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several questions.put together…?

1) if my fish ate parasite medicine, would it die. the box said it was fine to put in the tank with fish still in it and to wait for the medicine to fiz up in the tank, but my fish ate it instead. will he be ok?

2) my tank has been cycling for about a month (another tank) it is still cloudy though. how long will it take to uncloud?. i have been doing water changes regularly and i have a good filter, air pump ect.

3) for future reference…. will an african dwarf frog live happily/survive in a 1/2 gallon tank?

4) in another smaller tank that has three male guppies….. these fish seem happy. they swim around, and play with each other and look very healthy. no sign of illnesses. but they dont seem to like to eat anything i give them. i tried flakes, algae wafers, and brine shrimp. they wont eat very good though… are they ok?

5) in my big tank, my opaline gourami seems to change colors regularly, but seems healthy. is this normal? is it according to mood, or healthiness?

Thanks!!

What in the world am I brewing??

I am feeding 7 day old baby Oscar fry fresh hatched brine shrimp. While watching them feed I see several squirming things swimming among the fry. They are smaller, but at first glance look like very small fry. They are much bigger than the brine shrimp. I can see them a little better with a magnifying glass. After being removed from the tank they appear more “wormy” either dark green or black. I have tried to Google images but got no where. I yanked ‘em out and put ‘em in a jar with their own brine shrimp…thought maybe if they survive I could identify them better. Any ideas? parasite, larvae??? Wonder if I’m introducing them along with the brine shrimp or if they were there and I’m just now noticing…eeewww!
Well, I am kinda ruling out fish lice.Looked at a couple sites…not relating much. Much more wormy looking, and squiggles at the top of the water. These things are definitely visible but small enough to not get a lot of detail. I don’t see any legs but the body seems a bit like the dragonfly body…thing is I am in the middle of the suburbs no water sources other than my tank and spring hasn’t really hit here. hmmm. My adults seem perfectly healthy, no signs of any ailments. No problems until I put in the brine shrimp but may not have a thing to do with it. Just don’t want to have some nasty stuff in the tank.
Okay, maybe we’re on to something here. The Midge thing seems to fit. I am seeing a few of those flying insects…the larvae is about as long as they are!..So everything should be cool?http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/biodiversity/invert/midges.html