thanks gaya. i will change the water n put the carbon back in. the filter is only 2 months old. but my 55g filter is 2 yrs old. im gonna go gravel vac the aquarium now n uh... should i put more medicine in after the water change?gaya1111 said:
yea once you put the carbon back on and do the water change and add as many of fake plants or whatever you have and bring the levels down to zero I would do the treatment again. So if you only have melafix use one capful each day for seven days and maybe do two water changes and add a few drops of the melafix to the new water providing you are not spiking. In the mean time you could add some aquarium salt. I know people have different views on salt but I've had much luck with it.PaintballFan07 said:
its ok ur not being annoying bcuz ur just tryin to help n i appreciate it. thanks for all of the good advice but sry to keep repeating this same statement but "WILL THE FIN COMPLETELY HEAL IN THIS 7DAY PERIOD" thanksgaya1111 said:
It also depends on how bad the fin rot was to begin with. There are a ton of meds out there that you can try that may do a better and quicker job. Melafix is a more natural approach and it's probably easier on the fish in the long run. This is just my opinion. I am a health care major in college (biochem) and meds can really reek havoc on biological creatures. Don't get me wrong, when I'm at my wits end with something like ICK!!! (this stuff drives me crazy) I will pull out the heavy artillery cuz those buggers are hard to get rid of but something like fin rot doesn't have to be a big deal but it could be more, like someone mentioned earlier in this post. i'd guess that going the more natural route could take longer. I saw real improvement in my baby about 3-4 days after. Also, from what I understand, it's very important to keep a clean tank when dealing with fin rot. During the treatment with my angel I actually removed all the gravel! because it had flourite in it that was making everything dusty and she needed a cleaner home. phone ringing bye!phone ringing! lol. thanks for all of ur help i really preciate it, n my angel only had fin rot on its back tail fin. wats left of the tail fin is probly half a centimeter of its fin left as of today. like i said thanksgaya1111 said:I guess that depends on the fish and the situation. Nobody knows how fast they'll heal and it varies from individual to individual, fish to fish. My angel is almost completely healed today and I just gave her the last dose. The fin looks full once again except for a tiny peace at the very top. I even considered moving her today to another tank but since I have the extra space I'm gonna keep her in there. Plus moving her will stress her out. so the best answer I could give is......maybe
/www.fishdoc.co.uk/disease/finrot.htm/www.angelfish.net/yabbse/index.php?...y;threadid=4305thanks gaya for all of ur help. n thanx for that angel fish forum i think that will be really helpful.gaya1111 said:hey check these out if you haven't already.
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2ppm or .02 ppm? iPaintballFan07 said:
2.0 ppmgaya1111 said:
