Rishelfish Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 (edited) Hi all i have a 36 gallon bowfront. I had moved a new pearl gourami in and he had immediately shown signs of fin rot and fungus. I got the quarantine Trio to use on my fish. I have 3 problems 1. I started off using Pima and mela fix but then found out they are not good for labyrinth fish due to the tree oil. After 2 days i stopped using this i started doing daily water changes until the quarantine trio came in 3 days later, so 3 straight days of water changes after i stopped dosing pima and melafix 2. Ich-x says to do a water change before every dose, but Maracyn says to not. In aquarium co-op’s video it said they go great together so I tried it to urgently help my fish but now am not sure on what to do. 2. After 2 days of medicating the Ich-X and Maracyn without water changes, my loach of 6 months and Gold Nugget Pleco of 7 months were dead. What is happening??!! I just want to save my tank. I have no money for test strips as that money went to the quarantine trio. Now 2 fish that were perfectly healthy are dead. What the hell aquarium co-op?!? Edited February 28, 2021 by Rishelfish picture of fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBOzzie59 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Quarantine tank? Water parameters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 i believe one of the meds in ich-x is malachite green, and that in large doses is a killer of more than just ich. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rishelfish Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 28 minutes ago, KBOzzie59 said: Quarantine tank? Water parameters? I do not have a quarantine tank. Unless I can use this 3 gallon that I had a long time ago. My water parameters should be stable, as before I had the quarantine trio I did daily 1/3 water changes for 4 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rishelfish Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 20 minutes ago, lefty o said: i believe one of the meds in ich-x is malachite green, and that in large doses is a killer of more than just ich. What exactly do you mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 The med trio is used for quarinting fish, not medicating fish when seeing a disease. Ich X won't help with this situation. I suspect there could be some fluncuations in your water parameters. The one med in the med trio that would help would be maracyn, I would give that a try. Were you using any aquarium salt? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rishelfish Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 Hi james, I just updated my post to include that my original treatments started with Mela fix and pima fix , but i stopped because i heard it does not help labyrinth fish. I have already been dosing Maracyn with the Ich-X and no water changes for 2 days. I have not used aquarium salt. It is also harder to correctly dose my aquarium as it is 36 gallons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rishelfish Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 Someone please help. Do i continue dosing maracyn and stop administering Ich-X???? Do i do a water change because 2 fish died overnight??? Please help!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 I would treat with maracyn ich x will not help cure fin rot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Rishelfish said: Someone please help. Do i continue dosing maracyn and stop administering Ich-X???? Do i do a water change because 2 fish died overnight??? Please help!!!!! Yes do a waterchange. Stop dosing the ich x and continue with the maracyn treatment. I also have a 36 gallon, when treating and dosing stuff for it I pretend it is a 40 gallon, it will make it lots more easier. Edited February 28, 2021 by James Black 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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