I'm with Ray on this in that people are quick to run to the pet store and buy some random anti-biotic or other "treatment" that claims to treat a plethora of problems. Most of them don't do a lot and usually they are the wrong treatment since most people have no idea what they are treating.
So usually my first question is always about your water conditions and water change schedule, both amount and frequency. Many aquarium fish species are rather hardy and often it is deteriorating conditions more than anything else that causes problems and often simply getting on a good water change schedule right away can often do a world of good for many problem, especially as Ray mentioned, if the problems are the result of such things as ammonia poisoning/burns, excessively and perpetually high nitrates, water with a crashed pH below the range of your test kit, and that sort of thing.
So before starting a regiment of medication-soup in your tank have you measured any water parameters like pH, ammonia, hardness, etc. And more important, if you normally use your tap water for water changes how do the tank water parameters compare to your tap water? In other words, if your tap water is normally 7.4 in pH and close to zero nitrates but your tank measures below 6.0 and your nitrates are 50+, then clearly the tank water is old and hasn't been changed in some time or you change too little when you do.
Regards,
Patrick
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
| Reply via web post | Reply to sender | Reply to group | Start a New Topic | Messages in this topic (3) |
Please, DELETE this line and EVERYTHING below it when replying, Thank You.
·´¯`·.¸¸.><((((º>.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸><((((º> ¸.·´¯`·.¸. , .·´¯`·..><((((º>
PLEASE, when you REPLY to a post, DELETE all TEXT that is NOT important to the reply & if CHANGING the TOPIC of the original message MODIFY the SUBJECT LINE -> i.e. "new subject (was re: old subject)" <-
<º((((><.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸<º((((><¸.·´¯`·.¸. , .·´¯`·..<º((((><·´¯`·.¸¸.
We Thank You in Advance for Your HELP in this matter.
If you do not want all of the groups emails, instead of unsubscribing, you can change your delivery option by clicking on "Edit My Membership" on the home page.
Or e-mail aquaticlife-digest@yahoogroups.com to receive the digest, which includes up to 25 posts at a time in a single email
Or email aquaticlife-nomail@yahoogroups.com for the No E-Mail option where you will still be able to read messages on the group and post replies.
Or email aquaticlife-normal@yahoogroups.com to receive individual e-mails.
No comments:
Post a Comment