Whats wrong with my fish ??

[daniella3d]

It's not the fastest acting medication around but it is broad spectrum med so it will cure most bacterial infection and parasites. I know it work great for brooklynella and in few days fish are doing much better, but I never tried it for velvet.

Paraguard is great as a one hour dip when you get new fish.

Originally Posted by FWC

Sounds good.

I can pop the coral and snails into a different tank treatment.

I shall go buy some Paraguard tomorrow ,it sounds like the "cure all" fish medication.

[FWC]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

It's not the fastest acting medication around but it is broad spectrum med so it will cure most bacterial infection and parasites. I know it work great for brooklynella and in few days fish are doing much better, but I never tried it for velvet.

Paraguard is great as a one hour dip when you get new fish.

Snazzy.

So for the one hour dip I'll assume that you mix it with tank water in a separate tank ,pop an airstone in there and let them sit for and hour ??

This morning they seem to be a bit better ,the chromis was bobbing around ,which he hasnt done for a while ,and the filefish is still swimming and looking well excluding her eye. Other the others look more or less the same...

[janalta]

No...you can't do the one hour dip now...too late for that. That process is only for new fish before introducing them into your tank. You now have what appears to be not just one, but several diseases in your tank...taking fish out, dipping them and returning them to your tank will do no good...because now the parasites and bacteria are in the tank - in your water, your rock and sand.
You are now going to have to treat the entire tank

[FWC]

Originally Posted by janalta

No...you can't do the one hour dip now...too late for that. That process is only for new fish before introducing them into your tank. You now have what appears to be not just one, but several diseases in your tank...taking fish out, dipping them and returning them to your tank will do no good...because now the parasites and bacteria are in the tank - in your water, your rock and sand.
You are now going to have to treat the entire tank

Oh ,no ,I was asking about that for new fish in the future ,not the fish I have now.

I'm not that stupid

[daniella3d]

+1, too late for the one hour dip for now, but in the future, you simply fallow the directions on the bottle for the concentration and I don't even put an airstone in there. I usually acclimate the fish in the bag for temperature. then you can either drip with the tank water or put a little bit of tank water in the bag every 5 minutes. Just make sure you don't drop any of the bag water into your tank! Once the fish is acclimated, I do the one hour dip, then I remove it from the bag with my hands and put if in the tank. It is best to watch over the fish during that hour, just to make sure it's not too stressed.

Originally Posted by FWC

Oh ,no ,I was asking about that for new fish in the future ,not the fish I have now.

I'm not that stupid