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All seems to be going well today. Boo! ate last night and a tiny but this morning. Both tanks have ammonia and the 40 has high nitrite but I think I got it under control.
26 - .5ppm ammonia 50% PWC done
40 - .5ppm ammonia and 2ppm nitrite! 75% PWC done.
Next time I need to make a medicated food I'm going to try and make pellets. This gel food makes the hugest mess imaginable and is overloading the BB.
 
Mumma.of.two said:
All seems to be going well today. Boo! ate last night and a tiny but this morning. Both tanks have ammonia and the 40 has high nitrite but I think I got it under control.
26 - .5ppm ammonia 50% PWC done
40 - .5ppm ammonia and 2ppm nitrite! 75% PWC done.
Next time I need to make a medicated food I'm going to try and make pellets. This gel food makes the hugest mess imaginable and is overloading the BB.
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Glad boo is eating :)

Yea I think the pelleted food would help a ton.

Just keep doing what you're doing an I'm sure all will be ok soon.

(y)
 
Update time!
Today I moved Boo! to a 50L plastic storage container with a bit of seeded media (to hopefully help). I decided to dose Myaxin in addition to the antibiotics and I simply don't have enough to dose the larger 100L tank. He seems happy enough. Still eating and pooping up a storm! His tail doesn't look any different. :/ The 40g is still getting ammonia and nitrite spikes but not as extreme as before. So everything's going ok but it could be better!
 
Mumma.of.two said:
Update time!
Today I moved Boo! to a 50L plastic storage container with a bit of seeded media (to hopefully help). I decided to dose Myaxin in addition to the antibiotics and I simply don't have enough to dose the larger 100L tank. He seems happy enough. Still eating and pooping up a storm! His tail doesn't look any different. :/ The 40g is still getting ammonia and nitrite spikes but not as extreme as before. So everything's going ok but it could be better!
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That storage container is almost bigger than my tank :'(

I think dosing the water is a good idea, I think the hard part will now be keeping the water quality perfect.

That is one of the main causes of septicaemia so it may exacerbate it if the water is less than perfect.

Good luck mumma!
 
how would you make pellets? curious that's all. and keeping my fingers crossed that this works.
 
skiweeangel said:
how would you make pellets? curious that's all. and keeping my fingers crossed that this works.
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There is a few ways.

One I've seen involves a dehydrator, others are blending a pelleted food and then adding the medication and other "stuff" before cooking it.

Then you can snap pieces of an feed that way :)
 
I only know of using a dehydrator to make pellets- cooking/baking a medicated food is probably not the wisest idea because it would greatly effect the chemistry of any meds being used. Depending on the med, it could render them ineffective or potentially toxic. For regular food, cooking/baking would probably work without an issue. How are your guys doing today, Mumma?
 
Scouser said:
That storage container is almost bigger than my tank :'(

I think dosing the water is a good idea, I think the hard part will now be keeping the water quality perfect.

That is one of the main causes of septicaemia so it may exacerbate it if the water is less than perfect.

Good luck mumma!
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:( don't be sad you'll have your bigger one soon!!

The water quality is what I'm worried about. He seems to be eating more food and not letting it sit in the tank as long before he dose so. I'm hoping the little bits of food floating around the tank are going to be less but maybe that's just wishful thinking. Still doing twice daily PWC.

skiweeangel said:
how would you make pellets? curious that's all. and keeping my fingers crossed that this works.
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I was thinking of crushing pellet food mixing in the meds and something to bond it (no idea what) then using a piping bag to make long strips of food. I'd then chop it up into pellet sizes then let them air dry. Do idea if it would work! Might be an experiment one day.


jlk said:
I only know of using a dehydrator to make pellets- cooking/baking a medicated food is probably not the wisest idea because it would greatly effect the chemistry of any meds being used. Depending on the med, it could render them ineffective or potentially toxic. For regular food, cooking/baking would probably work without an issue. How are your guys doing today, Mumma?
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Haven't checked them yet! I'm still in bed. Shh! Lol
 
what if you made the regular pellet food, baked it, then just soaked it in the meds before feeding?
 
blackmolly said:
what if you made the regular pellet food, baked it, then just soaked it in the meds before feeding?
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In that case, no need to make the pellets. Just use regular pellets, soak it in a solution of the med, & feed.

Problem with this:
You have no idea how much med is getting into the pellets.
The meds is on the outside, so gets off the food as soon as you put it in water. <Some people have soaked the pellets, then rolled it in oil in an effort to decrease this.>
 
Mumma.of.two said:
PWC done! Good little fishy ate all his breakfast too.
50L back to back 75% PWC
40g 75% PWC
Will check levels again at lunch.
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Wow mumma you get em! Haha this is alot if work!!
 
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