RE: Great medication

[Scott <zerelli@yahoo.com>]

I did the whole tank. I did run carbon for a few hours
after the tank clouded and there were some fish at the
surface.I think I overdosed slightly. I turned the
carbon back off and continued dosing the next day.
Carbon ran for maybe 4 hours.

--- "John N. Alegre" <listhub@libros.andante.mn.org>
wrote:
> Just a couple of questions.
> 
> 1. Did you Melafix the whole tank?
> 2. If yes did you see any effect on the bio cycle?
> 
> john
> 
> On 19-Jun-01 Scott wrote:
> > I recently has some trouble with my discus (I know
> > they are not dwarfs or even close but this may
> help
> > you some day). THey slimed up badly and got very
> dark.
> > I decided to try something new instead of whacking
> out
> > my tank with massive amounts of antibiotics (plus
> I 
> > DESPISE the use of antibiotics in situations where
> it
> > can be avoided). At my local store I picked up
> some
> > Melafix, which is endorsed by Jack Wattley. After
> 3
> > days (of the recommended 7) treatment, I have to
> say
> > WOW. The fish have colored up again, and are very
> > active. I did not let them get to the point of not
> > eating but I did lose my favorite one (oddly he
> did
> > not slime up like the others), I think but I have
> not
> > found his body (It is very heavily planted). THe
> tank
> > clouded up for a day, but no other fish were lost.
> I
> > do not work for the company that makes it and I
> never
> > was a fan of theirs but I give MelaFix two big
> thumbs
> > up! Coincidentally, this is the tank where I have
> the
> > apisto that I blamed for being hyper-aggressive,
> maybe
> > it was just a plague that the other two brought in
> and
> > succumbed to then passed on to the discus? The
> lonely
> > single apisto has looked great the whole time.
> Max,
> > this problem has prevented me from sending you
> plants
> > since I doubt you want them from a sick tank. Drop
> me
> > a line.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > scott
> > 
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