bunebop
Aquarium Advice Freak
well, for the last two weeks I was in Washington D. C. for work and I come home and my fish tanks have been... well... frankly a nightmare. Two fish died while I was gone and yesterday I noticed one of my zebra danios has a huge red sore on his side. It looks almost like a canker sore on humans or something. I quarantined him and added some salt to the tank and added some melafix. I do have a couple more questions about quarantining. I can't get a good pic of the sore because (1) he's fast and (2) I don't have a camera that's good for taking pictures of tanks. Right now he's in a 10 gallon w/ a whisper 10 filter w/o the insert because I assumed it would take out the medicine and a heater. The tank is COMPLETELY empty (minus filter and heater). No gravel etc. I figured if I put gravel in it and medicated it it might become infected with what he has and if I ever need to medicate in that tank again in addition to what the other fish have they may get what this guy has as well. Am I correct w/ this assumption or should he really have gravel in there? Is there anything else I should know about this? Better medicine? Suggestions what it might be etc? Also, This tank was not cycled or anything like that. Will one danio cycle a 10 gallon? Should I just change the water frequently so he doesn't get ammonia burn etc? I'm hoping this will heal and he can go back to the 55 soon and cycling won't be a problem, but I was still curious. Thanks for any advice.
