Yea i know what you mean by the color changing. I've seen her do it before ( i watch her all the time she is fascinating to me ) so i knew i wasn't part of her normal process and since it was still there after a while i figured something was wrong. its still there, it looks inflamed today....kinda like blisters but really small....i put some more ointment on.

what about the plants?? we were going to transfer them to another tank but since she got sick i don't want to risk transferring the bacteria to another tank or to the babies. will the bleach solution take care of it...should i throw them away?? what should i do with them??