DawnMichele 6,045 Posted August 17, 2016 Sorry you lost Nacho. RIP Nacho. Glad Stormy is doing better!!!! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
misssmountain 67 Posted August 18, 2016 Yes, always two weeks on the metro. You can discontinue feeding the oxy at ten days out if the symptoms are gone and switch to duckweed or whatever pellet/soft food she likes, but the metro is a two weeks course. Got it. At any point should I go down to one measure of metro, or stay at 2 measures the whole time? 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arctic Mama 3,625 Posted August 19, 2016 Two measures per ten gallons the whole time 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
misssmountain 67 Posted August 22, 2016 (edited) Hey guys, Just checking in -- today was day 10, so as of right now I am going to discontinue the Oxytetra food. I discontinued Epsom salt a few days ago. I will of course finish up the Metroplex -- Thursday will be day 14. She is looking MUCH better. I will post a photo from above tomorrow. But for now -- take a look. She has lost almost all of her black, and is now a silvery color with some brownish patches and a brown wen! WOW. I will miss her beautiful coloring from before, but she looks good now too! I wonder if she will continue this and go white? I can't imagine the black will return anytime soon...her face is pretty cute though -- now she has a brown wen with light grey pom poms! Edited August 22, 2016 by misssmountain 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arctic Mama 3,625 Posted August 22, 2016 Great news! She does look beautiful and I expect will be white and orange in short order 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FishyMandy 6,277 Posted August 22, 2016 Wow what a change! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
misssmountain 67 Posted August 22, 2016 Great news! She does look beautiful and I expect will be white and orange in short order SO crazy! I know they are always changing color, no matter how subtle it may look to us, and I know black is unstable. Is there anything about the medications that speeds up the process? Or is it just the process of relocating to a new, temporary environment? I'm so curious about the biology behind this. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites