Speaking of columnaris---

[CRaZeeeBiTcHisH]

Since all but one of my gups died in this particular tank, I want to clean it without having a recurrence...due to the virility of this particular nasty, I wanted to do better than just really hot water. I have filled the tank with bleach water, replaced all plastic plants, and have ran the tank with the bleach water for 3 days now. Surely this would be sufficient to kill this disease?!? This is the first time I have dealt with columnaris, thank god!, so I am kinda anal about wanting it clean...I do not ever want to see this again! LOL. Anyone have any experience cleansing out nasties? I guess I have been lucky up to now, and the few illnesses I have dealt with have generally responded well to extra care and medication.,(or salt if applicable). And before anyone freaks on me, I have cleaned things and tanks before with bleach and it has not killed one single fish ( of course, none were in it at that time, and all said articles were rinsed well clean of bleach before they were reintroduced) Anyones experience with this sort of thing would be greatly appreciated. BTW- gups water conditions were--pH 7.4, ammonia, nitrites, nitrates immeasurable, temp 78 degrees. This is pretty irrelevant to the question, but someone always seems to ask, at least in usenet...LOL

 

[reefrunner69]

First off.....

As far as the bleach, a 1:10 solution of bleach and water will kill any nasty in your tank, after three days it is unlikely that there is actually any chlorine left in the tank, but just in cans make certain to add a hefty does of dechlorinator and stir the gravel well. Actually you may want to add some more bleach and stir the gravel first, depending on how packed it is, it's possible not much bleach made it to the bottom but their maybe some nasties down there. HTH and answers the question....Sounds like you may need another source of feeder fish....Do you feed pellets as well?

 

[CRaZeeeBiTcHisH]

Yes I feed pellets, and a few other things...lucky for me it seems ! They get crawdaddies, worms, occasional bugs, as well as veggies--they love to steal plec's treats! And I would say pellets makes up the largest percentage of their diet, but they frequently get the extras as well. And the feeders occasionally, although they haven't had those in awhile for obvious reasons... Thanks for the neat welcome! and for your response, I will add more bleach before starting over...I did stir up the gravel quite a bit when I first added the bleach, but I will redo that as well, I wanna be SURE! LOL.

 

[CRaZeeeBiTcHisH]

to clarify that last post, the oscars eat the variety, so far I haven't observed this guy eat anything other than the tiniest fry I have added since adding the pink connies...although I do have a missing guppy fry or two....(they jump partitions somehow although the darn things are sealed in place and tall....sheesh)