This Means War

[peter22UK]

Ive raised my temp to 32c and treated the water....further treatment on monday

My fish DONT DO getting sick....and ill be damned if they are going to start now.

 

[minxfishy]

Go Pete, you beat it outta em

Sorry mate, happens to all of us sometimes, Im sure they will be ok.

 

[shelaghfishface]

go peter ,go peter.. you have my sympathy you really do, i thought jambo had pop eye this morning, i was sick with worry, turned out it was a bit of shell of a pea stuck on his eye has made a miraculas recovery after 3 water changes and a top to toe clean

i really hope you beat this thing!
have you called the guy that you got the sev off to ask if the others have it? ( not that it realy matters now)

thinking of you and the boys
shelagh xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

[peter22UK]

fish are lookin a little better already, severum is still dark and miserable, but! hes eating so im not too worried, once the white spot has gone i will obviously keep the water perfect and he will recover find *fingers Crossed*

still not sure if i should put some melafix in tho

oh and thanks guys for the moral support!! i was a little worried that the fun police were going to close this, as there were two mods on this one within about a minute!!! lol

but thankfully, as long as we stay to topic on this one.....it could be my first thread not to get locked LMAO.

 

[peter22UK]

as a part of whitespot? are the fins supposed to go pretty rough looking?

just also thought, i left carbon in my fluval 305? will this have eaten the meds???

 

[minxfishy]

Remove the carbon, yep it will have removed the meds, do a 30% w/c and dose again.

 

[peter22UK]

what about the little white clay circle things???

 

[minxfishy]

No those are your ceramic media, leave them in, just remove the carbon

 

[peter22UK]

well i did a 50% waterchange yesterday?

im a bit nervous about adding more meds the day after i added the last lot??

 

[minxfishy]

But if you have active carbon in your filter, you would have lost the meds, thats why Im saying do a water change to be sure, then re-dose as though you are starting the course again.

 

[peter22UK]

right the tank has been re med-ed lol thanks minx

 

[minxfishy]

Fingers crossed for ya

 

[nosoup4you]

I have always removed the carbon in my filters whenever treating my tanks but I have recently been fighting a bout of fin rot with Maracyn I and II and while looking over the included booklet, I noticed that it says that if the carbon is more than 6 days old then removing it is unnecessary. Is this the case? If so, why? Does the carbon really lose it's effectiveness after 6 days?

 

[nosoup4you]

After doing a little research, here is what I found:

Using Activated Carbon

 

[Mikaila31]

Yeah carbon does basically squat after a few days. I never run it in my filters. I only use it too remove meds from the water, when I use it I just put it in one of those thin nylon socks that you get for free at shoe stores. Then just drop it in the tank and toss it a few days later.