Re: Dead fish in a clean tank.
- From: "Mike Kelly" <mikeremovemekelly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 00:21:01 GMT
I'll try to get them into the quarantine tank if I can, without tearing the
big tank apart.
Has anybody in the group ever used MelaFix for anything? Would it be better
or worse than erythromycin for fin rot? Better in conjunction with
Erythromycin, or not at all?
thanks, Mike
"George Patterson" <grpphoto@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Mike Kelly wrote:
>> If I blast the tank with erythromycin, would the whole
>> ammonia-nitrite-nitrate cycle start again?
>
> Yep. Sorry to say this, but the best thing you can do at this point is
> probably to let the fish die and wait a two months before adding another.
> Quarantee future additions so that you can treat them for disease before
> adding them to your main tank.
>
> Here's something you might try. Take a clean bottle with a neck large
> enough for your fish to enter easily. The next time you feed the fish,
> place the food in the bottle and submerge it. If the fish goes into the
> bottle and you can get a net over the opening fast enough, you can get it
> out.
>
> Good luck.
>
> George Patterson
> Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
> your slightly older self.
.
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