felixfefe

I gave them another dose of the med earlier today... It's 3.25am here right now... I just had a look at them at they are really not looking good at all....At the bottom of the tank, the colour drained of them...But i've given them a 40-50% water change and they seem to be doing a bit better... I'm just trying to keep them alive right now, to be honest...Ive just been blowing through a tube to oxygenate the water a little bit( sounds stupid, i know, but i really want them to be ok + my air pump hasnt arrived yet) I'm actually afraid to go to bed, because ive had nightmares about finding them dead and fishing them out, and i really dont want that to happen...It's kind of like a drunken midnight vigil... Sad or what?...
Sad but true...Ah well, i'll just stay up and make sure they're ok and sit by the tank and will them to live! I think they'll be ok, as ive diluted the medication, ie poison, and maybe they got scared because the lights went on...What a big human brute i am! I just saw king kong...The woman in the gorillas hands...Like me and the fish...I just hope what efforts i make to keep them safe work, and i don't 'break' them...ugh

Butterfly

Please don't blow through a tube, your blowing co2 into the water. If you feel the need to aereate with out a bubbler dip water out in a pitcher and pour it back in slowly.
Carol

whetto

glad to hear everything is going better...i just got finished treating my tank for whitespot. my precious albino chocolate pleco looked like he had rolled around in sugar, and i lost a tiger barb, but other than that the meds, water changes, and raised temps did the trick. all my fish are lively and clean!! the main thing to remember is that its gonna look worse before it gets better, and even after the meds have run their prescribed course, be sure to leave the temps up for a full 14 days, even though its very tempting to lower them back down once your fishies look fine do NOT wash the filter under tap water, no mater how perfect it is...at least i wouldnt recommend it. when i put my filer cartridge back in a took some water from another cycled tank i have and poured it over the mesh part. any whitespot trapped in the filter should be taken care of once it starts sucking up the meds from the water. good luck!!

Butterfly

The chlorine in the tap water will kill the good bacteria in th filter.
"Just a few 'ickle spots-" ROFL Sounds like they are getting better as Whetto said keep those temps up for a full 14 days, don't want to have a relapse.
Carol