katefshaw
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- May 15, 2014
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Hi there,
I recently had an outbreak of columnaris disease in my freshwater tank. My water quality was good at this point and I started treating my main tank with kanaplex antibiotics as I did not have a quarantine tank. I am now really concerned that my nitrifying bacteria were killed off by the antibiotics as my ammonia levels are off the chart. I have been doing a 50% water changes every day and ammonia levels keep rising to at least 1ppm after each water change. Does this now mean that I am going to have to recycle my tank with fish in? My tank was an established tank and I had done a fishless cycle before I added fish. I am really concerned as my fish are under stress with ammonia. What should I do?
Thanks for your help
Katie
I recently had an outbreak of columnaris disease in my freshwater tank. My water quality was good at this point and I started treating my main tank with kanaplex antibiotics as I did not have a quarantine tank. I am now really concerned that my nitrifying bacteria were killed off by the antibiotics as my ammonia levels are off the chart. I have been doing a 50% water changes every day and ammonia levels keep rising to at least 1ppm after each water change. Does this now mean that I am going to have to recycle my tank with fish in? My tank was an established tank and I had done a fishless cycle before I added fish. I am really concerned as my fish are under stress with ammonia. What should I do?
Thanks for your help
Katie