Well Things Arent Going Good

[CFC]

In water with a pH below 7 ammonia is converted to relatively harmless ammonium, it still shows up as ammonia on a test kit but its not as bad as ammonia. This is also the reason why many of the soft water species (discus, appistos, most catfish etc) react so badly topoor water quality, they quite simply have never been exsposed to ammonia before.

Popeye is usually caused by a injury from either another tankmate or banging themselves on the tank decor, in the case of a black shark i would go for the second one as they are large and clumsy fish. Daily 10-15% water changes and dosing with melafix for a week should get the fish back on the road to recovery.

 

[nshockeyplaya]

In water with a pH below 7 ammonia is converted to relatively harmless ammonium, it still shows up as ammonia on a test kit but its not as bad as ammonia. This is also the reason why many of the soft water species (discus, appistos, most catfish etc) react so badly topoor water quality, they quite simply have never been exsposed to ammonia before.

Popeye is usually caused by a injury from either another tankmate or banging themselves on the tank decor, in the case of a black shark i would go for the second one as they are large and clumsy fish. Daily 10-15% water changes and dosing with melafix for a week should get the fish back on the road to recovery.

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Thanks CFC i didnt know that. I dont know why but my pH is constantly low, some say im lucky, but i would perfer it to be a little closer to 7. But do you think my clown loaches and other fish would be okay with melafix in the water?

 

[WILDER]

Maybe try half dose first to be on the safe side.

 

[nshockeyplaya]

Yea i was thinking along the same line

 

[rdd1952]

In water with a pH below 7 ammonia is converted to relatively harmless ammonium, it still shows up as ammonia on a test kit but its not as bad as ammonia.  This is also the reason why many of the soft water species (discus, appistos, most catfish etc) react so badly topoor water quality, they quite simply have never been exsposed to ammonia before.

Popeye is usually caused by a injury from either another tankmate or banging themselves on the tank decor, in the case of a black shark i would go for the second one as they are large and clumsy fish.  Daily 10-15% water changes and dosing with melafix for a week should get the fish back on the road to recovery.

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Thanks CFC i didnt know that. I dont know why but my pH is constantly low, some say im lucky, but i would perfer it to be a little closer to 7. But do you think my clown loaches and other fish would be okay with melafix in the water?

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I actually though it was 6.0 pH before the ammonia became ammonium but it is true that as the pH gets lower, ammonia becomes less toxic. An ammonia reading of .5 is much more toxic in water with a pH of 7.5 than at 6.5.

 

[CFC]

It is almost impossible to overdose with melafix as it is made from only tea tree oil and water (with a emulsifier to keep them bound together), therefore there is no need to half dose tanks even if they contain scaleless species.

 

[rdd1952]

It is almost impossible to overdose with melafix as it is made from only tea tree oil and water (with a emulsifier to keep them bound together), therefore there is no need to half dose tanks even if they contain scaleless species.

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I have heard that bettas don't handle it very well. Don't know how true that is but I use half doses on my bettas when I have to treat them.

 

[nshockeyplaya]

Okay thanks guys, you have all been very helpful, a special thanks to CFC because you explained a lot of things i didnt have any idea about. I went and bought some melafix, im going to use it tommorow.