please help i have a 5 gallon tank with 1m guppy and 1f guppy i've had the fish for about a month now and had the tank running for about 14 days prior to adding fish... i have been treating my male fish for fin root with mel fix for the past 5 days now my male fish sits on top and the female sits on bottom not really been eating water temp is about 75 my water test said nitrate200 nitrite ( off the chart pink) hardness 150 alkalinity 40 and ph 6.2 i think i'm killing my fish please help thanks to anyone for any advise please help me save my fish
Have you been "hoovering" or vacuming the substrate?
Do you have any other tanks?
Do you know anyone with mature tanks?
How severe is your fin rot? I.e. Minor, moderate, major….
I would try using the recommended dose of a “bacteria boosting” product, but I do suspect their benefit is minimal.
How deep and coarse is your substrate?
I would start doing 15% water changes 1 -2 times a day if amm, ni, na are high. But start with a big change, I would take out about 70% of the water, but dont add back all of the water at once, add back about half of what you take out, then add the other half 4-10 hours later and best if you add it back a bit at a time if possible. This is to avoid changing too much water at once.
Make sure you have a dechlorinator that neutralizes ammonia too, this is due to ammonia created when you dechlorinate water. I like "Prime", seems to me like this would be very important if doing large water changes.
