[GSAS-Member] Should I treat my fish prophylatically?

["A JACOBSON" <amjacobson52@msn.com>]

Okay, last night I broke down an ill-favored 20 gallon tank and moved the 
residents over to a new 20 gal I had set up for them a few weeks ago, and which 
has a fully-matured biological filter (that I readied on another tank) that is 
equipped with Chem-Pure.  It was a stressful move, because I had to remove all 
driftwood and plant cover and then lower the water a lot before I could catch 
the fish (& two corys extended some spines and got caught, and I had to handle 
them to get them detached).  I put some stress coat into the water last night 
to ease the problems.  The only one that didn't survive the move was an aquatic 
frog who hopped out of the net & so never made it into the new tank, and I 
can't find him anywhere -- though I assume the stink will lead me to him in a 
few days.

So today I'm noticing that my pleco (a powder horn?  -- anyway, a nicely 
spotted one that camouflages neatly with the new gravel) -- has a whitish film 
over part of his body.  Not opaque, but transparent.

Should I treat the whole tank prophylactically with antibiotics, or further 
traumatize the pleco and move him to a hospital tank, & just treat him, or 
what?  So far, the snagged reticulated & albino corys are behaving well, 
despite my having to handle them, and all other residents seem so far to have 
survived the move & are exhibiting their normal behavior.

Any advice will help. Thanks,

Anita
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