Dbigfish
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Alright so I have had a 20 long freshwater tank running for about 5 months and the inhabitants were 9 neon tetras 5 gold barbs a clown pleco and a bamboo shrimp. I change about a gallon a day just enough to get rip of pleco poo but still keep the water alive enough for my bamboo shrimp. So I wanted a bumble bee catfish for my larger tank but they were only about an inch long at the store so I put it in the 20 long to grow for a bit. After 3 days he was eating normally, had burrowed a little hole in the sand under a rock, and was healthy. The next day he was out in the day time and not moving but still alive. After the lights went out he swam about normally. The day after that he was dead with a white film covering his face. I removed the body and inspected my other fish for any signs of illness there were none. The next morning my largest barb was dead with blood red gills. I removed the body checked the other fish did a 10% water change and added some stress coat. The next morning my pleco had a white section on its right pectoral fin and half of its face. The next morning he was dead. I maxed my heater to 84.5 and now one of my neons has a white section of its body. It's not fuzzy it's like that section has lost all skin pigment. I went out to petco and got some Lifeguard all in one treatment because it had the broadest treatment range. Well my concerns about this treatment is the directions say to remove all filter carbon, my carbon is built into the filter floss. Also the back of the box says not suitable for invertebrates. Well I have a bamboo shrimp and he is my favorite thing in the tank. I have never really had sick fish before most of mine were wild caught until now and died of old age or live in my back yard pond. So the carbon will neutralize the medicinal effects of the treatment but I don't know how to keep BB alive for 5 days and not have it in the tank. I need help