Barnhawk Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Hey guys, I recently just acquired a tank of tetras and they had a break out of NTS. I only had 12 tetras and they all had the white scaly spots so I decided to euthanise them. Now the question i have is what next? I have about 50 cherry shrimp in that tank still. I was planning on breeding them but Im not sure if the disease can be transferred to them? Should I just get rid of all of them just to be save? I don't want a fish in an other tank to eat one then get infected as well. Also how do I clean the tank to get rid of the disease? It can be passed onto other species of fish and I want to make sure the tank is completely clean. I am willing to tear it all down and throw away the substrate and get some new stuff. Any help would be great as I am a total newbie to the hobby The tank is an Aquanano 40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delapool Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Hi, silly question but definitely was NTD? http://www.aquarium-pond-answers.com/2007/02/neon-tetra-disease.html?m=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnhawk Posted October 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Not a silly question at all . I am 95% sure. I will upload a few photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnhawk Posted October 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wadedidit Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 I had it, some 15 years ago, I used Antibiotics, one amoxicillin tablet divided by four in 250 litre tank. Used three tablets over 12 days, lost all the fish but it didn't come back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delapool Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 (edited) Does look different to the bacterial infections I had. This is the only reference I could find (couldn't find link) - second post. Little surprised. If columnaris is only meant to last 30 days in an empty tank, I thought 30 days would cover this as well but appears I'm wrong. Neon Tetra Disease...how do I clear my tank? | MyFishTank.Net Forum "The Protozoa which causes the disease is highly contagious and able to live without a host for many months. So if an aquarium has had an infection it should not be used to house any small Tetras for many months because there will be a renewed out break of the disease." Also this link which has several months noted/ http://mobile.dudamobile.com/site/fishtanksandponds?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fishtanksandponds.co.uk%2Ffish-health%2Fneontetradisease.html&utm_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myaquariumclub.com%2Fneon-tetra-disease-lifespan-598151.html#2805 The infectious agent causing neon tetra disease can remain active in an aquarium for several months with out a host. This means that any fish which can be infected by this disease should not be returned to an aquarium where this disease has been present for at least six months. Edited October 12, 2015 by Delapool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnhawk Posted October 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 Thanks Dela! I have been researching a lot about it and there doesn't seem to be a lot of information about the after effects and how to clean it out. The only information I have found about the after effects is the first link that you have provided (Thank you for searching!). I guess I will just follow the procedurs he did. Just tear it all down and start again. Excruciatingly painful :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delapool Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 No other ideas I'm afraid. Shrimp tanks seem to go ok with no problems from what I read. Out of interest did they display other signs associated with NTD at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnhawk Posted October 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 Well they all seemed to be schooling, but the flaky patches were raised like cysts. A few big tetras were really lumpy. I think I might euthanas the shrimp, throw away the substrate give my plants a quick bleach dip and clean the tank out with bleach and rise the hell out of it. Then I will have to re-cycle it. Haha :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delapool Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 Thanks for the information. Good luck with the tank, hope it all works out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnhawk Posted October 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 Thanks for the help! I just can't seem to get a good start in the hobby haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbetta Posted August 15, 2018 Report Share Posted August 15, 2018 mate what i did when i had this same thing i let the fish die there is no cure so once they died i empted the tank then got a bucket of water and put chlorine in the bucked and washed inside the tank then filled it up and put chlorine nutriler in the tank at a high dose let the tank run for a week then enpted it again then filled up the tank and re treated with chlorine nutriler and let the tank run for two days then did a 20% water change then filled up the tank and then let it re cycle befor adding fish again it work 100% perfect for me hope this helps u mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoney Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 @johnbetta he may have solved this problem given the thread is 3 years old lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbetta Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 ahh thanks mate i didnt know how old the thread was i thought it was only days ago but now i know thanks @Stoney Stoney 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
