Well, it's been more than a month, and this morning, I look at one of my neons. He's always had faded color and what appears to be a hint of scoliosis. He's always been more of a loner than the rest, and has never seemed to be healthy. He had been almost covered with ich. None of my other fish have ich on their fins or bodies, and as of today, neither does he. A nice christmas present, to say the least. I have added a lot of salt to the tank, which actually sapped a cory of all of it's strength for a few hours (he looked like he was going to die). I also have the temp on one side of the tank cranked up, it was getting a little too hot, so I turned it down a bit, but it's still at 82.5. The wierd thing is, Lupin, that the loach seems to stay at one wall one day, then switches to the other, and litterally sits behind the filter in the 3/4" gap. The temp was around 85 at the time, and he seemed to really enjoy it. The hole tank wasn't that temp, as the other end felt cool, and it was only warm around the heater. Now the whole thing is almost tropical at the worst, and most is tropical temp. The fish love the heater, and it was a good purchase.
I'm happy with how things are going, I just have to wait a few days for the ich to die off if it doesn't re-infect. The 2" thick book of fish diseases I have from the veterinary colledge in PEI says that without a host, the young can only last 48 hours. It also says UV light kills them
. I'm staying safe than sorry and keeping it up for at least another week. Merry Christmas all,
-DP
