Recent content by Whesker

The shrimp are actually completely healthy. I'm surprised, as I though the Maracide would kill them. I medicate on the 3rd and 5th, and putting carbon in on the 6th. But if they Ich parasite only lives for, like, a day in warm water, shouldn't I be able to stop medicating? Cause I'd really...

It's definately improving. I'm still combating a cycling issue, and this medicine isn't helping. But the black molly is now almost visually healed. I know that the Ich parasite can be almost invisible, though. I'll medicate until... November 5th? How's that sound? Again, it's a half dose...

Well, I had JUST added it when you posted that last bit. I went to my LFS, and there was a girl there who told me it was either some kind of parasite or ich/white spot. She said that it had happened to her, so I took her advice and started using Maracide. I was supposed to add two capfuls every...

10 gallon tank. Two balloon mollies. Three Julii Corys. Three ghost shrimp. One molly fry I got from a neighbor, and a velvet wag swordtail fry. I'm not putting too much stress on keeping these two alive, if it means reducing dosage. Bigger than a grain of salt. Although they may just be ich...

Hi, everyone. Second post, and this is a tad worse than the first... My fish has some sort of illness. Looke like little *fuzzy*-ish spots on his lips and right eyelids. There is a picture attatched. Follow the link. Water conditions: Ammonia: 5ppm (working hard to get this down. I had a...

Alright. I'll hop on that right away. I've been shown how to use the "macro" function on my camera, so now I have some quality pictures of the mystery sickness. I'll post them in the Emergency section. Thanks so much for your help, ~Wes

Hello, everyone. My name is Wes, and I have started a 10 gallon fish tank. Everything was going well, although I DID overstock the tank. Here's what's in it: Two balloon mollies, one male (black) and one female (silver). Although I know that the mollies are technically brackish, I fell into...