White Speckles All Over Bristlenose!?

HI all, Just wondering if anyone can help me identify what these white specks are on my Bristlenose? They have only just come up in the last couple of days. TIA!

 

Looks like ich to me! I'm currently treating for ich in qt for a new batch of rummynose tetras. Raising the temperature will help speed up the life cycle of ich and eventually eliminate it because it won't be able to reproduce quick enough (I think). Sometimes heat won't work by itself though. Last time I used salt, which worked, but became annoying because there were always mineral deposits on the glass. There are many resources to figure out how to treat ich. You can also wait for someone else to chime in. I'm sure someone has specifics.

 

Looks like ich to me! I'm currently treating for ich in qt for a new batch of rummynose tetras. Raising the temperature will help speed up the life cycle of ich and eventually eliminate it because it won't be able to reproduce quick enough (I think). Sometimes heat won't work by itself though. Last time I used salt, which worked, but became annoying because there were always mineral deposits on the glass. There are many resources to figure out how to treat ich. You can also wait for someone else to chime in. I'm sure someone has specifics.

yeah we had dropped the temp on the heater as it was getting to the 30's :/ so it was quite colder than usual. that's what could've been the main contender in producing the ich, appreciate your help, will be raising temp to see if that sees any changes to ridding the ich.

 

Yes illnesses usually start from stress, which could've been caused from the change in temperature. I normally keep my tanks between 78-80 depending on room temp and season. With ich this time around, I raised the temp to 84 the first day, then 88 the next day. Make sure not to change the temp too quick or it could stress them out too much. Raising it 3-4 degrees over 24 hours is good. After raising the temp, there will be more ich at first. If you see this, it means you are doing things correctly. I think I'm on my 4th day of treating ich and there are significantly less ich cysts than on the 2nd day of treatment. And sorry I'm working in farenheit it's one of the stupid U.S. only measurements.

 

Fishlover is correct, raising the temp speeds up the life cycle of ich. I successfully treated ich on my black skirt tetras a while back and wasn't too hard. Heat only is what I did, meaning no salt or medication. This was during the early stages mind you and I treated promptly. The only thing I would add is that you should be doing water changes very frequently (I did every other day) and also gravel vac the substrate . I would gravel vac half the tank this water change and the other half the next water change in 2 days. keep up water changes and don't reduce heat until at least a week after the last signs of ich, then slowly reduce the heat back to normal over a couple days.

One last note is that when doing water changes make sure the temp of the new water is as close to the tank temp as possible, you don't want that temp to fall below 86

 

Yes oops forgot to mention that part. I've been doing water changes either daily or every other day. I siphon the bottom of the tank as good as possible.