Staffylovers Barbarium (active tank)

[Staffylover]

Hi Nick, the rock in here is called wood stone I think
I agree with what you say about no treatment working but while I have some fish left I feel obliged to at least try, it says to wait 48hrs before changing treatment so I will do that then change to Protozin I still have the 2 whiptails left should I half dose the meds for them?
All fish were affected to some degree not just the barbs, danio, loaches and scissortails I am still loosing them rapidly and to be honest at the moment don't expect any to survive

[Lee_k]

So frustrating when things like this happen, feel your pain. When I had the discus tank crash which eventually took out 3 discus with no real explaination i was the same.

I like you came to a conclusion on what must of happened, although you never really know.

I guess the only way of knowing 100% whats in the water that goes in is to use RO. But with the amount of waste them things cause - in the current climate it just feels wreckless.

[black ghost]

I filter all water through PolyFilter ever since my wipeout in the 90s.

[black ghost]

All fish were affected to some degree not just the barbs, danio, loaches and scissortails I am still loosing them rapidly and to be honest at the moment don't expect any to survive

Agreed. Medications won’t work while the fish are under such “extreme stress”, and will just add to it.

[Staffylover]

@black ghost how often do you change the polyfilter sponge?

[black ghost]

@black ghost how often do you change the polyfilter sponge?

You should only need one. It’ll change colour. If it removes the toxin it’ll go a colour that isn’t the usual brown -> dark brown -> black...

[Staffylover]

This thread has come to an end, after the tank die off as detailed above I have started again with this tank so will start a new thread shortly.