Help With Medication

[SteelerLuke]

Hi everyone,

I posted on my other thread that my pregnant guppy had died with what looked like some form of 'mouth rot' & some of my other guppies are showing signs of disease.

I currently have 4 guppies quarantined, 3 of them look like they have some sort of 'body rot' & my other guppy looks like it has mouth rot - basically it is not opening it's mouth & is not eating. None of the guppies are acting out of the ordinary despite their symptoms, the males are still chasing the females & 3 of them are still eating.

I've added some 'Methylene Blue' to both my main tank & my hospital tank. I'm now worried that this has affected my Apple Snails because their shells are looking a bit rough & they look like they are turning a bit brown.

I'm pretty hopeless at medicine & whatnot so I am wondering if someone can advice me on a good one to buy for the symptoms my fish currently have & a selection of different medicines for future reference.

Also, I haven't properly cycled my tank because I knew nothing about it until I started reading this forum. Without going into too much details I gave my tank a good clean but there should still be some media from before left over somewhere in there. I've already ordered a tester kit & I should be getting this on Monday & I'll post my results.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Regards,

Luke

 

[D1s]

When you cleaned your tank, do you mean you literally cleaned the ornaments and glass if so what with?

 

[SteelerLuke]

Yes I took all ornaments out & they were rinsed with hot water. The same for my filter.

My gravel was just stirred to get all the crap in the water so I could scoop it out with a bucket but I didn't actually take the gravel out & clean it.

The insides of my tank had a touch of algae so I wiped these down with a sponge/scourer & I'm now adding drops of King British Algicide on a daily basis to stop another algae outburst.

I also introduce drops of King British Safe Water once a week.

I hope this answers your question

 

[D1s]

Thats ok, it has been known for people to use household bleech. Just a thought.

 

[SteelerLuke]

Thanks D1s, not used any sort of household chemicals

 

[glolite]

Hi, I should get your tank cycled first then maybe get hold of some aSHa 2000 a good allround antibacterial, anti fungal med that is given over 3 days and gets rid of most problems. Then just carry on with weekly water changes of 25%. If you continue having problems try daily water changes of 10% for a week as this sometimes irons out problems with a new tank. Hope this helps.

 

[SteelerLuke]

Thanks glolite, I'll certainly be having a look at that.

Had 4 more guppies die over the weekend. All my other species are absolutely fine, I'm really losing my love for guppies.

 

[SteelerLuke]

At the moment I'm after a couple of things, I'll be buying them on Saturday so if anyone can give me any recommendations then that would be great otherwise I'll be going to the fish store & asking the guy there (I'd rather take the advice off here) ...

Firstly I'm after a dechlorinator. I've seen API Stress Coat, Interpet Bioactive Tap Safe, Tetra Aquasafe & Nutrafin AquaPlus all banded about on this forum but which one is the best to get? Do they all do the same thing?

Secondly I'm after a generally good all round medicine. I already have some methylene blue but that's almost ran out so I'm going to get some more of that, is there anything else anyone can recommend getting? I've had a recommendation of aSHa 2000 above.

Thanks in advice for any help, it's really appreciated!