shadowhywind
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So Heres the story. My tank has been cloudy green for the past few weeks, I have tried a complete blackout with the use of a trash bag for two weeks, which only helped for a few days before it the cloudy green water came back. So I added some Tetra AlgaeControl, which cleared the tank up in about 2 hours (i was shocked). About 2 days later I noticed that all of my platys were sitting on the bottom of the tank. About 2 days later I get a call from my brother, all my platys have white spots, So I had him throw in a dosage of the jungle Ick clear tank buddies (fizz tablets). I came home 2 days later, it looked bad, and lost 4 fish that morning.
When I saw it, it didn't really look like ick, it looked like cotton. One of the fish on his top fin, looked like he had a single piece of cotton string trailing behind him. So i threw in the jungle fungus tank buddies. Next morning, (yesterday) I went to the LFS, water tests came out 'ok', there was a small trace of nitrates but not in the 'bad' yet. He recommended me putting in pimafix. So I came home, did a water change (25%-40%), pulled out another 4-5, and added the pimafix.
I know I have only done one dosage of the pimafix (and the jungle meds were a bit on the old side), but is there something else that I should be doing. I expected to see some sort of change, but so far it looks like nothing has changed. Is pimafix the correct stuff for using? I do have a bottle of formulin, should i be using that instead? So far it looks I do not have this under control, so far only the platys have it, possible one of my pitbull pleco, and possible my 'stick fish'. Attached is a pic of one of the better platys, Any help would be great at this point.
When I saw it, it didn't really look like ick, it looked like cotton. One of the fish on his top fin, looked like he had a single piece of cotton string trailing behind him. So i threw in the jungle fungus tank buddies. Next morning, (yesterday) I went to the LFS, water tests came out 'ok', there was a small trace of nitrates but not in the 'bad' yet. He recommended me putting in pimafix. So I came home, did a water change (25%-40%), pulled out another 4-5, and added the pimafix.
I know I have only done one dosage of the pimafix (and the jungle meds were a bit on the old side), but is there something else that I should be doing. I expected to see some sort of change, but so far it looks like nothing has changed. Is pimafix the correct stuff for using? I do have a bottle of formulin, should i be using that instead? So far it looks I do not have this under control, so far only the platys have it, possible one of my pitbull pleco, and possible my 'stick fish'. Attached is a pic of one of the better platys, Any help would be great at this point.