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My daughter loves giraffes and got a tiny(1") giraffe cichlid (N. venustus). I know that it will get like 10" but she didn't know it. Anyway she put it in a 10g. tank with a small Parrot cichlid. I dunno if the parrot bit it or what but the bottom 2 front fins are close to it's body and covered with a white cotton like stuff. There is also a small spot of this stuff close to the gill on one side. I don't know if there are wounds under the white stuff or not.
So I brought it home with me and put it in a little 1&1/2g. octagon tank with a heater and an airstone running. I filled the tank with about 1/2 water from my 55g. and the rest dechlor. treated fresh water. I added Melafix, the only medication I had.
Questions:
1.Should I get Maracyn1&Maracyn2 & treat with that?
2. Dump this water and add fresh to get rid of the Melafix?
3. How much of the Maracyns should I use for this small of a tank if that's recommended?
4. I don't have a filter for this small tank. Will changing 1/2-3/4 of the water every day suffice without a filter?
5. Will the parrot fish end up with it too even though the venustus was removed?
Sorry so many questions. This is my first time with a really sick fish.
So I brought it home with me and put it in a little 1&1/2g. octagon tank with a heater and an airstone running. I filled the tank with about 1/2 water from my 55g. and the rest dechlor. treated fresh water. I added Melafix, the only medication I had.
Questions:
1.Should I get Maracyn1&Maracyn2 & treat with that?
2. Dump this water and add fresh to get rid of the Melafix?
3. How much of the Maracyns should I use for this small of a tank if that's recommended?
4. I don't have a filter for this small tank. Will changing 1/2-3/4 of the water every day suffice without a filter?
5. Will the parrot fish end up with it too even though the venustus was removed?
Sorry so many questions. This is my first time with a really sick fish.