Dying?

[coyemuse]

the liquid kit is in the mail. and the non-expired meds are on the way. the girl is doing fine, other than the white ring around her neck, shes swimming and eating normal, she swims with the other fish. Is there any way she could be better, but still have the discoloration?

 

[WILDER]

I would still use the medications when they arrive.
She sounds better, but if the white ring still there I would still go in with medications. Hopefully she can hang in there till you receive the meds and start treating.

Thank you for the update.

 

[coyemuse]

Alright Thanks.

 

[coyemuse]

Got the liquid kit today. I tested both my tanks. Something to keep in mind, the 10g is only 3 weeks old (used old media though). and the 30g has recently been treated for illness and got a brand new filter last week (used old media til yesterday)

10g:
PH 7.6
Ammonia 2ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
NitrAte 0ppm


30g
PH 8.0
Ammonia 0.5ppm
Nitrite 5ppm
NitrAte 40ppm



I am still doing 40% daily water changes on the 30g and 20% water change every 3-4 days on the 10g (cause theres fry in it)

 

[snazy]

20% water change with ammonia 2ppm will remove only 20% ammonia so you are left with 1.6ppm ammonia in the tank which means your water change is a waste of time. You need to do as big water change as it's needed to remove all the ammonia(90% at once) and then keep the ammonia as close to 0 as possible and below 0.25 with additional water changes which could be even twice a day. Water changes are not done for the sake of it but for a reason. This is especially important if you have fry in it, they rarely survive if they've grown in tanks with toxins. If they don't die, they may get stunted, develop deformities, been sickly all their life which may end up to be just a few months.

Livebearer fry actually don't mind big water changes at all, it's a benefit for them and stimulates their growth. As long as the water is temperature matched and dechlorinated, there should be no problem.

 

[coyemuse]

I have cory fry and more eggs in the tank too, do they care about the water changes?

 

[WILDER]

Can you list all the fish you keep, and how many in the 30 gallon.
How many fry are in the 10 gallon tank?

 

[snazy]

I have cory fry and more eggs in the tank too, do they care about the water changes?

Cory fry won't survive long in ammonia.

 

[coyemuse]

kk

 

[WILDER]

How is the sick fish?
Has the medication arrived yet?

 

[coyemuse]

Shes still swimming and eating normal, medication isn't here yet. usually takes 3 extra business days over normal shipping estimate times

 

[WILDER]

OK.
Does the white band look worse, or getting better?

 

[coyemuse]

She's getting her color back slowly!

 

[Fish Lover Forever]

Best of luck with your swordtail then!

Well at least you found the missing fish!!!

 

[Fish Lover Forever]

Best of luck with your swordtail then!

Well at least you found the missing fish!!!