I've had a problem with Fin Rot over and over again lately. Tanks specs below, only two fish in the tank. One fish has lost 50% of each side of his tail and the other about 20% in the current cycle.
I treated the fish with Jungles "Fungas Clear" (two cycles of about 5 days duration) and it seemed to clear up. Change 25-33% water in between, stabliize the tank for a few weeks... looking better... but it was back again the next month. I've been though about three cycles of this treatment pattern over about six months now and they have it again, very badly this time.
I need some way to "cure" this...not sure what to try.
Tank has only two fish now - two irridescent sharks, about 6 years old. Had four, but I lost two last year in a couple months (likely related as the fin rot started around then). The fish are somewhat lethargic (sleeping much of the day and more nocturnal now) but aside from the nocturnal part that doesn't seem unusual in my experience with two mellow, older irridescents with no one around to bother them.
30H tank. Not perfect on maint by any means, probably a little slow on the water changes, but the last set of sharks lived 20 years, so I'm not all that bad at it. Tank always seemed to head acidic in days of old but for unknown reasons it's been heading heading alkaline the last year or so. I try to keep the PH around neutral to 7.0 to 6.8 as best I can... but it does seem to drift now. Nitrites measure "normal" at .25.
No changes at all to tank in feeding (except reduced for less fish). Fodd is Tetra flakes. No changes to tank or contents in years. Penguin 300 filter. , Filters changed off cycle with water changes. I tend to do 25-33% water changes when I vacuum/clean because it takes about that amount of water to vacuum all the gravel.
Ideas on what I should try? Thanks,
I treated the fish with Jungles "Fungas Clear" (two cycles of about 5 days duration) and it seemed to clear up. Change 25-33% water in between, stabliize the tank for a few weeks... looking better... but it was back again the next month. I've been though about three cycles of this treatment pattern over about six months now and they have it again, very badly this time.
I need some way to "cure" this...not sure what to try.
Tank has only two fish now - two irridescent sharks, about 6 years old. Had four, but I lost two last year in a couple months (likely related as the fin rot started around then). The fish are somewhat lethargic (sleeping much of the day and more nocturnal now) but aside from the nocturnal part that doesn't seem unusual in my experience with two mellow, older irridescents with no one around to bother them.
30H tank. Not perfect on maint by any means, probably a little slow on the water changes, but the last set of sharks lived 20 years, so I'm not all that bad at it. Tank always seemed to head acidic in days of old but for unknown reasons it's been heading heading alkaline the last year or so. I try to keep the PH around neutral to 7.0 to 6.8 as best I can... but it does seem to drift now. Nitrites measure "normal" at .25.
No changes at all to tank in feeding (except reduced for less fish). Fodd is Tetra flakes. No changes to tank or contents in years. Penguin 300 filter. , Filters changed off cycle with water changes. I tend to do 25-33% water changes when I vacuum/clean because it takes about that amount of water to vacuum all the gravel.
Ideas on what I should try? Thanks,