Hospital Tank

Here's the hospital tank, all set up for the patient. It's a five-gallon and it's been sitting in the backyard next to the barn for a week. I've been meaning to bring it in for this very purpose. Today forced my hand and I ran out into the rain to get it. I put in the tiny Tetra Whisper In-Tank Filter which I bought specifically for this purpose. It makes a pretty pitiful little waterfall but I did read that's what a sick fish prefers. I put in the small submersible heater, as I mentioned previously. The heater I purchased today is just a little long for the h-tank, but after the storm is gone I may consider it. The ich medicine may do the work for me. This ich stuff is still pretty new to me. I'm not even 100% certain it's ich, but not sure what else it would possibly be - white spots on a fish's tail.

I also received a second package: my Flourish Excel. For plant growth. It's liquid carbon for the plants. Everybody on the fish boards goes nuts for it. One cap full per day after the initial dose, at least for the 55.

The baby loach has been lying in the cup of gravel I brought from the 10-gallon. I wanted to get some bacteria in there. I also used a piece of filter media from the 55-gallon which is now in the 6.6 helping to populate the tank. Took some scissors and sliced off a corner and stuck it in the Whisper filter.

He seems lonely and sad. He'll be a lot sadder if he's dead, so he'll stay put and be treated. I have to research the length of time he needs to spend in the h-tank. I also have to figure out if I really do have replace filter media after an ich outbreak. I'm reading conflicting things.