Today I bought something for cuts as my paradise fish has a small what I think must be a heater burn on his face and one on his body, they have a dark pink tinge to them and whilst they do not seem to be bothering him I bought him something to help which is all natural with tea tree oil, on the back though it states to remove carbon from the filter why is this?? I do not have another tank I could put him into unless he could go into a bowl or similar thing whilst getting treated and then taken back out again but I cannot see this helping much as he couldn't stay in there longer then an hour or so, so do I remove the carbon? Do I risk putting it in? Or do I see if it heals on its own?
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Noahs ark6
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The carbon if left in, will suck up the medication, and needs to be taken out of the filter before you use the medication. Whats the medication you've bought?
Ah! Don't use melafix with gouramis!!! The tea tree oil damages there labyrinth organ which causes them to drown!!!!! Stop medicating with that! Daily water changes, good stats, and maybe API StressCoat (for the aloe vera) will heal the cut and prevent infection
No worries I have not used it at all yet!! I did put in the water conditioner a couple days as it has aloe vera in will do another dose of that unfortunately I don't know of anywhere that stocks stresscoat. Thank you
Noahs ark6
Fish Herder
Carbon isn't realy needed, and can amount to a large sum of money. You only realy need to use it after medication, to absorb the remaining medications
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