Goshfush Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Hello! I have a 33 g planted tank, oh 6.8, ammonia, nitrate, nitrite all 0. I recently did a half dose (recommended due to scaleless fish) of blue planet white spot remedy(malachite green/formaldehyde). I did this because my glass catfish had a few spots each, none of the other fish had spots and we're all bright. After putting the dose in 3 emperor tetras died quite suddenly. All my other fish were fine except one gourami who became weak and is still very weak now 3 days later. We saved the last 2 emperor tetras (one of whom was starting to lose colour) by doing a water change and putting carbon in the filter. The remaining emperor's perked up and are fine now. All over fish including the other honey gouramis, kuhli loaches, cories , phantom tetras and glass cats are fine. Does anyone know why this medication could have caused that reaction? Any tips on how to help the struggling gourami it lies down a lot gets up and swims a little, than lies down again not really eating. Thanks so much for any thought you have on this situation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ange Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 I don't have experience with that specific product but it has the same active ingredients as Ich-X and I've never witnessed an adverse reaction (even dosing the full amount to plecos). Have there been any other major changes to the tank recently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goshfush Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 Thanks so much for replying, no other changes to the aquarium it was so weird. We are now using a different medication Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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