Amanda

On happy note, I received some of Shawnie's babies today - 5 black convict fry & 1 pink adult convict. So gorgeous! They are all in my 20 gal. tank right now. I had plans to put the adult in my 55 gal., but it LOOKS like my Ram may have....ICH spots. Arrrrg. AGAIN? What I don't get is that it had nothing when I bought it, nothing in the week QT, and nothing in week since he's been in my 55 gal. I'm not sure if it's ich or a fungus. One of the other Rams seemed to hve died of a fungus. I hope it's not ich, why would it JUST show up now? Nothing new has been added to the tank, only routine WC's.
On another unhappy note - the 75 gal. that was supposed to be given to me seems to have disappeared. The person hasn't e-mailed me back (3 messges) in week. I'm kinda upset, because now I actually hve to invest in another large tank for my Cons & Parrot (who's getting super aggressive).

AlyeskaGirl

I am so sorry you are having trouble! I hope things get better for you soon.

MizRamzi

There's a wonderful article at, www.ask.com about Ich. The information has been priceless to me when treating Ich. Knowing how it works was so helpful.

aquarist48

Congrats on the new babies! I hope you aren't getting ICH breakout in your tank. Good luck.

Amanda

Thanks everyone, I def. know all about ich - I've had it twice before. Today the Ram still has those same 2 spots. The spots look smaller than ich, but I'm still super worried.

MissMTS

Sorry to hear about your ram Could it be velvet? My bettas got it a while back and it looks very similar to ich, but it is MUCH harder to treat. Congrats on your new fishies from Shawnie though You will have to post some pics when you get a chance!

Shawnie

geez i missed this thread LOL ..wondered how things were!!! hopefully it isnt ich for your sake ..u have had enough of that for a lifetime!

Amanda

I know right. As if I don't have enough to worry about with finals & such.


I'll look into Velvet....although it doesn't look much brighter than ich.

Amanda

Shawnie

they look awesome and happy! love the colors in the tank

Amanda

Haha, that tank is diatom central. Tried cleaning it today, but I gave up.
The adult is def. a female, as she's showing a blunt breeding tube.

Shawnie

all of them have it...for some reason..even my striped male LOL ...

Amanda

Hmmm...my parrot has a pointed breeding tube, def. a male.
This is going to be quite a mystery...

Shawnie

like i was saying before, if all 8 werent colored the same, I cannot imagine that all were fems? but I guess one never knows..they all deffinately have the female pink con color but my males have chubby breeding tubes also.....time will tell..im glad they are happy...did you ever find teeny tiny yet? LOL

Amanda

I only found the one teeny one. I never found a body or anything to the other.
My Ram isn't doing well, so the adult may be going in my 55 gal. soon.