Hey guys I just got back from a vacation where I hadnt been able to do a WC for a few weeks. To try and catch up I removed all fish from the tank to redo all the rockwork( afraid they might get crushed) and did a 70% WC. WAAAAAAY to much as it stressed them out and I lost I believe 7 of my 8 paracyprichromis nigripinnis .
My 6 petricola 2 calvus 3 tetras 2 bristlenose plecos and 2 rainbows handled it just fine, but my cyprichromis leptosoma unita seemed to get some sort of disease.
After about 24 hours I noticed a white film appearing on 3 of their eyes. It was almost like a hazy covering that projected outward to a point. On one of the females there also seemed to be some sort of patch on her side that looks mostly like bulging scales, could be injury or something brewing underneath??
I immediately removed purigen from my filter and begun treatment with quikcure (formalin and malachite green) and pimafix. After 48 hours of treatment I see a great reduction on every eyefilm to the point where it looks to be almost gone. The females side does not appear to be bulging anymore and looks to be healing. Im thinking it might have been an opportunistic bacteria infection of which is being affecting treated with the medications I am adding. There is still a very slight haze one 1 or 2 of the fishes eyes( it seems to have also only affecting one eye per fish and not both) .
I was wondering how long should I continue treatment at full streagth and when should I do water changes. Also should I be adding anything else to the water like melafix or jungle buddies( i believe thats a fungus cure??) I want to make sure I totally get rid of anything bad in the tank and dont allow any secondary infections to occur. Also, how long do I need to wait until I can consider everything to be safe and in the clear?
My 6 petricola 2 calvus 3 tetras 2 bristlenose plecos and 2 rainbows handled it just fine, but my cyprichromis leptosoma unita seemed to get some sort of disease.
After about 24 hours I noticed a white film appearing on 3 of their eyes. It was almost like a hazy covering that projected outward to a point. On one of the females there also seemed to be some sort of patch on her side that looks mostly like bulging scales, could be injury or something brewing underneath??
I immediately removed purigen from my filter and begun treatment with quikcure (formalin and malachite green) and pimafix. After 48 hours of treatment I see a great reduction on every eyefilm to the point where it looks to be almost gone. The females side does not appear to be bulging anymore and looks to be healing. Im thinking it might have been an opportunistic bacteria infection of which is being affecting treated with the medications I am adding. There is still a very slight haze one 1 or 2 of the fishes eyes( it seems to have also only affecting one eye per fish and not both) .
I was wondering how long should I continue treatment at full streagth and when should I do water changes. Also should I be adding anything else to the water like melafix or jungle buddies( i believe thats a fungus cure??) I want to make sure I totally get rid of anything bad in the tank and dont allow any secondary infections to occur. Also, how long do I need to wait until I can consider everything to be safe and in the clear?