Recent content by cowgirluntamed

I'll try that and see if it works. I thought ich could attack any fish, healthy or not. Though my bristlenose seems perfectly happy and I haven't seen any spots of ich on her whatsoever. Anyway, I'll try lowering the temp just a bit and hope it works! If it doesn't seem to be getting better I...

The three new fish were the ones that gave the ich to the rest of my others. The tank at petsmart had been having issues in that tank for over a month. They finally all looked clean which is why I purchased them. I should have quarantined them longer but didn't so now I have to pay the...

I've been reading in a lot of places, including on this forum I believe, that some people do heat only treatments of 86 degrees for a couple of weeks and ich is gone. I just wondered if it was ok for a slightly lower temperature since my glowlights seemed more stressed at 86 than at 83. I do...

It's not new tank syndrome. It's been running good for a year now. I recently acquired 3 new black neon tetras. They were in my 5 gallon qt for only three days. They wouldn't eat and since I didn't see any ich at the time I put them in my 20 gallon main. I can't put all these fish in that 5...

That's the thing...these fish are all in my main tank now. Sorry if I didn't make that clear. The three newer ones didn't show signs until after I put them in main tank. They weren't eating in the other one and I didn't see any signs so went ahead and put them in main tank. One fish had one spot...

Tank Parameters 20 gallon freshwater that will be set up a full year from tomorrow(the 22nd!) Marineland biowheel penquin 150b(I think, looks like the picture anyway!) I also use a blue filter pad that is cut to size, not the cartridges though I have a media bag with the marineland...