Fish-in cycle near end, dead fish & sick fish.

Update:

Since using the Well water, my Silver Molly is doing much better.

Should I go ahead and use the Tank Buddies Fungus Clear that I bought yesterday anyway?


Thanks. :)
 
;eave the diatoms alone cut down your feeding and they will go away on they own
 
bushwhacker said:
;eave the diatoms alone cut down your feeding and they will go away on they own
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Okay, I will leave the diatoms, but I noticed yesterday that one of my Tiger Barbs was showing the same symptoms that the other passed fish had, so I made the decision to add Fungus Clear Tank Buddies.

I have a question though.

When taking carbon out of those filter cartridges for sump filters, do you have to take every single little tiny piece of carbon out or most of it will do? What about old carbon?
 
I'm not sure what you are asking about the carbon. The diatoms aren't hurting anything except the tank's appearance. They are actually helping remove wastes. As overfeeding may be contributing to the bioload, you want to make sure that your fish eat everything you give them w/i a few minutes. As everything gets more stable, and your cycle completes, the diatomes should go away on their own. If not, you either need to feed less or do more frequent water changes. IME, as long as you equalize temp, and condition properly, frequent water changes are less stressful than large water changes. Do they add sulfur to your city water? I know some places use it instead of or along with chlorine, and I'm not sure what effect it would have on fish; I imagine it wouldn't help.
 
I am new to FW, but in a marine tank, diatomes are the first sign that your tank is aging well (there is a whole algae cycle diatomes, hair, bubble). If you continue to care for your tank, the diatomes will take care of themselves and go away.
 
it's pretty much the same in fresh. Diatomes/algae indicate a healthy tank, but people don't like to look at them...
 
Well, I added the Fungus Clear not for the diatoms, I understand that now, but for the fish. As I said before, my Tiger barb was acting very sick and had the same symptoms as my Platy that died a week or so back. It couldn't swim upwards and was laying on the bottom of the tank. That was Sunday when I added it and now he is still swimming slightly abnormal, but is doing better.

I was asking about taking out the carbon because the medication says to take it out of the filter before adding the meds. I just wanted to know if every single piece of coal in the filter needs to come out or if most of it is okay.
 
Mouth fungus isn't really fungus, it is bacterial infection caused by flex bacteria. If that is what it is, it will cause death within a few days.
I am much more worried about parasites, I would get jungle brand antiparasite food and follow directions. Also, aquarium salt and melafix can do a lot of good when you aren't sure exactly what is going on.
 
The charcoal absorbs chemicals. That's why it's good. That's also why it's bad when you are medicating. The more that remains, the lower the effective dose of meds for the same volume dosed.

You have a sump on a 20gal? are you sure?
 
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*Scratches head*

Well, I guess it isn't a sump. I'm not sure, but it's a waterfall (hang on back) Tetra brand thingy-mer-bob.

I guess I never really looked at what a real sump filter is because my dad always used to call the waterfall ones sumps. lol

Hebily said:
The charcoal absorbs chemicals. That's why it's good. That's also why it's bad when you are medicating. The more that remains, the lower the effective dose of meds for the same volume dosed.

You have a sump on a 20gal? are you sure?
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