Charlotte-47
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Jan 28, 2023
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I have heard the same thing about that for the U.S. as well. That's sad as it's a good medicine when used correctly. Thankfully there are other options. Hopefully all fish meds won't be taken off the market as it probably will make fish keeping a near impossible hobby to do.Weird that. I was just on this same website.
The site says that malachite green is expected to be banned from fish medications in the near future. Followed a link to practical fishkeeping, and its already banned in germany where they are now having difficulty controlling ich.
I think he has another red spot on his fin, just under his belly Is this the same thing or am I being paranoid. If so it’s not an injury?
Thank you again everyone. I got the aquarium salts today and I’m hoping that will help him. The shop gave me details of a reptile vets who also deal with fish so I can call them if needed. I’ll dose for 5 days and see how it looks after that.
He’s still acting fine, so I’m hoping that’s a good sign that it’s not something sinister.
You might want to contact the vet to confirm he/she can help you before you actually need them.
I’ve just done a second water test today and the Nitrite is 0.25ppm. It’s always usually 0ppm.
I’m so worried, I’m not sure if the fish are suffering. Should I do a water change or will that make it worse considering it will upset the salt dosage. Could it be the salt that has caused this?
There you go. That test result makes a little more sense. I would still get that 2nd opinion though.
Prime wont do anything to the nitrite test. There is actually a lot of debate on whether prime actually does detoxify ammonia, nitrite and nitrate as they claim. Even if it does work, all it will do is detoxify them for a day or 2, not remove them, and they will still show up in a test.
Seachem have absolutely no evidence that their products detoxify ammonia, nitrite or nitrate. Their own website Q+A section readily admit the product wasnt designed to remove nitrite or nitrate, and their claim that it does is 100% based on anecdotal evidence and nothing in the way of analysis. If it does detoxify nitrite and nitrate they have no idea why or how it works. At least there are known mechanisms for detoxifying ammonia, so lets say it can do that. But don't rely on prime to do the job for you. The only surefire way to remove ammonia and nitrite from an uncycled tank is water changes and prime should only be a backup to those.
Im not really sure what surestart is (apart from the childrens centres throughout the UK). There are products called safe start and quickstart. These contain bacteria that are supposed to help establish your cycle. Generally they do nothing though. It wont hurt adding these, but its probably just a waste of money. But its your money and it might help establish your cycle.
Prime is a great water conditioner. The cost per water change is lower than pretty much all other water conditioners. You need to use a water conditioner everytime you change water and prime is a very good value for money water conditioner. The 3 i would recommend are Seachem Prime, API Tap Water Conditioner or API Aqua Essential as being the best value for money on the market.
I use prime because of those 3 products prime is the only one my LFS stocks in half litre bottles.
All im saying with prime is not to rely 100% on its claims to detoxify things. Its a great water conditioner.
What water conditioner are you using?