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![]() I've got a 29 gallon tank that has been cycled for over a month now. I used two albino tiger barbs to cycle the tank. 10 days ago, I picked up 6 bleeding heart tetra's and 3 young false juli catfish. I know that's alot of fish to add at once but I've been watching my levels and everything looks good. I acclimated all the of the fish before putting them in my tank. Everybody seemed to be doing great. The tiger barbs were a little freaked out the first day since they had been the only fish in the tank for two months but were fine the next day. On the second day, one of my catfish died. The next day, a second one died and the third was missing. I moved all the decorations and couldn't find him anywhere. I figured he jumped out of the tank and one of my cats got him since there is a small opening near the filter. 2 days later I find him floating at the top of the tank. I brought the two back to the store (the fifth one didn't surface until before the guarantee period) and they exchanged them. All they had were full size false juli catfish so I got those. Come to find out after talking with the LFS, those young juli's I got bought just arrived the morning of the day I bought them. All the stress of going from two tanks in one day is probably what killed them. I was upset that the LFS didn't tell me when I bought them that they were new or I would have held off. After seven days of adding the new fish to my tank, I notice my bleeding heart tetras have white spots all over there body and fins. From what I can tell it looks like Ick. I've tried to get a picture of the fish but I can't seem to get one that is clear enought. I went down to the LFS and they recommend I pickup some Aquarisol (http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...&N=2004+113521). The instructions say to up the temperature in the tank to 85 degrees and add 12 drops per 10 gallons daily until the Ich is gone. I removed the filter cartridge and put in one that didn't have carbon in it. I have a Marineland Visi-Therm Stealth 100 heater and I moved the dial to 86 degrees but the temperature of the tank will not go above 82 degrees, even after several days. I even tried moving the dial to 88 degrees but still no change. I've been treating the tank with the Aquarisol for the past three days. I did a 25% water change the second day and added the Aquarisol after that. Over the past 5 days, the tank has been cloudy too. I'm thinking that might be a bacteria bloom because I added alot of fish at once. I've already had 2 of the bleeding hearts die, one yesterday and another one this morning. The barbs and the catfish are not showing any white spots on there body or fins, just the bleeding hearts. I would move the other fish to a different tank, but the only other tank I have is an unheated 5 gallon. Does this sound like Ick? Am I doing everything properly to clear it up and hopefully save my fish? Any ideas on why my heater will not go above 82 degrees? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Rodney |
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