I dont know how far out you are but Amquel type products are often available
at Home Depot & Lowes. Wal Mart will also have some for aquariums,
sometimes ponds.

I am not familiar with methylene blue. If this actually a 'cure', great.
The tank should still be treated after they have no more spots. The white
spots are actually eggs sacks which fall off when they are hatching. In
fact, this is when the ich can be killed. If you do not continue treatment
they will multiply and many more will appear in about 3 weeks.

I would agree the Ich was not your fault. I believe Ich is not latent = it
was already present and just progressed to the 'egg' stage. The stress may
have sped that up a bit at worst but they already had it.
Good Luck with your little pets!
Bill

"pixi" wrote in message
erver.com...
Sorry about all those messaages. Couldn't get one out all day yesterday
and
suddenly they did. All at the same time.

Thanks to everyone who answered. Wish I had known about Amquel yesterday.
Went into town just to get some living water plants, the day before that I
went 50 miles to buy a bigger filter.
Doubt if my husband will take me to town again and then the two places
that
sell fish probably never heard of Anquel either.

I don't remember that I had such a problem with cloudy water in the old
days.

A special thanks to George. You were really a very big help.

No. my fish are not dead. They are back in the 10 gallon tank and the
ich,
if that's what is is, is practically gone. Actually they are pretty
lively..

So, I guess it wasn't the fault of the fish dealer in Cumberland. The
ich,
that is.

Thanks again to everyone.

Pixi