paulcy82

Well, here is another update. I tried this med on another tank, 75G, fx4, extra air stone, 2 years old. I changed no water and added no other chems...after dosing paracleanse, about 1-2 hours later, the tank clouded up and the fish were at the top. No one died as I was watching this tank and pulled the fish immediately....I don't get it. If the meds are bad....I would think others would be having this issue as a whole batch would be bad...

I suppose it could be, but I certainly hope not. I just bought the bottle about 2-3 weeks from aquarium co-op. You would think if the meds were bad that 100's of bottles would be bad and people would be posting? I would even bet with how much the store uses that they would be using bottles from the same batch and would notice. I don't suppose there is a safe way to test the meds...I just don't understand how I can go from 30ppm nitrates to 0ppm in a matter of hours.

2.5 years ago.

I have a question that I am desperately trying to get an answer to. I noticed a few weeks back white feces in 2 of my fish. I started a course of parasite meds. First up was general API 2 weeks ago. All went well, everyone eating and acting normal. I did a water change yesterday, added prime, and started the 2nd round of treatment. This time I used paracleanse due to being out of general API. Within a few hours, my tank clouded. I did an immediate 25% water change and they seemed ok for about an hour and then the water clouded again and the fish were at the top gasping for air. I lost 70% of my fish before I discovered. ☹ I noticed that some of the fish(angel) had very red color right were their pectoral fins connect. All was fine with the first treatment. I added a sponge filter with airstone to the tank a few weeks back since the parasite meds need more oxygen. I tested my water and discovered that I have 0ppm of ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates....0....I must have lost the cycle, but how? I just don’t understand what I did to cause this. Could the meds have killed all beneficial bacteria?