Quick Cure did the trick and they were cured last week. I did a couple of water changes to get rid of the salt and meds and put in the plants that I got from Cliff. They had been out in a bucket on my deck and came through the wait OK. The water sprite (?) looked pretty ragged but the rest was fine. http://wrongcrowd.com/gallery/aq-critters/DSC_5630 http://wrongcrowd.com/gallery/aq-critters/DSC_5634 The ropefish have decided to eat pellets, thank goodness, which makes them much easier to care for. I need to get some otos or bristlenose plecos, if anyone's got some to sell. I don't want to do CO2 because I am lazy, but if I have to to keep the algae at bay, I will... MS _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member