Recent content by h2ogirl

Yes, I thought isopod too. I googled isopod pics and have looked at hundreds. Just haven't found a match to this guy yet.

The pattern on the back is really neat. It shuttles around on the bottom in a cute way. when it's flipped over the legs resemble those on a pill bug, but there are fewer of them. Maybe 6? I couldn't tell. The segmented exoskeleton sort of acts like a pill bug too. When disturbed, it arcs quite a...

sorry! Here's a pic (I hope). It looked like it was attached before. I guess I don't know what I'm doing. Thanks!

Hi! I'm not sure this is the right section for this question, but I didn't see a better match. My son raised some tadpoles he scooped out of a creek in Austin TX. He released back in the creek as soon as they were frogs. In the process we found a ton of interesting creek critters. We were able...

If I have to treat the community tank, what happens to filter media during this treatment? We worked so hard growing the beneficial bacteria I feel like it's a pet now too.

Thanks again for all your support Brookster. It's amazing what can be accomplished here. The outlook would be much worse if I had to go to the library and look through encyclopedias for this info. While I question the wisdom of spending a dollar to save a dime, at lease we are now prepared for...

Well we have to try. My boy is 7, and this is his favorite fish. He is undergoing treatment now. So, at least we can feel we did all we could do.

Yes he is in qt. Crossing my fingers for the others. No symptoms as of yet. Visible signs showed up and spread so rapidly. I have no idea how long it has been affected.

Sniffle sniffle.Thanks for giving to me straight. At least I can tell my little boy.

On it. Thanks!

Well since it spread a lot over night it looks exactly like a saddle today. Just to be sure I understand, I leave him in the main tank and do the diligent tank maintenance for two weeks. When you say clean the filters, what happens to my filter media? Then after two weeks of that, I treat the...

Ill read up on that product. Thanks.

API liquid test. Got the tank last night. Setting up now.

Oh man, I really messed up. My nitrate tests have been bad. I had one a few weeks back that looked dark dark gold, but it was the only one that wasn't bright yellow, so I thought that was the bad test. I just shook the bottles up really good and tested again this morning. Sure enough, its dark...

Here are some marginally better pics of our poor sick apisto. Can you tell what the patches are?