Hey everyone,
My name is Clint, and I'm 16. I got into fishkeeping about 6 months ago, and unfortunately didn't do my research starting out, instead I assumed that you could just plop fish in treated water and go... I've had some rough times with my fish but we're beginning to settle out and my 20 gallon tank is going along just... swimmingly. Anyway, on to my question...
I recently had to renovate an old tank into a hospital tank for my two clown loaches and my red-finned shark. They had developed what had seemed to be a bad case of columnaris, which, over the course of a week, had spread from their head to their tail. I allowed it to go that long because at first, I dismissed it as a scrape mark from getting into snails in the tank. Then, when it began to spread and it migrated across to the shark, I became worried. This morning, I awoke to my mom freaking out about the smell of the aquarium. I have almost no sense of smell, so I don't notice it, but she claims she can smell the tank throughout the house. Is this a result of the medicine?
I also wanted to know what can I do about the smell. I can't turn my filter on because the charcoal will destroy the purpose of the medicine, and I don't want to do anything that will jeopardize the healing of my fish.
Also, the medicine is yellow and it has turned the tank water yellow. Is there anything I can do to get rid of this?
Finally, it has been 24 hours since the first dose, and I have noticed almost no change in the condition of the affected fish. Was my original diagnosis wrong? It looks like they have rubbed the edge of their bodies against a sharp object and scraped their scales, except for on the head, where the white spots are starting to "bubble up". Is there something else I should be treating them with? I am treating them with a funus eliminator, which is supposed to cure almost any fungal disease, and I gave them the correct dose.
Is there anything more I can do for my fish to make the healing process more comfortable?
My name is Clint, and I'm 16. I got into fishkeeping about 6 months ago, and unfortunately didn't do my research starting out, instead I assumed that you could just plop fish in treated water and go... I've had some rough times with my fish but we're beginning to settle out and my 20 gallon tank is going along just... swimmingly. Anyway, on to my question...
I recently had to renovate an old tank into a hospital tank for my two clown loaches and my red-finned shark. They had developed what had seemed to be a bad case of columnaris, which, over the course of a week, had spread from their head to their tail. I allowed it to go that long because at first, I dismissed it as a scrape mark from getting into snails in the tank. Then, when it began to spread and it migrated across to the shark, I became worried. This morning, I awoke to my mom freaking out about the smell of the aquarium. I have almost no sense of smell, so I don't notice it, but she claims she can smell the tank throughout the house. Is this a result of the medicine?
I also wanted to know what can I do about the smell. I can't turn my filter on because the charcoal will destroy the purpose of the medicine, and I don't want to do anything that will jeopardize the healing of my fish.
Also, the medicine is yellow and it has turned the tank water yellow. Is there anything I can do to get rid of this?
Finally, it has been 24 hours since the first dose, and I have noticed almost no change in the condition of the affected fish. Was my original diagnosis wrong? It looks like they have rubbed the edge of their bodies against a sharp object and scraped their scales, except for on the head, where the white spots are starting to "bubble up". Is there something else I should be treating them with? I am treating them with a funus eliminator, which is supposed to cure almost any fungal disease, and I gave them the correct dose.
Is there anything more I can do for my fish to make the healing process more comfortable?
