threnjen
Aquarium Advice Addict
Title kind of sums it up.
My fish have columnaris. I've had some other outside help diagnosing it. I ordered Triple Sulfa, overnighted, to try and save them since in the tank it's in its early stages (several fish have died of it already, but I quarantined a few of them so its taken a while to root in the tank)
I'm aware that Triple Sulfa is going to wipe out my beneficial bacterial colony, and frankly I am terrified.
I've seen it suggested to stop using the filter during meds and just rely on daily WC. But if I bypass the filter, I'm not doing anything to medicate it so it could still harbor the bad bacteria. This is especially relevant because I have a sump not a "normal" filter so imagine the 29g of water that is part of my tank needs the meds as well.
What should I do?
My fish have columnaris. I've had some other outside help diagnosing it. I ordered Triple Sulfa, overnighted, to try and save them since in the tank it's in its early stages (several fish have died of it already, but I quarantined a few of them so its taken a while to root in the tank)
I'm aware that Triple Sulfa is going to wipe out my beneficial bacterial colony, and frankly I am terrified.
I've seen it suggested to stop using the filter during meds and just rely on daily WC. But if I bypass the filter, I'm not doing anything to medicate it so it could still harbor the bad bacteria. This is especially relevant because I have a sump not a "normal" filter so imagine the 29g of water that is part of my tank needs the meds as well.
What should I do?