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adz1
07-16-2009, 10:35 PM
is adding salt to my tank ok with shrimp in it???:help:

Lupin
07-16-2009, 10:38 PM
Hi Adz,

May I ask why you are adding salt? What species is your shrimp?

adz1
07-16-2009, 10:46 PM
Hi Adz,

May I ask why you are adding salt? What species is your shrimp?


the salt is for the fish that share the tank with my amano , cherry and camaroon armoured shrimp.

Lupin
07-16-2009, 10:47 PM
What fish do you have? Is this fish ill? You haven't answered exactly why you are adding salt.

adz1
07-16-2009, 10:50 PM
What fish do you have? Is this fish ill? You haven't answered exactly why you are adding salt.

i thought the fish had mouth and body fungis,
but after 1 week of API melafix and 1 week of API pimafix does not seem to be getting better.
they are congo tetras , cardinal tetras and corys.

Lupin
07-16-2009, 10:51 PM
Most likely, your case involves columnaris. True fungal infections are hard to come by. I'd separate the affected fish and treat them there with Maracyn and Maracyn 2 combined. There are many treatments that can potentially harm your inverts. Melafix and Pimafix will not do anything to bacterial infections. They're useless in this situation.

adz1
07-16-2009, 10:54 PM
so not having a way quarintine the infected fish.
what are my other options if any????