I just posted an intro. I have a problem with my 60 gallon Rainbow Fish tank.
Due to something great happening in my life, I went out and bought some expensive rainbowfish at a LFS that tends to over-price, (so I don't know if the fish are actually worth what I paid). Anyway, I want to keep them alive.
I had found -- with another "baby" fish that I got from another store, that it had Ich, and some tail rot. 4 days ago. I put it into an isolation tank with some drops of Cordon Rapid Cure, and API Melafix. I also turned the heat up to 80 or so for a day. I did not want to stress or kill the fish. Water changes in that tank daily.
So that little fish (a Melanotaenia boesemani) was in the aquarium, and I came in with 4 bigger "rare" expensive fish and like an idiot, I put them in that tank with an uncured fish with possible ICH and Tailrot. So now, I have to treat all the fish. Such a stupid mistake!
So the New fish are a bigger Melanotaenia boesemani, a Glossolepis wanamensis, A Melanotaenia nigrans, and a Melanotaenia parkensonii.
All of them will need to be in the quarantine tank for at least one month. I was thinking about 7 days of rapid cure and then melafix. The melafix is mainly for the little one with tail rot so he can grow a new tail.
All are feeding really well, even the little one.
Any insights into what to do?
Due to something great happening in my life, I went out and bought some expensive rainbowfish at a LFS that tends to over-price, (so I don't know if the fish are actually worth what I paid). Anyway, I want to keep them alive.
I had found -- with another "baby" fish that I got from another store, that it had Ich, and some tail rot. 4 days ago. I put it into an isolation tank with some drops of Cordon Rapid Cure, and API Melafix. I also turned the heat up to 80 or so for a day. I did not want to stress or kill the fish. Water changes in that tank daily.
So that little fish (a Melanotaenia boesemani) was in the aquarium, and I came in with 4 bigger "rare" expensive fish and like an idiot, I put them in that tank with an uncured fish with possible ICH and Tailrot. So now, I have to treat all the fish. Such a stupid mistake!
So the New fish are a bigger Melanotaenia boesemani, a Glossolepis wanamensis, A Melanotaenia nigrans, and a Melanotaenia parkensonii.
All of them will need to be in the quarantine tank for at least one month. I was thinking about 7 days of rapid cure and then melafix. The melafix is mainly for the little one with tail rot so he can grow a new tail.
All are feeding really well, even the little one.
Any insights into what to do?