donnaR
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hi there, I have had a very stable aquarium for the last several months, I test my water weekly and do a 25% water change to keep the nitrates in check (20ppm or less). Ammonia & nitrites are 0ppm.
I noticed the other day that one of my skirts has a ragged top fin and tail fin, and the lower fin has a cloudy area on it. I looked up info for finrot and thought maybe that was it so I bought a bottle of melafix today. I did a large water change tonight (around 70%), and now the tailfin has the trademark redness near the base of the tail. I've looked at several pictures of finrot, and this looks exactly like it.
Question about this medication..... it says to add 1 tsp/10gallons, every day for 7 days, and then do a water change. So does this mean by the time I do a water change, there will be 7 tsp of medication in the water? Isn't that a lot? Unfortunately I do not have a quarantine tank as of yet, so I'm also wondering if this will harm my other fish (listed below in my sig). I really want to do this right, any tips for me? I've tried to get a decent picture to post, but I'm afraid I haven't mastered aquarium photography yet, and my pics are not coming out with enough focus on the sick guy that would even give you any idea what I'm talking about. I'll keep trying. Thanks for any advice.......
Donna
I noticed the other day that one of my skirts has a ragged top fin and tail fin, and the lower fin has a cloudy area on it. I looked up info for finrot and thought maybe that was it so I bought a bottle of melafix today. I did a large water change tonight (around 70%), and now the tailfin has the trademark redness near the base of the tail. I've looked at several pictures of finrot, and this looks exactly like it.
Question about this medication..... it says to add 1 tsp/10gallons, every day for 7 days, and then do a water change. So does this mean by the time I do a water change, there will be 7 tsp of medication in the water? Isn't that a lot? Unfortunately I do not have a quarantine tank as of yet, so I'm also wondering if this will harm my other fish (listed below in my sig). I really want to do this right, any tips for me? I've tried to get a decent picture to post, but I'm afraid I haven't mastered aquarium photography yet, and my pics are not coming out with enough focus on the sick guy that would even give you any idea what I'm talking about. I'll keep trying. Thanks for any advice.......
Donna