FishTankBoy Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 Hi everyone. I started dosing metricide 28 (excel subsitute) on my tank. Since I started dosing it (using an automatic doser), I am finding dead fish each day. I am overdosing according to excel instructions, but have scaled the dosage down accordingly. Anyone experience this before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FishTankBoy Posted April 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 I think he is out to get me. 90 gallon high tech tank (pressurized co2 at 30ppm on 2 hours before lights on, 1 hour before lights off). Estimative Index dosing (should have stuck with PMDD when I had absolutely zero bba of any kind). Solution was made so that I can dose on a daily basis instead of 3 times a week. 50% water changes each week 1 x Eheim Pro 3e and 1 x Rena XP3 (lots of circulation) All dosing is through a Bubble Magus auto doser Macros - 35ML Micros (with Seachem Iron mixed into it) - 20ML Metricide (straight dosing) - 8ML (now reduced to 4ML) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckmullin Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 (edited) old info Edited August 3, 2015 by ckmullin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FishTankBoy Posted April 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 Haha your right on the water changes. I'm developing my basement so all the buckets are manually lifted from the bathtub on the third floor all the way to the basement. I am dosing it because I saw that one third here on AA a couple of weeks ago and thought that I could kill this BBA off before it takes over my tank. I am so bad at math. Somewhere I thought that I was suppose to overdose for the first week and then go dial it down. I guess I should be at 4ML each day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FishTankBoy Posted April 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 Thanks for the help. I'm assuming that they are hanging around the dosing area. Also, it was low flow. I've re-directed my canister outlet to blow the water away. Let's see what happens tomorrow. I didn't want to spot treat as I didn't want to touch the metricide. If I continued dosing through the auto doser, will the BBA all die off? It is pretty much everywhere now. All over my carpet and driftwood. And yes, I did throw the activator away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckmullin Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 (edited) old info Edited August 3, 2015 by ckmullin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishTankBoy Posted April 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Okay, so 2 doses now at 5ML. Still have some fish death but maybe that is because of something else. BBA is there (total of 6 days dosing now). I'll keep updating this and hopefully post images at the end of it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Get a syringe an spot treat the BBA - you can use less Metricide and it'll be a lot more effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishTankBoy Posted April 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 I was hoping not to as it got into everything. all my foreground carpet, the driftwood and all the slow growing plants. It would take forever to syringe it. I really think that the fish are dying because of the metricide. I am still getting 2 or 3 dead fish a day. I never had any dead fish in my tank for months until I started dosing metricide. Very strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishTankBoy Posted April 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 (edited) YIKES!!!! Metricide 28 contains a surfactant. So stupid, why didn't I read the label. I should have just waited and bought the Metricide 14. We'll this is going in the trash right now. EDIT: Taking to the fire department for proper disposal. Edited April 29, 2012 by FishTankBoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurensdad Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 can you plz post a photo of the product Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishTankBoy Posted April 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 http://vereburn.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=137_449&products_id=9817 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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