Thanks Nikki and Al, i appreciate the loce.
Greg, thats what i plan on doing. honestly, i need to learn alot more before adding anymore life in my system. so i'll be doing alot of reading and question asking for a while. i would like another but the time and conditions have to be right.
Hey Varga, it seemed to beat the ich but could not deal with the stess of being moved the last time.
Brian, it must be a Florida thing. we're planning on painting and decorating the room soon because i have to share it with the dogs and i want it to be as pleasant as possible for them.