Should I Do A Water Change

[zain611]

I have a female guppy which i put in my bowl as it got finrot and i think may have swimbladder before it got finrot. About 4 days ago when i put my female in the bowl i treated her with anti fungus and finrot treatment (interpet) and about 2 days after she looks cured as her tail wasnt bloodstreect and her edges of her tail were already healing and today her tail looks perfect. i treated her with the medication on the day i saw her with finrot so this may show she healed a lot quicker. should i do a 100% water change so i then treat her with swimbladder as the instruction for the medication say to wait 7 days before redosing or adding another medication and i dont have a filter but aeration is in so i am worried that she doesnt get any poisoning.

i may ask one question
1) does she have swimbladder? before she would always stay to the surface of the water and when i see her swim down her tail would move up and she would float to the top. Now or after she was cured from finrot she looks okay, she swims all around the tank so should i still medicate her?

 

[hensonc4098]

if there is not filtration in the bowl then you will need to do water changes every other day about 30% to prevent ammonia poisoning.

 

[zain611]

okay but im thinking should i add the swimbladder medication also i may put her back in the main tank as she looks well and i think the swimbladder is gone

 

[Scott MacAdam]

I'd tell you not to do a 100% water change.

This will sway the water stats too much and you will end up stressing an already sick fish, possibly to death.

We want to avoid that so stick to frequent, smaller water changes. 20-30% as needed.

If you don't have a filter in there, I'd suggest doing it daily.
If you DO have a filter in there, I'd suggest weekly or twice a week if you are looking to remove the medication from the water.

Keep at it and your fish should be fine