Strawbeary
New Member
My new tank is going well. I have a 30 gallon hex tank, back filter, extra aeration (because I'm scared the water will not properly aerate with just the back filter...).
When I get new fish I put them in a smaller tank to keep them away from my other fish so I can make sure they are ok and don't have some nasty bug, ss suggested by my brother-in-law. I waited about a week and a half almost two weeks they they seemed fine and no sight of ICK. So I put them in the tank and about half a week later I see a spot of ICK (confirmed by my brother-in-law) on one of them (a platty).../sigh. So I went to the store right away and got some ICK medicine. Yes, I read the whole bottle...even the warning that the medicine will stain really badly so keep it away from stuff you don't want stained. I put in the recommended amount and now in the process of following the directions for the course of the medicine. Great news, the one fish with the spot looks better after one day....the bad news I dyed my WHITE Greek Column decoration CORNFLOWER BLUE....
so my question is....
Is there anything I can do to make my WHITE columns white again?...../sigh or
Is this a learning experience and bite the bullet and buy new decorations?
it didn't even dawn on me to take the decoration out!
I have a small pleco, about 8 Platty fish, 2 Mollys and 4 guppies.
When I get new fish I put them in a smaller tank to keep them away from my other fish so I can make sure they are ok and don't have some nasty bug, ss suggested by my brother-in-law. I waited about a week and a half almost two weeks they they seemed fine and no sight of ICK. So I put them in the tank and about half a week later I see a spot of ICK (confirmed by my brother-in-law) on one of them (a platty).../sigh. So I went to the store right away and got some ICK medicine. Yes, I read the whole bottle...even the warning that the medicine will stain really badly so keep it away from stuff you don't want stained. I put in the recommended amount and now in the process of following the directions for the course of the medicine. Great news, the one fish with the spot looks better after one day....the bad news I dyed my WHITE Greek Column decoration CORNFLOWER BLUE....
so my question is....
Is there anything I can do to make my WHITE columns white again?...../sigh or
Is this a learning experience and bite the bullet and buy new decorations?
it didn't even dawn on me to take the decoration out!
I have a small pleco, about 8 Platty fish, 2 Mollys and 4 guppies.