Recent content by Lt_MPFD

what should i be looking for on my test strips then to know my water is fine, because all my levels are currently normal?

Thanks. After I finish treating this round of Ick and doing a few water changes I'll add some more fish and do daily changes instead of weekly.

On initial set up, i didn't. But ironically those are the fish that are still alive. It was the 2nd group of fish I bought, after the round of Ick that died off. All of my sharks I know died because of the Rid-Ick. Its the rest that have me stumped.

I misunderstood. I did a water change, 2 actually, after the first round of ick and adding new fish, to ensure as much of the chemicals were out of the water as possible. On each of these changes, I changed 20 gals. My ammonia was at 0 when I added the new fish.

Yes I did. I considered maybe it was stress (I know for a fact 1 of the tiger barbs died from stress after purchase, as he was almost dead when i transfered him from the bag to the tank) but the rest of the fish lived about a week.

I have a 55 gal aquarium that I had set up for a few years then dismantled it. I set it back up about 3 months ago and I bought 4 platties, 4 mollies 2 bala sharks, 1 African leaf fish (my favorite) and 2 gouramis. All the fish did great for about a month so and then 1 fish got ICK so I treated...