Doing the change today, a Day early, 50%
Strange about the waterquality as it reads nothing and my rutines has'nt changed during the 14-15 months i have had her?
Melafix and pimafix ordered
Known cure for finrot?
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Read this before posting!!
Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
Read this before posting!!
Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
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RTR
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Re: Known cure for finrot?
No hobbyist and no tank ever outgrows the need for testing. That is the pathway to problems. You certainly do not need to test every tank every day - that is compulsion. But periodic checks are cheap insurance. Long term tanks (as all puffer tanks should be) can and do "drift" into less-than-healty conditions.
Where's the fish? - Neptune
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jesper
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Re: Known cure for finrot?
Update on Wilmas fin
She's been just fine since the outbreak of finrot was repelled
Water parameters keeping steady and i still swap round 30-35% a week.
Debris from feeding are picked up (and given to the crayfish) and the poop are scooped and flushed
She has even regenerated 2-3mm of the fin, looks like the same portion of fin that rottet away!
Amazing recovery i think and just by waterchanges and happylife filtermedium.
The structural change that took place is still visible but i think its going to fade away over time.
I now have medicine in the house, mela and pimafix, esha2000 and will resupply before they get too old.
Was quite a scare i had there and yes, never stop checking your waterparameters, i do it 2-3 times a month.
Thanks for advice and assistance to you all
She's been just fine since the outbreak of finrot was repelled
Water parameters keeping steady and i still swap round 30-35% a week.
Debris from feeding are picked up (and given to the crayfish) and the poop are scooped and flushed
She has even regenerated 2-3mm of the fin, looks like the same portion of fin that rottet away!
Amazing recovery i think and just by waterchanges and happylife filtermedium.
The structural change that took place is still visible but i think its going to fade away over time.
I now have medicine in the house, mela and pimafix, esha2000 and will resupply before they get too old.
Was quite a scare i had there and yes, never stop checking your waterparameters, i do it 2-3 times a month.
Thanks for advice and assistance to you all
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C valentini
C coranata
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Re: Known cure for finrot?
YAY! Thanks for the update.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"