Ich

Been battling a nasty strain of ich these past weeks, lost a glowlight and three neon tetras and quite a bit of courage. I can only hope it’s over now. What brought it on I don’t know. The diamond tetras I bought last never seemed to have gotten it.

I can only guess that the stress of varying temperatures, summer heatwave vs. cooler days and nights brought it out. I’ll try keeping the temperature a little higher than I had it in the spring so the temp’s more constant. Maybe that’ll help. We’ll see. Meanwhile I closely supervise the survivors and count them even more obsessively every morning than I used to. Miraculously the cory baby took it all in stride.

The shrimp and snails seem fine in their exile bowl with daily water changes.