Mae140
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hey guys,
I'm currently faced with fin rot in my blue dwarf gourami (His name is Inquisitor). I noticed the jagged areas and scale loss this morning when watching the tank.
The little guy doesn't seem to be too affected by it at the moment; his behavior hasn't changed and he's still as energetic as when I first purchased him (3 months ago).
I've been doing 10% water changes every day for the past 3 days (used to do a 25% every Saturday/Sunday). I would really prefer to not use any Pima/Melafix in the tank (I've read they can really impact Labyrinth fish; coating the labyrinth organ and making breathing difficult), and cannot add too much salt due to the presence of a few loaches and a peacock eel.
Is it possible to treat him using water changes only? Or should I set up a 10g hospital tank and treat with salt. I was also planning on cleaning out the canister filters set up to the tank, as I haven't done so for a few months.
Tank:
55g, sand bottom, live plants. Has a HoB Penguin 400, Fluval 406, and an eheim professional 2 hooked up to it. Got the 2 canisters from a friend and decided more biofilters wouldn't hurt.
Stock:
Blue Dwarf Gourami (The Inquisitor)
Peacock Eel (Washington)
Lady Angelfish (Johanna)
Dojo Loach (Kevin)
Khuli Loach (Rumps)
Population of Malaysian Trumpet Snails to help keep sand aerated (Only the eel likes to burrow).
Perameters:
Temp: 80 F
pH: 7.4
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrites: 0 ppm
Nitrates: High - hence why finrot popped up. Working on lowering it with water changes (10% everyday)
I'm currently faced with fin rot in my blue dwarf gourami (His name is Inquisitor). I noticed the jagged areas and scale loss this morning when watching the tank.
The little guy doesn't seem to be too affected by it at the moment; his behavior hasn't changed and he's still as energetic as when I first purchased him (3 months ago).
I've been doing 10% water changes every day for the past 3 days (used to do a 25% every Saturday/Sunday). I would really prefer to not use any Pima/Melafix in the tank (I've read they can really impact Labyrinth fish; coating the labyrinth organ and making breathing difficult), and cannot add too much salt due to the presence of a few loaches and a peacock eel.
Is it possible to treat him using water changes only? Or should I set up a 10g hospital tank and treat with salt. I was also planning on cleaning out the canister filters set up to the tank, as I haven't done so for a few months.
Tank:
55g, sand bottom, live plants. Has a HoB Penguin 400, Fluval 406, and an eheim professional 2 hooked up to it. Got the 2 canisters from a friend and decided more biofilters wouldn't hurt.
Stock:
Blue Dwarf Gourami (The Inquisitor)
Peacock Eel (Washington)
Lady Angelfish (Johanna)
Dojo Loach (Kevin)
Khuli Loach (Rumps)
Population of Malaysian Trumpet Snails to help keep sand aerated (Only the eel likes to burrow).
Perameters:
Temp: 80 F
pH: 7.4
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrites: 0 ppm
Nitrates: High - hence why finrot popped up. Working on lowering it with water changes (10% everyday)