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did you confirm that they had whitespot but it now looks like it's cleared up or did you never have a confirmed diagnosis?
 
ok if that's the case then what you need to do now is finish the course of treatment (it's like when you take anti biotics and you may feel better half way through but you still have to finish the meds or it can come back) and concentrate on keeping the water as clean as you can.

the best thing to do would be to get some mature filter media, do you know anyone else who keeps fish? If so then ask for a sponge or something from their filter (obviously offer to replace it with new) and put it in your filter. Failing that ask the fish shop if they can give you some media from one of their tanks, not every lfs will do it but it's worth a try.

You then need to do water changes, as many and as large as it needed to keep the water clean, what are your levels for pH, ammonia, nitrite and nitrate at the moment?
 
Miss Wiggle said:
ok if that's the case then what you need to do now is finish the course of treatment (it's like when you take anti biotics and you may feel better half way through but you still have to finish the meds or it can come back) and concentrate on keeping the water as clean as you can.

the best thing to do would be to get some mature filter media, do you know anyone else who keeps fish? If so then ask for a sponge or something from their filter (obviously offer to replace it with new) and put it in your filter. Failing that ask the fish shop if they can give you some media from one of their tanks, not every lfs will do it but it's worth a try.

You then need to do water changes, as many and as large as it needed to keep the water clean, what are your levels for pH, ammonia, nitrite and nitrate at the moment?
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Do I do a water change this evening?

Thanks for your help again Miss Wiggle, I will confirm water levels when i get home :good:
 
check the levels and then decide, you have a careful balancing act at the moment

on one hand doing a water change will clean up the water which aids the recovery and is vital for the fish's health, on the other hand if you remove water you also remove some of the meds and as such you can bugger up the course of treatment.

What i'd say is you should check the levels and post back here and we'll advise you if it's sensible to leave it or to do a change. Now unfortunately (well fortunately for me, but not for you!!!) I'm not gonna be on the forum tonight as I'm seeing some friends, so I hope one of the other guys will pick this up and try to help out.

As a general guide though I'd say if ammonia or nitrite are higher than 0.5 then do a water change, if you're going to do one then do as large a change as you possibly can then top the water that you've replaced with the appropriate amount of meds. This will bugger up the cycle of treatment though as you're not due to do a treatment until saturday, but it may be an unavoidable thing.

Like I say though, test the levels and then post back, possibly in the emergencies section if you get no response here, and hopefully someone will come and give some advise.
 
Miss Wiggle said:
check the levels and then decide, you have a careful balancing act at the moment

on one hand doing a water change will clean up the water which aids the recovery and is vital for the fish's health, on the other hand if you remove water you also remove some of the meds and as such you can bugger up the course of treatment.

What i'd say is you should check the levels and post back here and we'll advise you if it's sensible to leave it or to do a change. Now unfortunately (well fortunately for me, but not for you!!!) I'm not gonna be on the forum tonight as I'm seeing some friends, so I hope one of the other guys will pick this up and try to help out.

As a general guide though I'd say if ammonia or nitrite are higher than 0.5 then do a water change, if you're going to do one then do as large a change as you possibly can then top the water that you've replaced with the appropriate amount of meds. This will bugger up the cycle of treatment though as you're not due to do a treatment until saturday, but it may be an unavoidable thing.

Like I say though, test the levels and then post back, possibly in the emergencies section if you get no response here, and hopefully someone will come and give some advise.
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Thanks once again Miss Wiggle your a great help!
PS And enjoy your evening!
 
hi nice tank .did you take the carbon out of the filter when you treat the fish,i think i read on here it filters the meds out .good luck
 
Aaaah, are you using the test strips to test the water? I didn't realise, I'm afraid they're utterly rubbish, you really need a liquid based test kit and definately need a test for ammonia. I use the API Fresh Water Master Test Kit, you can usually pick them up for about £15-£20 on ebay if you can't find one locally.

Did you do a water change last night?

Until you get a decent test kit the safest bet is to assume that the water quality is poor so do as many large changes as you can manage.
 
Miss Wiggle said:
Aaaah, are you using the test strips to test the water? I didn't realise, I'm afraid they're utterly rubbish, you really need a liquid based test kit and definately need a test for ammonia. I use the API Fresh Water Master Test Kit, you can usually pick them up for about £15-£20 on ebay if you can't find one locally.

Did you do a water change last night?

Until you get a decent test kit the safest bet is to assume that the water quality is poor so do as many large changes as you can manage.
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:rolleyes: im taking to this fishkeeping lark like a fish to water.......erm.

I paid £10 for the test sticks from local aquatics shop last night, never mind! got some fish food free with it anyway :blush:

Anyway, the good news is my next door neighbour knows somebody who would take the fish off me, so they have gone.

I changed the water last night and I am going to start the fishless cycle from scratch, wish me luck.............
 
Brilliant!!!

Let us know how you get on :good:

A decent test kit is definately an essential for fishless cycling, but look at it as an investment, it'll last for ages and will do your fish the world of good.
 
Update*

Just received my API Freshwater Test Kit this morning and have tested tonight and got the following reading:

PH - 76
AMMONIA - 4.0
NITRITE 0.0
NITRATE 0.0

I have read the leaflet with the understandings but would like clarification from you very helpful people, on what is the next step?
 
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