My Deadly Hospital Tank

[cwatkins]

Originally Posted by fishoholic

whenever I have tried to treat a saltwater fish with melafix if has killed the fish within a few days. I have noticed that something in melafix seems to make it hard for saltwater fish to breathe properly.

This is interesting to know. It seems my experience reflects yours.

You're right, I should have just picked up a guppy breeder container and put him in if for a week or two while he healed.

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by cwatkins

This is interesting to know. It seems my experience reflects yours.

Ya I don't know what it is about melafix but for some reason it seems awhile after adding it saltwater fish start breathing really heavy then die.

[marie]

Originally Posted by fishoholic

Ya I don't know what it is about melafix but for some reason it seems awhile after adding it saltwater fish start breathing really heavy then die.

The tea tree oil in it causes weird bacteria blooms to happen which I think rapidly depletes the oxygen in the water

[cwatkins]

Originally Posted by marie

The tea tree oil in it causes weird bacteria blooms to happen which I think rapidly depletes the oxygen in the water

Which could explain the opaqueness in the water and the heavy breathing...

Hindsight is 20-20, but I should have just put him in a large breeder container and left him in the tank. I dose all food with Selcon and Garlic, so without any obvious disease, other than the fin issues and the "not so well" look, he probably would have recovered with the less stressful environment.