Fishy Fish Entry #6

Well the tank has been at 87 degrees for about 24 hours... the fish seem to be doing fine. No one is swimming to the top as if they're in dire need of oxygen... so taking out a few gallons of water and letting the waterfall of the filter splash is making enough oxygen to compensate for the heat.

I also siphoned the gravel today... got about a half gallon of guck out. Will do another siphon on wednesday.

Everyone seems fine... but those who had ick, still seem to have it, and those who don't, some seemed to have picked it up. So its going to be a wait and see deal. I hear it can take anywhere from 10 days to 2 weeks to clear up with the heat, salt, and siphon.

Just as a reminder to myself... next time I siphon... put in at least 1 teaspoon of salt to compensate for the salt removed during the siphoning.

Genesis and Gary are doing really well. So are the 2 baby snails that were left in the Betta tank.

Sadly, the babies I put in a separate tank didn't fair too well. Not sure why. Water levels tested really good. Perhaps water was too cool... maybe the algae wafers weren't good... but at least I still have Gary and the two baby snails.