How Long Does It Take For Meds To Work?

[MewMew42]

yesterday around this time I did a 50% water change on both my 10 and 28g tanks then added teh correct doseage or interpet anti bac no9 as i had 2 deaths which i believe to be related to internal bacteria

but today i noticed that my ram has white poo [no one else in the tank has just him] so how long does it take to kick in? or do i have to wait until the second doseage for it to be eradicated?

ps i hope this topic is okay here, as i didnt think that this was an emergency lol

 

[fatheadminnow]

It probably starts to work immediately, but it will take time for it to have noticeable impacts on the fish.

I would continue dosing what is required for the next couple of days until the treatment period is done, and then see then if the fish still has white poo.

What are your tank stats?

Does the fish have any other symptoms than the white poo, like coloring or bloating?

-FHM

 

[MewMew42]

It probably starts to work immediately, but it will take time for it to have noticeable impacts on the fish.

I would continue dosing what is required for the next couple of days until the treatment period is done, and then see then if the fish still has white poo.

What are your tank stats?

Does the fish have any other symptoms than the white poo, like coloring or bloating?

-FHM

my tanks starts all all perfect ammonia-0 nitrite-0 nitrate 0.5 an ph 6.00

no other fish seems to be affected at all, he [the ram] hasnt lost his colour and is still acting normal chasing the female around etc just the white poo, its not stringy, ust solid white and quite thickish

 

[fatheadminnow]

I would be worried a little with a pH that low, about your autotrophic bacteria going dormant?

Do you have a lot of live plants in your tank?

How long has your tank had a pH of 6.0?

Just curious?

-FHM

 

[K-Holed]

I was reading a paper regarding the pH issue, it made some interesting observations

[URL="http/www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=92966"]http/www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlere...cgi?artid=92966[/URL]

(A little off topic, forgive me)

 

[MewMew42]

I would be worried a little with a pH that low, about your autotrophic bacteria going dormant?

Do you have a lot of live plants in your tank?

How long has your tank had a pH of 6.0?

Just curious?

-FHM

I was worried about the PH aswell.... i mean my tap water is around 7 so i really don't know what happens

yeah I have quite a few actually, I'm goign to do a tank overhall at the weekened so I'll be adding more

for as long as I can remember Its been low not as low as 6 mind you

I thought that it would affect my cycle but I've been testing and all seems to be well

Ps K-holed thanks I'll have a read in a moment =]

Edit, read the article [ish], wow thats confusing lol or maybe its just me...

 

[MewMew42]

heres a pic of the ram:

 

[MewMew42]

anyone?