The saga continues.............. gang, I need help again! So my sunburst platy got ichy looking marks on his tailfin the other day. I did my water change, added salt as per usual, still maintaining high temps in the tank. My friend told me about a better fish store to go to (I've been going to Petsmart & Petcetera), so I went there and talked at length with one of their fish folks about my problem. He gave me this medication for ich...... Nox Ich. The directions say to put 1 drop per gallon (10 drops for my 10g), every day for 3 days. Well I've lost the platy (last night). I still have 1 mickey mouse platy, and 3 neon tetras. THey are not liking the meds. THey're certainly not their usual fun selves. I just found something on the web (by googling "nox ich") that said dosage for Nox Ich is "once every 3 days, over a 12-day period, ie: 4 doses". What should I be doing here? I'm thinking these fish aren't going to live through this treatment. Tomorrow is day 3/final day of 10drops/day.
Hypothetically, if I lose all my fish, what should I do with the tank? Empty, clean everything, start completely new again?