False julii cory missing whiskers - looks very bad

[Neonlights]

Here’s another photo, is it fungul?

 

[Colin_T]

excess mucous but it's still infected. You need to continue treatment for at least several days after all the red is gone from the face.

 

[Neonlights]

excess mucous but it's still infected. You need to continue treatment for at least several days after all the red is gone from the face.

Thanks. I started a new series of treatment as I’ve done 2 x 40% water changes since the first one but within 8 hours my hillstream loach is dead! I can’t believe it’s a coincidence, that fish is always so active and feeding well. Wtf? I’ve just done a 30% water change but I think one of the other coreys looks a bit docile (though my wife thinks I’m paranoid) and I’m worried in case something happens to my otocinclus.

I don’t get it, I ran this treatment before and all fish and shrimp were fine. I also tested the water about 4 days ago (before the last water change and everything was spot on).

Could this treatment have killed the loach?

 

[Colin_T]

All medications can kill fish if they are overdosed.

A single big water change will dilute things more effectively than two smaller ones.

To work out the volume of water in the tank:
measure length x width x height in cm.
divide by 1000.
= volume in litres.

There are 3.785 litres in a US Gallon
There are 4.5 litres in a UK gallon

There is a calculator/ converter in the "FishForum.net Calculator" under "Useful Links" at the bottom of this page that will let you convert litres to gallons if you need it.

When you measure the height, measure from the top of the substrate to the top of the water level.

If you have big rocks or driftwood in the tank, remove these before measuring the height of the water level so you get a more accurate water volume.

You can use a permanent marker to draw a line on the tank at the water level and put down how many litres are in the tank at that level.

Remove carbon from the filter before treating with chemicals or it will adsorb the medication and stop it working. You do not need to remove the carbon if you use salt.

 

[Neonlights]

I did all that the first time round and so this time I just repeated the dose I started with last time.