MOon need advice

[luke]

right i got 400mg tablets of metro would it be best to move all 3 of my discus to a hospital tank while i treat them as my hosp tank is 5.5 gallon tank and my big tank is a 40 gallon tank which would need alot of metro to dose..


also is this metronidazole the same stuff that humans have perscribed as dont want to give wrong stuff

[jim_shedden]

Moon............It is the same stuff that humans use. It would certainly be less expensive medicating a smaller tank.
ironically, it is much cheaper getting metro from the drugist than the pet store....imo
Jim

[M0oN]

Jim pretty much answered it...just be careful in such a small tank, do 2 large water changes daily if not more...stress will only make the hex worse...

[Carol_Roberts]

In my opinion a 5 gallon tank is to small to treat three discus.

[luke]

right what im doing is treating the big tank it aint costing nothin cos i no a vet so i get free stuff

right this is what im gonna do tell me if im donig anything wrong ok

wed: 4x400mg tablets
thurs: 50% water change
fri: 4x400mg tablets
sat: 50%water change
sun: 4x400mg tablets
mon: 50%water change
tues: 4x400mg tablets
wed: 50% water change

the tanks 40 gallon so im doing 400mg of metro to 10 gallon as i aint got nothing to scale out the extra 100mg
i dont want to overdose..

im also raising the temp to 88 my discus will be fine but will my angel fish be ok in this heat as i dont want to cook them..

[M0oN]

Do the water changes every day and medicate just after each water change every other day...

[luke]

ok this better {dam english dont understand a dam thing ;-} }

wed: 50% water change then 4x400mg tablets
thurs: 50% water change
fri: 50% water change then 4x400mg tablets
sat: 50%water change
sun: 50% water change then 4x400mg tablets
mon: 50%water change
tues: 50% water change then 4x400mg tablets
wed: 50% water change

[M0oN]

Sounds good, be sure to watch your ammonia levels and cut back on feedings to once or twice a day.

[luke]

right o ill feed as much as they will eat so twice a day should be plenty

tx for all your help moon just hope it works good and save me fish ;D

[M0oN]

Good luck Luke, let me know how they turn out :)

After you're done with the treatment you can also consider adding epsom salt at 1 tablespoon per 5 gallons to help them flush their systems out, they probably won't get an appetite back for quite some time...

[luke]

how quick is the improvement as they seem to be perking up.
and the little 1 that always hides in the corner. the 1 i aint seen eat is running round the tank with the other 2 it looks like its working but i could be imagening things

there probly off there face on the drugs ;D ;D

[M0oN]

Could just be the large water change, how often do you perform water changes?

YOu know you should be doing 30% daily right?

Improvement can be seen whenever I'd imagine, you won't likely see them regain their appetites for a while, though.

[luke]

i do 50% w/c every other day ive been slowly adding r/o water to get the hardness down and the kh the readings yesterday were gh of 14 which was 20 and the kh of 8 which was 12 and im adding a bit more each time till i get a kh of 5-6 and gh of 8-9 hopefully. The ph when aged is a steady 8.5 which is high i know but i was thinking of just using r/o water and adding r/o right but i aint been able to look in to it . tell me when u add r/o right what do u have to do to the ph will r/o right set the ph aswell and what does it set it too?

[M0oN]

You'd have to talk to Randal about adjusting pH...I don't mess with mine...

I just fill up a trash can with however much RO water I feel like at the time and add tap water, agitate it over 24 hours and throw it in...a large decline in gH shouldn't affect the fish too heavily...if at all...

[luke]

i got a pic of my tank and holding tank it dont look pretty but when the sofas back you can only see the top tank.