Melafix for damaged fins?

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x3ro

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Need some help here.

I noticed several of my glowlights have damaged fins.. Not like major major damage, but just parts that looked like they were nipped off..

I'm not sure if it happened at the fish store, or if my silvertips may have done it.

My silvertips chased around they glowlights when I first introduced them to the tank, but now they all get along and swim all over together.

Should I put some melafix in the tank? Or something else? Can I dose the whole tank?

What do I need to know about this stuff? This is my first time owning a "real" aquarium, and I'm not sure how to does medicine, and if I need to do anything else after I dose it? Do I have to do anything after dosing the medicine?

I do a 25% water change weekly.
 
We have the similar case before.
I just follow the advice from CT & MSjinkzd.
I did 50% WC followed by 15% every other day for 10days. (No Melafix treatment)
It's been less than a month and I cannot even distinguish which one has the damaged fin before. (If your case is fin rot then, it is going to be a different story though.)

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=186655
 
snoopy65 said:
No need to add anything. Just really clean water and keep an eye out for infection (cottony stuff) and the fins should grow back no problem.
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I'd like to think my water is really clean... I do a 25% WC every week (not day, whoops), plus I have two AC70's on my 55g tank.. Params are 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, and 20 or so ppm nitrates.

Anything else I should do?
 
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x3ro said:
Oops.... I do a 25% WC every week, not every day :D
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That's ok, you don't need to do a WC everyday, once a week is fine.

The only time you should do more water changes is when you are having water parameter problems (ammonia/nitrites) or you have sick/injured fish.
 
How does changing the water more often help injured fish, if your water parameters are good?
 
x3ro said:
How does changing the water more often help injured fish, if your water parameters are good?
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Test kits can't measure everything in the water and are only so accurate, so it is important to keep the water as clean as possible when it comes to injured fish. A small amount of ammonia, undetectable by your test kit, could potentially stress the fish enough to lead to a secondary infected of the injured fins. It's not necessary in all cases, but no reason to take chances in my opinion.
 
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