Neon Tetra Disease

Treating Neon Tetra Disease.

Symptoms:
If you have neon tetras, it is possible that some neon's may start loosing color like in a band in the middle of the body. This is due to a infection which kills the fish from the inside.
This is highly contagious. Separate the fish and move to quarantine tank.

Treatment:
Add salt to the aquarium or in the quarantine tank. 1 tablespoon per gallon of water. Keep the fish in this tank for 20 days. If treatment is started early fish will survive.

Why this works: The protozoan which causes this disease eventually comes out of the fish. This needs enough water to live. But if salinity in water is high, the water from within this protozoan comes out into the salty water due to osmosis and kills this pathogen.
Fish will start recovering soon.

I was able to successfully treat a neon tetra which had this infection.