Fishy Fish Entry #14

Well, knock on wood, things seem to be going good in my main tank. Still no major outbreak of new spots which is good. Ammonia, Nitrates and Nitrites are all 0 which is great, high pH is 7.8 which isn't bad either.

Since a lot of Ick issues can be caused by stress... I added a few new silk plants for them to hide in, and a replica of a famous Japanese Pagoda in Kyoto, Japan.

Not sure if I like the current arrangement... once things get back to normal in the tank, I'll work on arranging the plants and pagoda where they will look the best.





I finally got a nice picture of Genesis. He really loves those colorful silk plants... better than the natural looking ones. More power to him. Whatever keeps him happy!

Fishy Fish Entry #13

Its been a long time since I've gotten an action shot of Gary doing his job... but today he was finally eating the algae on the walls of the tank. (He got the floor pretty clean.)










I've also noticed the baby snails getting bigger. I was starting to wonder if they were Gary's offspring or a different species of snail that came on the live plants I use to have in the tank because their shells looked different... but as they get bigger, they're starting to look more and more like Gary. Their shells are starting to take the shape of a Japanese Trapdoor snail.

Fishy Fish Entry #12

Checked Fishies today.

Genesis and Gary the snail are doing great! I'm so happy. I wish I could get a good picture of Genesis but he's not very cooperative lately. He likes to chase the flash, so when the flash turns on, he swims after it and his pic gets blurred.

but as you can tell... his colors are still bright and amazing. he's a healthy eater too. Even the baby snails I left in the tank seem to be doing well.

So I'm happy about my Betta tank.

My main tank is doing great now too!

When I woke them up today, everyone was spottless and swimming happily... including the whiptail who was the worst off... not a spot on Umi at all. I'm going to let them be today... do a gravel vaccum tomorrow (I was going to do one today... but I just did one about 2 days ago, and I'd hate to disturb them on the first day they are ick free.)

But I'll do a gravel vaccum tomorrow... start doing consistant vaccums every other day, and slowly wean them off the salt. I don't think I'm going to remove all of the salt since they all seem to do well on it, and it's a good preventative for illness... but I won't keep them on nearly the same dosage.

I'm going to keep the heat therapy going at least until the middle of next week though, just to make sure the ick has been killed and I've vaccumed up all the spores.

I'm just very happy that... knock on wood... it seems ALL of my fish are pulling through. I think feeding them tubiflex worms and bloodworms has also helped. I heard protien helps them fight infection.

Fishy Fish Entry #11

woo hoo!

Fishy Fish Entry #10

Well this morning I checked on my fish, and it seems that Umi has way less spots than there were yesterday.

(click on the pick to enlarge it.)

It's not the best pic, but compared to the one I posted earlier, you can still tell there's an improvement.

You can't really see Naruto's tail because he's in the middle of spinning around... but he still only has two visible spots left on him... and as you can see, Sakura, my female molly, is spotless.

So I think maybe they're starting to get over it without medication. Keeping my fingers crossed ^_^

Fishy Fish Entry #9

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Fishy Fish Entry #8

Well, MOST of my fish are doing well on the 87 degrees/salt treatment for Ich (ick)...

The ones who had spots are pretty much cured. I only have two lingerers... (click on the pictures to enlarge them)

Naruto was among the first to show signs of Ick... he was covered in them. as you can see, he's almost clean... but there are at least two visible spots left. Problem is... I don't know if it's a reoccurance or if it's just lingering spots.

My young longnose whiptail Umi was the very last to get ick. She's not nearly as bad as she was... but as you can see, she's still covered in spots.

I'm at wits end about what to do. I slowly raised the temp to 87 as recommended, I added the proper amount of salt... I've done gravel vaccums to pick up loose spores once every few days... So I guess I'll have to use a medication to try and get rid of the ick. I won't use coppersafe cause not only have I had a bad experience, I've heard bad things about it... I'll try rid-ick or quick cure. I just hope I can pull it off.