Lost A Whole Tank

[hwoarangtag]

I lost a whole tank today due to ick and other problems. i remove all the dead fishes. however, i am unsure how to clean the media so that the tank is disease free. Should i change all the medias as they are kinda old as well to make sure that the tank is disease free. i put some methylene blue in the empty tank now and left the filter running. How should i approach it?

 

[Spooky76]

Wow - what happened ?

I dont think Ich whiped out your whole tank like that, its not normal. I wouldnt throw all your media ether. Problem is without food (ammonia etc) the bacteria will die anyway.

I would first want to know why it happened ? Do you maintain the tank ? How long had it been running ? Was it overstocked ? things like that, because its unusual for a whipe out over ich.

Did you treat the ich ? What other problems were there ? Do you have a test kit ?

 

[hwoarangtag]

It was a Quarantine 10 gal with 30 guppy fry 1 x pleco. Stats were 0 0 40. Once a week water change 25 %. Pleco got ick and then got skin burn, fin rot after i treated with *half* dose of API's ick cure; Upped tempurature to 30. Then Pleco die. the next morning all guppies died.

My ultimate goal now is to make sure that this tank will be disease free. should i just change 100 % water? And change all medias. As i have a lot of spare medias cloned residing in my main tank.

 

[Little-Fizz]

It was a Quarantine 10 gal with 30 guppy fry 1 x pleco. Stats were 0 0 40. Once a week water change 25 %. Pleco got ick and then got skin burn, fin rot after i treated with *half* dose of API's ick cure; Upped tempurature to 30. Then Pleco die. the next morning all guppies died.

My ultimate goal now is to make sure that this tank will be disease free. should i just change 100 % water? And change all medias. As i have a lot of spare medias cloned residing in my main tank.

You should blast the heater for like a week and add salt to make sure the ick is gone... Did you have any other diseases other then the ick?

 

[chrisdoesntmiss]

Sorry for your loss. As little fizz said, salt, heat and my 2 cents water changes.

Chris