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Everybody is still doing well, and I've finished the double Ick treatments. I have noticed that the parrot fish - who was worst hit by the ick - has some black patches (not black dots), mostly on his forehead where the ick was thickest. I found one isolated forum elsewhere that suggest black...

Everybody still fine this morning. The parrot is nearly ick-free in appearance. I'm going to do a water change later, and launch a 2nd round of treatment, but I think everybody still left is going to survive.

It's hard to tell, but I think the parrot is starting to get better - he doesn't look as thoroughly infested with white spots as he did, and his forehead even has a few spots where they aren't visible at all. He's spent a little bit of time out and about today - mostly rubbing against things and...

Thanks for asking, Wilder. Everybody is still alive. The angel and gouramis are acting like they feel well. The parrot is still acting sick and is still covered with ick, but he seems a little more lively today. Everybody ate breakfast, including the parrot - that's the first I've seen him eat...

I took the pic to my LFS, and asked to speak to their health expert (it's a big enough store that they have specialists), and he said it was the worst case of ick he's ever seen. He recommended malochite green - already the fish seem to be perking up a bit, even the parrot. I'm guessing that...

Looking at pictures, yeah, although clearly a very severe case. And extremely deadly. It's odd how fast the parrot when from looking fuzzy (that was just this morning) to looking like he does now, and how fast the tetras went from acting and looking normal to dead. At least now I can be...

Okay, thanks.

Okay, here's a good picture of the parrot. (I can't get a good side view of him)

There's one gourami that is occasionally darting about, but he's always done that. The parrot fish isn't exactly rubbing against anything, but he is leaning up against stuff (without much movement). With the parrot fish, the fuzz seems to be gone now - it's granularized (very fine grains) and...

It's more like a dense whitish-yellow fuzz (though not quite so fine as a fuzz) on the parrot fish, where it's most visible. The 2 tetras that were still alive when I discovered things looked like they had been dipped in very salty water and then allowed to air-dry. It looked like that salty...

Thanks, folks. I'm not able to get a decent photo, but I think I am dealing with velvet - it is clearly visible on the parrot fish (in good light) and the remaining angel (with a bright flashlight), though I still can't see anything on the gouramis or corydoras. (The corys, in fact, seem...

Just finishing out the FAQ-request info: 1. Hardness unknown - water in this city is generally very soft 3. Typically once every 5-7 days, about 25% each time 4. Prime 5. What tank mates are in the tank. 7. The blood parrot is new (about 2 weeks). He's very peaceful, though it's possibly the...

I've had a 50-gallon tank for 2 years now, nicely matured, planted, fairly well maintained and serviced. Wednesday evening, I checked on the tank and everybody was fine, with no unusual activity or signs of trouble. When I woke up Thursday morning, 12 of my 14 red phantom tetras were dead, as...