Using "the fixes" ammonia spike
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 6:09 pm
1.) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate)
ammonia = .25? (so hard for me to read the colors) Nitrite 0, nitrate 10 temp is 79
2.) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants
ten gallon 2dps 1 cherry shrimp, two ghost shrimp
3.)Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank
live blackworms everyday, fasting on sunday, 50 percent WC on Friday. I use Prime for wc. Meds in the tank are Pimafix and melifix. I started medicating last Friday
4.) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so
Just the meds.
5.)How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it?
set up since October, fishless cycling
Hi everyone,
One of my DPs "Hovermuffin" has had a bump on her nose for the last couple weeks. I started medicating with pimafix/melafix last friday, adding a bubbler to increase oxygen that may have been depleted due to the meds. My healthy puffer is doing fine, there's been no change in his habits. However, the sick DP has been a bit on the lethargic side the last couple of days, and especially today. She hasn't been sitting on the gravel, but is still staying towards the bottom of the tank most of the time. She is also slower than usual. The bump on her head has been healing since the use of the meds, but due to her lethargy I ran a test and it looks like there is a small spike in ammonia. I have a hard time distinguishing between the colors on the card, so I ran it against my tap water and the tap was a bit more yellowish. Are the meds throwing off my tests? or am I experiencing a minicycle? Also for the meds it says to run them for 7 days then do a water change. If I do a water change now will that throw off the medication? I am going to prime the tank at the moment to make it safe, and await your replies.
Thank you so much,
Jess
ammonia = .25? (so hard for me to read the colors) Nitrite 0, nitrate 10 temp is 79
2.) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants
ten gallon 2dps 1 cherry shrimp, two ghost shrimp
3.)Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank
live blackworms everyday, fasting on sunday, 50 percent WC on Friday. I use Prime for wc. Meds in the tank are Pimafix and melifix. I started medicating last Friday
4.) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so
Just the meds.
5.)How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it?
set up since October, fishless cycling
Hi everyone,
One of my DPs "Hovermuffin" has had a bump on her nose for the last couple weeks. I started medicating with pimafix/melafix last friday, adding a bubbler to increase oxygen that may have been depleted due to the meds. My healthy puffer is doing fine, there's been no change in his habits. However, the sick DP has been a bit on the lethargic side the last couple of days, and especially today. She hasn't been sitting on the gravel, but is still staying towards the bottom of the tank most of the time. She is also slower than usual. The bump on her head has been healing since the use of the meds, but due to her lethargy I ran a test and it looks like there is a small spike in ammonia. I have a hard time distinguishing between the colors on the card, so I ran it against my tap water and the tap was a bit more yellowish. Are the meds throwing off my tests? or am I experiencing a minicycle? Also for the meds it says to run them for 7 days then do a water change. If I do a water change now will that throw off the medication? I am going to prime the tank at the moment to make it safe, and await your replies.
Thank you so much,
Jess
thanks. I just wondered because on the bottle it says to do a wc after the seven days of treatment. Have you ever experienced a puffer having a bad reaction to the fixes?