rangergirl77 Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 I have a couple parrots with the beginning stages of fin rot! Should I use PrimaFix? The tank is 150 gallons, and is still kind of in "new tank" syndrome. I have FINALLY just started getting my nitrates & nitrites to normalize….4 weeks later! So my question is, will the fin rot clear up now that my water is stabilizing??? I have also in the last couple days raised my temperature up & added salt… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flash_oesc Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 I used kanaplex to clear up my last batch. Depends if it's bacterial or not if it will clear up on its own. I had some cories in rough shape, liquid fungus cure treated the fin rot, but once those meds were out, the bacteria progressed. Kanaplex saved em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rangergirl77 Posted November 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 Should I just add KanaPlex to all of my fishes food? My tank in 150 gallons…LOL! …and, my quarentine tank is occupied by my damn EBJD's AGAIN! UGH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flash_oesc Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 Hmmm. That's up to you! Haha. That's a lot of meds to dose the tank. Could start with food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rangergirl77 Posted November 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 UGH, I'm sure it's all my water instability that caused this! See what happens as things get more settled Have you ever used primafix? So many mixed reviews... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayba Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 (edited) If it's new tank syndrome do mega water changes. The fin rot might be burns or who knows what. Prima and melafix are a waste of money in my opinion. Edited November 11, 2013 by Jayba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rangergirl77 Posted November 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 Thanks! I went from a 110 to a 150…I really didn't think it would crash because I kept my eheim dirty! I guess with all the moving the rock and adding another 20lbs of new gravel, I killed the bacteria! I also went from a sump, to no sump (I hated all the work with the sump)!!! I now run 2X Eheim 2217's on my 150 gallon… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rangergirl77 Posted November 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 Oh Jayba!? Is it better to warm up the tank? I have the heat up right now to 85F…just out of caution I raise it for 10 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cullymoto Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 Pima/melafix are just plain no good in my experience. It could be burns as jayba suggested, but you'd likely see areas on the sides of the fish, inflamed gills on the fishes well if it was ammonia/ nitrite poisoning. Most likely it started as a burn, and is now bacterial and or fungal. Upping the temp will just accelerate the bacteria life cycle so that the fins get eaten faster. Salt helps, but its no cure. Dosing the whole tank WILL kill your biological filter. Go get a Rubbermaid of suitable size and use that as a hospital with the med that most closely meets the symptoms. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PistolPete Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 Jay and cully have basically gave you all the info you need. Probably directly related to water conditions bc it's newish tank. I not gonna repeat their advice it's bang on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PistolPete Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 Kanaplex isn't too expensive to dose 150 gallons, it's a pretty cheap med IMO. I know like flash does that kana works awesome on bacterial fin rot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flash_oesc Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 A little kanaplex does go a LONG way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheMan Posted November 12, 2013 Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 I used Melafix when I first received my loaches. Every loach had fin rot to one degree or another and had lots of dark patchines from being in not optimum conditions. 22 of them. I have them in a 300g tank and treated them with melafix. Within a few days you could see a noticeable difference and at the 7th day the end of the treatment huge improvement. Within 2 weeks you couldn't tell there had ever been a problem. Cost was about $16.00 per bottle and took me almost 3 large bottles. Follow the directions closely and when treatment is done do the water change as noted on the directions. I have faithfully done 30% water changes once a week since then, and they are all fin rot free. It was a new tank as well and the old filter and driftwood were used as well as new ones and it still hadn't been 100% cycled. I took the gamble and it worked for me. Remember if you go this route to remove the carbon. Good luck on whatever you decide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rangergirl77 Posted November 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 Thanks Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rangergirl77 Posted November 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 Well, I'm using PrimaFix & MelaFix (Carbon out)…and feeding my fish with KanaPlex mixed dissolved on their pellets. Only 3 days, and it's almost gone!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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