My Fish are sick, everytime I give em stupid tetra daphnia jelly some sort of disease breaks out...?

Question

They are tropical.
This time I am using API Pimafix to treat cottony fungus, but I have spotted white spot and fin rot too, so would like to also use API Melafix, (one fishie has only one little arm fin left and another fishie is on its side with fungus) can I use both together?

Answer 1

First you need to identify all the problems and put them in order of importance to treat. Fungus comes last since it's rarely deadly quickly. White spot or ich is a very fast killing parasite while fin rot is a slower killer, really between the two. Considering you have three problems and in three different classifications, you will need to be quite careful how you treat. First Melafix and Pimafix are out. Both are very mild "medications" that will not get the job done quickly enough in this case. Your fish are far too weakened by everything going on to rely in these chemicals.

I would suggest you start with Jungle Labs Fungus Eliminator or Fungus Clear. Both contain medications that will clear up a fungus or in the case it's a bacterial infection instead of fungus, they will treat that as well. If that's not available, you can use Maroxy. You can combine this with Maracide for the ich (white spot) and Maracyn TC for the fin rot.

It's a lot of medications, but you have a lot of problems going on all at the same time.

I would also suggest you start off all of this with a large water change, at least 50% and an additional water change every day, replacing the removed medication. ONLY replace the medication for the amount of water you remove, NOT the entire tank again.

Please feel free to email me if I can help further

MM

Answer 2

I would suggest you stop using the tetra daphnia jelly. Do a 50% water change and get a product called tetracycline. This will treat all of the illnesses you mentioned. The product will turn the water amber colored at first then to a redish color that is totally normal and if you faollow the directions on the medication is easy to clear up.
Make sure you do weekly 25-30% partial water changes and you should no longer have any issues with these illnesses.

Answer 3

the first thing to do is treat the fungus and fin rot,i use inter pet treatment ,which is for mouth rot and fin rot,
you need to add the right amount for your tank size,take out the carbon filters and wait 7 days,if all is well and the fungus is going away,
then do a 30 percent water change and add the white spot treatment it should be blue in colour,do not add the two together ,the fungus should be treated first before white spot.

Answer 4

Some people make the mistake of overmedicating tanks, which can lead to even more problems in the long run. These products generally have a damaging toll on the helpful bacteria that neutralize/process harmful biproducts of fish waste so as for me.... I don't use them, ever. My best advice to you is to put the chemicals down for awhile, crank your heater to 82F, add a tablespoon and 1/2 of "aquarium" salt for every 5 gallons of water you have and perhaps even a sliver or two off a clove of garlic (I know it sounds strange). I haven't had a disease outbreak in ages, by using this method any time I see a problem start to come up. Hope this helps and good luck!

Answer 5

Stop all food for now, in fact throw it away, its infected! Do a partial water change and hoover the bottom of the tank. Remove ALL natural plants and bin them. Remove all artificial plants and boil them in salt water then rinse thoroughly. The fish that are side up sound as if they have swim bladder! Buy aa reputable brand of medicine for this condition and add to the water. Add water treatment lotion due to your partial water change. Remove all ornaments and boil them too. Put the sick fish in a seperate tank and treat accordingly. In future, buy frozen daphnia as freezing kills all bugs and be careful where you buy your plants and foodstuffs from. I hope you can save some of your fish.