The Puffer Forum

It says I'm suppose to do two treatments with a 48 hour time between both treatments. So when do I do the water change? Like a day after I put each tablet in or what? Do I change all of the water?

I also want to try that method of soaking food into the cup that has a bit of this stuff so they can eat it. I was wondering, how long is the medicine still effective when left inside a cup so I can continue using it to soak the food in. Can I also keep feeding them food soaked with this stuff between the 48 hours or what?

Thanks.

I also have them in a container that I'm not sure how much water there is in there. Is it okay if I slightly overdose the medicine a bit because I'm not sure?

You cannot quarantine you DPs in something so small that you can't easily measure the volume. Get them into a cycled tank before they die, and treat them there. You only have to treat fish in quarantine when it's a single new fish being added to a tank with known healthy fish.

Agree with Nick here. Get them into a cycled tank before doing any treating. The wastes alone will kill the fish before you get the meds to even take effect.