Jujubee
Aquarium Advice Freak
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- Oct 24, 2013
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I posted my first question yesterday and have gotten great feedback. Now that I have that question relatively resolved I'm left with a new question, sadly!
Main story is I set up a 10 gal tank, it has a filter for up to 30 gal, & heavily planted. I let it sit for about a week and decided I'd start my fish in cycle..I admit to having done the cycle some what wrong and am now having to counter my mistakes with new found knowledge. Thanks to the people here . So, I got 3 platys that thrived for a week, end of week rolls around and I say hey I want another...I get one more...still doing awesome. Then by end of week two I thought it would be safe to add 3 guppies (again I know now I added too many fish at once for my cycle) well, two guppies came from the same tank (fancy cobra, I think is what they were labeled) the other a lyretail from a separate tank. I acclimated them by floating the bag for 45 min or so then added tank water and let the bag float another 30 min then netted them and added just the fish to the tank. After 4 days the two (fancy) guppies I bought didn't want to eat, one was bloated and I mean huge the other had white spots and a lesion next to one fin. I knew it was ich but have never had to deal with it. I quickly took those fish out and rushed to the petsmart I bought them at telling them what was going on. The guy gave me two new guppies and took my other two away, I was heartbroken. He gave me medication to put in the water for the ich ( the other guppy he said probably had an intestinal parasite) but I have yet to put it in the tank. I've read posts saying the medication can ruin my bacteria and my nitrogen cycle is so close to being complete so I would think its safe to assume my bacteria is finally growing?? And I don't want to ruin that, this is my first knowledgeable tank and I'm trying to do it right. Now, two of my platys have 2 white spots on their tails. I'm scared for my fish but have no clue how to safely treat my fish or water and keep them healthy and the water healthy at the same time.
Can someone help me?
Main story is I set up a 10 gal tank, it has a filter for up to 30 gal, & heavily planted. I let it sit for about a week and decided I'd start my fish in cycle..I admit to having done the cycle some what wrong and am now having to counter my mistakes with new found knowledge. Thanks to the people here . So, I got 3 platys that thrived for a week, end of week rolls around and I say hey I want another...I get one more...still doing awesome. Then by end of week two I thought it would be safe to add 3 guppies (again I know now I added too many fish at once for my cycle) well, two guppies came from the same tank (fancy cobra, I think is what they were labeled) the other a lyretail from a separate tank. I acclimated them by floating the bag for 45 min or so then added tank water and let the bag float another 30 min then netted them and added just the fish to the tank. After 4 days the two (fancy) guppies I bought didn't want to eat, one was bloated and I mean huge the other had white spots and a lesion next to one fin. I knew it was ich but have never had to deal with it. I quickly took those fish out and rushed to the petsmart I bought them at telling them what was going on. The guy gave me two new guppies and took my other two away, I was heartbroken. He gave me medication to put in the water for the ich ( the other guppy he said probably had an intestinal parasite) but I have yet to put it in the tank. I've read posts saying the medication can ruin my bacteria and my nitrogen cycle is so close to being complete so I would think its safe to assume my bacteria is finally growing?? And I don't want to ruin that, this is my first knowledgeable tank and I'm trying to do it right. Now, two of my platys have 2 white spots on their tails. I'm scared for my fish but have no clue how to safely treat my fish or water and keep them healthy and the water healthy at the same time.
Can someone help me?