BettaMomma
Fish Aficionado
A friend of mine (you may remember the thread from several weeks ago on this tank purchase, etc.) got his daughter a 10G tank for her birthday back in March. I TRIED and tried to convince him to do a fishless cycle, but he insisted on getting some fish. SO - another friend of mine had COMPETELY neglected her fish so I rescued 2 zebra danios and a big plec (donated mr. plec to the lfs here) and gave the 2 danios to this guy to cycle his 10G tank with it.
Sadly, he NEVER changed any of the water out during the cycle. I kept asking and asking every single day (we work together) if he had changed out the water and he just kinda said "Yeah....". SO... (i AM getting to my point soon...) last night I volunteered to kid-sit for his daughter just so I could check on the welfare of the fish while I was there. He admitted to me before he left that he had not done ANY water changes for these guys yet
... Amazingly, the danios are swimming around seemingly okay - except one of them has a white sort of growth thing on his bottom lip, it kinda looks like a white goatee. Anyway, I tossed in some flakes, and he seemed to eat them just fine, so eating isn't really a problem for him. He swims around like crazy, like danios do, but it almost seemed like the other one was CONSTANTLY chasing him and he was getting irritated. I did a 30% water change for them last night, and tested the water before and after. He didn't have an ammonia test kit, but he did have the nitrates, nitrites, etc. kit. Before the change, the nitrates were up in the unsafe range, and after the change they were back down into the safe range.
I'm assuming that this fish needs treatment. I know nothing about danios, as far as medications, what they can tolerate, etc. - can anyone recommend some advice I can give him on how to treat the fish? (aside from getting off his tushy and giving them some water changes once in a while! uugh) I have lots of things on hand I can just give him to use if that's what should be done... I have maracyn, maracyn 2, tetracycline, coppersafe, maracide, aquarium salt and stress coat. Recommendations?
Sadly, he NEVER changed any of the water out during the cycle. I kept asking and asking every single day (we work together) if he had changed out the water and he just kinda said "Yeah....". SO... (i AM getting to my point soon...) last night I volunteered to kid-sit for his daughter just so I could check on the welfare of the fish while I was there. He admitted to me before he left that he had not done ANY water changes for these guys yet
... Amazingly, the danios are swimming around seemingly okay - except one of them has a white sort of growth thing on his bottom lip, it kinda looks like a white goatee. Anyway, I tossed in some flakes, and he seemed to eat them just fine, so eating isn't really a problem for him. He swims around like crazy, like danios do, but it almost seemed like the other one was CONSTANTLY chasing him and he was getting irritated. I did a 30% water change for them last night, and tested the water before and after. He didn't have an ammonia test kit, but he did have the nitrates, nitrites, etc. kit. Before the change, the nitrates were up in the unsafe range, and after the change they were back down into the safe range. I'm assuming that this fish needs treatment. I know nothing about danios, as far as medications, what they can tolerate, etc. - can anyone recommend some advice I can give him on how to treat the fish? (aside from getting off his tushy and giving them some water changes once in a while! uugh) I have lots of things on hand I can just give him to use if that's what should be done... I have maracyn, maracyn 2, tetracycline, coppersafe, maracide, aquarium salt and stress coat. Recommendations?
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