modestvolta
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Mar 29, 2011
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I have a 40 gallon tank with a Fluval 305 filter. Recently, a fish (Bala Shark) developed what I think is fin rot. I did a partial water change and as I hadn't cleaned the filter in a while I cleaned that out (probably dumb to do, but I tried to avoid washing everything off if that counts...). For the fin rot, I started using Melafix and Primafix. I read that the carbon of the filter would nullify those two chemicals so I then removed the carbon.
Since removing the carbon (which also coincides with the filter cleaning), my water is getting very cloudy. I did a 30%-ish water change yesterday but the water is still very cloudy.
I'd like to use the Melafix and Primafix for a few more days in the main tank in case there's any disease hanging out in the water still, but I'm concerned that if I leave the carbon out, the water will keep getting worse. Any tips?
As for the fin rot: I moved that fish to a recently set up hospital/quarantine tank that I set up with (cloudy) water from the main tank and fresh water. That tank is also clouding up now. It was set up yesterday during the water change of the main tank. Any ideas on fixing that? Is it too soon to do a water change for that tank?
Sorry for the tome of text - thanks for any help!
Since removing the carbon (which also coincides with the filter cleaning), my water is getting very cloudy. I did a 30%-ish water change yesterday but the water is still very cloudy.
I'd like to use the Melafix and Primafix for a few more days in the main tank in case there's any disease hanging out in the water still, but I'm concerned that if I leave the carbon out, the water will keep getting worse. Any tips?
As for the fin rot: I moved that fish to a recently set up hospital/quarantine tank that I set up with (cloudy) water from the main tank and fresh water. That tank is also clouding up now. It was set up yesterday during the water change of the main tank. Any ideas on fixing that? Is it too soon to do a water change for that tank?
Sorry for the tome of text - thanks for any help!