looked normal yesterday. He seems to be acting normal,
too.
> >
> > Anyone? Is it ich or something else? What should I do?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mary
> >
> >
>
> So can anyone tell me where to find better pics of ich? I still don't
know
> what I've got...

Ich is like small grains of salt stuck to your fish. Might be only 1 or
2 on a tail, or they can be covered with it.

Your fish does not sound like it has Ich. There are a few diseases which
affect the muscles (which is what the back half of a fish is).

I put a bunch of links in here
http://www.2cah.com/netmax/Links/links.shtml#ich for Ich and others. For
an example of muscle deterioration in common tetras, look for NTD (Neon
tetra disease). The first symptom of these diseases is usually some
discolouration.
--
www.NetMax.tk

[Mary]

"NetMax" > wrote in message
...
> "Mary" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > "Mary" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I've never seen pics of ich before but I looked on google & it looked
> more
> > > speckled than solid, so I don't know if that's what I've got here or
> not.
> > >
> > > My black neon tetra is like a solid white from about 2/3 of the way
> back
> > to
> > > almost the tail on both sides of his body. It's not a bright white
> but it
> > is
> > > solid. He looked normal yesterday. He seems to be acting normal,
> too.
> > >
> > > Anyone? Is it ich or something else? What should I do?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mary
> > >
> > >
> >
> > So can anyone tell me where to find better pics of ich? I still don't
> know
> > what I've got...
>
> Ich is like small grains of salt stuck to your fish. Might be only 1 or
> 2 on a tail, or they can be covered with it.
>
> Your fish does not sound like it has Ich. There are a few diseases which
> affect the muscles (which is what the back half of a fish is).
>
> I put a bunch of links in here
> http://www.2cah.com/netmax/Links/links.shtml#ich for Ich and others. For
> an example of muscle deterioration in common tetras, look for NTD (Neon
> tetra disease). The first symptom of these diseases is usually some
> discolouration.
> --
> www.NetMax.tk
>
>
Thank you - now I know it wasn't ick since it was totally solid coloring.
He's gone now. I suppose I should try to find more for him. I checked with
the 4 LFS's around here & they just don't have any black neon tetras! I
thought they were very common, but I guess not.

Thanks for the help!

Mary