Looks Like Ich.

[NateTheGreat]

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1. Water parameters. (ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, PH, temp', Hardness etc)
2. A full description of the fishes symptoms.
3. How often you do water changes and how much.
4. Any chemicals and treatments you add to the water.
5. What tank mates are in the tank.
6. Tank size.
7. Finally Have you recently added any new fish?

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Tank size: 55 gallons
pH: 7.8
ammonia: 0
nitrite:0
nitrate:0
kH:
gH:?
tank temp: 80F

Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): 3 died last night, tetras. They had white spots all over them and some fin rot. Right now, my X-ray tetras have some fin rot going on in a few of them. Also one female betta has some white spots. Betas are also hiding more than I would expect

Volume and Frequency of water changes: 25% every 2 weeks

Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: only prime after water change

Tank inhabitants: now: 4 female betta, 3 albino Cory cats, 3 clown loaches, 6 X-ray tetra, 6 neon tetra, 4 African dwarf frogs and 2 orange tetra left

Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration): the orange tetra school of 5 and a female betta

Exposure to chemicals:

Digital photo (include if possible): I can take photos if need be

I'm fairly certain that this Is ich. I added these fish without quarantine and now I have a problem. I know you can treat ich with salt but I have live plants and dwarf frogs. At the moment I raised the temp to 80 from 77 yesterday. My concern would be to keep the fish and frogs alive, plants are expendable. Will raising the temp kill the ich?
Sorry this is my first post. But I woke up and found 3 out of 5 of my newer fish dead. I believe I have hard water here, I just bought this house recently. I have had this tank running for about one year...
Any help is appreciated

 

[NateTheGreat]

I tried to load pictures but it says file is too big. Bummer

 

[Meeresstille]

I think to get you started, this link would be very helpful:
http/www.aquahobby.com/articles/e_ich2.php
 
You will need to raise the temperature more if you are trying to kill the ich with just heat treatment alone. But do this over a few days as outlined in the article.
 
Cories don't like heat too much, so you need to keep an eye on them and turn the heat down if they show signs of distress.
 
Frogs, if I remember it correctly, do not get ich, and can not carry it. Do you have a smaller tank where you can keep them separate from the main tank while your main tank goes through treatment?
 
Warm water carries less oxygen. You can ensure more oxygen by either adding an airstone, or, if you have a waterfall type filter, you can lower the water level in the tank, giving the waterfall a bigger splash which will oxygenate the water better.

 

[attibones]

Also it would be a good ideal to start doing substrate vacuums. Ich falls into the substrate to reproduce, I believe, so it is necessary to do vacuums.

I tried to load pictures but it says file is too big. Bummer

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