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Question about Bacteria infections
My whole 29 Gal tank is infected all my fish have cloudy eyes , my parrot Cichlid seems to have a swim bladder infection , she has been upside down for 3 days I am amazed she was still alive this morning.
I have placed her in a 10 gal hospital tank and medicated with melafix and pimafix (great stuff by the way Thanks Tankgirl for that advice)
She seems to be swimming right side up after just a few hrs in the hospital I checked on her just minutes ago and she has more strenght and has taken food after 3 day's
Since I cant place everybody from the 29 gal tank in the hospital I have been treating the 29 gal tank.
Here is my questions
Will the bacteria ever go away with treatment?
Shall I clean out the tank and boil my gravel and rocks to sanitize the tank? And basically start from scratch?
How can I clean my plastic plants? Can I use rubbing alcohol to clean out the tank and sterilize the plants?
Is it safe to use bleach?
The 29 gal tank has it bad should I just treat the tank and over time the bacteria will get whiped out? Or should I just sterilize everything and start again?
My whole 29 Gal tank is infected all my fish have cloudy eyes , my parrot Cichlid seems to have a swim bladder infection , she has been upside down for 3 days I am amazed she was still alive this morning.
I have placed her in a 10 gal hospital tank and medicated with melafix and pimafix (great stuff by the way Thanks Tankgirl for that advice)
She seems to be swimming right side up after just a few hrs in the hospital I checked on her just minutes ago and she has more strenght and has taken food after 3 day's
Since I cant place everybody from the 29 gal tank in the hospital I have been treating the 29 gal tank.
Here is my questions
Will the bacteria ever go away with treatment?
Shall I clean out the tank and boil my gravel and rocks to sanitize the tank? And basically start from scratch?
How can I clean my plastic plants? Can I use rubbing alcohol to clean out the tank and sterilize the plants?
Is it safe to use bleach?
The 29 gal tank has it bad should I just treat the tank and over time the bacteria will get whiped out? Or should I just sterilize everything and start again?