Some Questions

tank done wood in things moved around, just wanna know anyones advice whether its ok for the fish as they like hiding spots, there was 2 plants i didnt put in as i felt it was over crowded and would hide my wood and decor, if there is plants that have a long stem and open up high i would get them but other than that i wont be getting plants the same style as i already have in the tank now, the 2 plants i left out i felt were hiding my decor and wood not completely but i wanna be able to actually see my fish and decor in the tank but will look at investing in other plants like i explained above in the future maybe,

i will be also getting my white spot med tomorrow, after my tank was done moving stuff around etc one of the rams was rubbing on the gravel 


anyway first picture was what my tank looked like before tonight and obviously the 2nd picture will be what my tank looks like now

thanks, just got some white spot med i asked which was the best and they said protozin by waterlife so got that, it says what fish i cant have in the tank which i dont have and that i cant have snails or shrimp in tank now i have taken 4 snails out and have them in a tub as you know but the shrimp could die i guess so instead of me catching the shrimp which will take ages and stressing the fish out and moving my newly wood and decor in tank i think i will just take them out when they die, i dont think i will get any more shrimp as it will always be a problem when i put in meds in future and i will be starting to put that general tonic med in after all this med has cleared up in a week or so but will ask first when its ok to start that, now i know what ml to put in which is still 10 but if 10 is gonna kill the shrimp shall i just put the full dose required in? on the fin rot bottle i dont think it mentions what fish isnt allowed in tank while this medicine is in and doesnt say anything about snails and shrimps but i may be wrong, so shall i keep it at 10 or if thats gonna kill the fish then shall i put the full dose in for the fish but what is the full dose please?

thanks


edit - this says allowed atleast 48 hours to elapse when changing treatment and do not use within 4 days of using myxazin


oh another thing i noticed was one of the glow lights have redness at the start of its pectoral fin what is this ?

omg things just dont get better, how do i tell if its gets worse? does it grow onto the body or something? i havent put med in since wednesday so i need to use the medicine on monday ?

not had any look at all from this tank that i bought of a chinese man i bought it for £150 with cabinet 4 parrots common plec and some big eyed shark, i need a new tank that is actually brand new i think and not been used by someone before, but that will have to wait as i need other things to buy, sighhhhh

thanks

ok thanks, its quite hard to notice any white dots on the fish now but obviously there is parasites there so obviously this white spot and fungus med will get rid of them, thing theres one on the side of the rummy and now one of the rams pectoral fin,


it looks like the male ram the most aggressive one is now trying to bully the other ram these 2 were actually the pair, hopefully it wont be as bad as the other bullying that happened to the other rams i had to get rid of, he is the very first ram i ever got with another with it and he has bullied most of the rams  i have had i will either take both back or take him back and get another male ram if i can, which will be a real shame i dont wanna take him out of his home which he has been for years now, but he better start behaving lol, could take them both back if anything bad happens and get apistos or the other kinds possibly, see how things go,

when i add the meds tomorrow what ml do i need to put in please?

thanks

As for the med - I think we worked out you had about 180 litres of water didn't we? My bottle of Protozin has a chart that goes up to 4ml for 60 litres so you'd need 12ml for 180 litres. And you'd add that amount on Sunday (day 1) Monday (day 2) Tuesday (day3) and Friday (day 6) My bottle says to add the dose on days 1, 2, 3 and 6 and the day you start is always day 1.



I think my bottle should be thrown away. It expired in Dec 2012!

As for the med - I think we worked out you had about 180 litres of water didn't we? My bottle of Protozin has a chart that goes up to 4ml for 60 litres so you'd need 12ml for 180 litres. And you'd add that amount on Sunday (day 1) Monday (day 2) Tuesday (day3) and Friday (day 6) My bottle says to add the dose on days 1, 2, 3 and 6 and the day you start is always day 1.



I think my bottle should be thrown away. It expired in Dec 2012!

oh didnt really look at the bottle much just a quick glance as i had to wait a few days but will look more closely tomorrow/later but how come you have to miss 2 days out ?

Thanks, looks like I need to take one or both rams back as my very first one who has always been aggressive is now bullying the other ram now, these were actually a pair dunno whether to swap him for another male or take the 2 back and get similar kind of fish to them but saying that I don't think I would like to not have rams in my tank because I have had them for a long time now

ok thanks

Have you added today's dose (Tues is day 3) yet? If you have, just leave it at that (if you've already put in just 6ml today, add another 6 now). But if you haven't done today's dose yet, just add today's 12ml. Don't add any extra for yesterday or you'll add too much today.

How have the shrimp coped so far?

12 ml today is right. And yes the next dose is Friday. Then wait and see if the spots come back. Occassionally they do. It happened to me once. If they do, start another course adding 12ml on day 1, day 2, day 3 and day 6 like this time.


Some meds colour the water and make the fish look a bit funny coloured. I wouldn't worry about it.