LovelyLaura
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Hello,
I'm brand new here and would like some help with my tank. Any information or sugesstions would be appreciated. I have a 72 Gallon established tank with molly's, platty's and swordtails, a pleco and about 10 daynos and a few generations of babies. Recently my swordtail appeared to have fin and tail rot. I took him and another platty (that was lethargic and not eating) out and put them in a hospital tank and they both died (treated with Maracyn Two). When the platty died it had pronounced red around its gills but no symptoms on his fins. I treated the 72G with Melafix (tea tree oil) about 4 days ago. All of the other fish appeared healthy, eating and mating like normal. Now a few of the daynos have red around their gills, the worst one has a pinkish pigmentation to his body and it is a bit mishapen and a bit shrivled compared to the others. The problem is I can't catch the daynos to put them in a hospital tank because they are too fast. The other fish seem normal and healthy it is just the daynos that seem to have the red around their gills. I treated the whole tank with Maracyn Two and Metafix hoping that the other fish don't get sick. Can treating the healthy fish cause them harm?
Please fill this out to help us help you;
Tank size: 72 Gallon
pH: About 7
ammonia: Normal
nitrite:
nitrate: Nomal
kH:?
gH:?
tank temp: about 78
Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): See above about the Daynos
Volume and Frequency of water changes: about 30% every week and a half
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: Maracyn Two and Melafix
Tank inhabitants: Listed above
Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration): 6 liretail mollys and a plant
Exposure to chemicals: Not that I know of
I'm brand new here and would like some help with my tank. Any information or sugesstions would be appreciated. I have a 72 Gallon established tank with molly's, platty's and swordtails, a pleco and about 10 daynos and a few generations of babies. Recently my swordtail appeared to have fin and tail rot. I took him and another platty (that was lethargic and not eating) out and put them in a hospital tank and they both died (treated with Maracyn Two). When the platty died it had pronounced red around its gills but no symptoms on his fins. I treated the 72G with Melafix (tea tree oil) about 4 days ago. All of the other fish appeared healthy, eating and mating like normal. Now a few of the daynos have red around their gills, the worst one has a pinkish pigmentation to his body and it is a bit mishapen and a bit shrivled compared to the others. The problem is I can't catch the daynos to put them in a hospital tank because they are too fast. The other fish seem normal and healthy it is just the daynos that seem to have the red around their gills. I treated the whole tank with Maracyn Two and Metafix hoping that the other fish don't get sick. Can treating the healthy fish cause them harm?
Please fill this out to help us help you;
Tank size: 72 Gallon
pH: About 7
ammonia: Normal
nitrite:
nitrate: Nomal
kH:?
gH:?
tank temp: about 78
Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): See above about the Daynos
Volume and Frequency of water changes: about 30% every week and a half
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: Maracyn Two and Melafix
Tank inhabitants: Listed above
Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration): 6 liretail mollys and a plant
Exposure to chemicals: Not that I know of
