I did look at the pictures last night, and the clowns did look to like they have brook last night, then this morning they looked like the had ich and then about 30 minutes later, it appeared to be brook again. The 'spots' were so well defined in the 'ich' period I knew they had ich (I mean cystal clear tiny sugar/salt like spots..I was shockd), but later the 'spots' were back to the dusty look. I didn't see a heavy mucus on either fish. I looked at both under a magnifying glass...I could see lesions on both, and although the dusting did look like spots, they did not look like ich spots which to me have a more defined, pimpled look. Brook looks like smooth or flat spots to me with more of a blurred edge. I didn't think brook would effect their eyes like ich, but one of the pictures on the thread does shown brook on a clown's eyeball.
I don't hold out much hope...in fact, I expect one to be dead when I get home.
I did start the salinity reduction this morning.
btw, I read that I shouldn't just say parameters are good. The parameters last night were amm 0, nitrates/nitrites 0, ph 8.0, salinity 1.025. Salinity was down to 1.019 when I left the house this morning. Ph is probably down too but I don't know what it is.... If I have any live fish tonight I'll head to the store for baking soda. dr