Tigerlily
Aquarium Advice Freak
Well, the new tiger barbs were still in QT and I checked them over well this morning in the light, all was fine. My impatient boyfriend has been dying to put them in the tank (I swear it's like he's 12 years old sometimes) and since it was almost two weeks and they've been healthy the whole time, I decided tonight would be OK.
Well, my office/fish room is not that well lit, so at night I couldn't see them really well. We put them in the main tank. My BF was commenting on how pretty they looked in the tank, and how the green shimmered... then I saw it. One of the new barbs had 3 salt-like white dots on its fins.
AARRRGGHH!
We pulled them out right away and put them back in the QT, which is now in the kitchen, with much better lighting and they are getting the heat treatment. I just turned it up a degree, and by bedtime tomorrow I should have it up to 88.
I am just hoping that they weren't in the main tank long enough to drop any cysts and infect anything. I'll be watching it very closely...
Well, my office/fish room is not that well lit, so at night I couldn't see them really well. We put them in the main tank. My BF was commenting on how pretty they looked in the tank, and how the green shimmered... then I saw it. One of the new barbs had 3 salt-like white dots on its fins.
AARRRGGHH!
We pulled them out right away and put them back in the QT, which is now in the kitchen, with much better lighting and they are getting the heat treatment. I just turned it up a degree, and by bedtime tomorrow I should have it up to 88.
I am just hoping that they weren't in the main tank long enough to drop any cysts and infect anything. I'll be watching it very closely...