Aquarium Medications - From MILD to MASSIVE (What does What)
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Aquarium Medications are a big part of our wonderful hobby. Unfortunately, it's also a very complicated part of it. With so many diseases and medications who knows what to use for what, and how strong a medication should I use or not. Or even, do I really need aquarium medication at all?
As Usual, I've got you covered!
Jump to a specific aquarium medication:
0:43 - Internal Parasites Medication Trio
1:43 - External Parasites (ich)
3:17 - Best way to keep fish healthy
3:37 - How Medications affect your fish
3:54 - Quarantine tank medications (The QC)
4:46 - Causes for sick fish
5:06 - Signs of stress in fish
5:47 - Non-medicated treatments
7:04 - The different types of infections
7:45 - Internal Parasite Medications
7:53 - Seachem Metroplex
8:18 - Hikari Prazipro
8:28 - API General Cure
8:44 - External Parasite Medications
8:54 - Seachem Paraguard
9:30 - Seachem Polyguard
9:54 - Hikari Ich-x
10:08 - Seachem Cupramine
10:37 - Velvet treatment
10:57 - Bacterial and Fungal infections
11:00 - API Melafix and Pimafix
11:29 - API Furan 2
11:44 - Seachem Kanaplex
12:36 - Seachem Neoplex
12:47 - Viral Infections
13:11 - Disease Prevention
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Man if I had the money brother I would. I'm a stay at home Dad watching fish channel hahaha
As I am a complete newbie to fish keeping hobby so was just wondering how to treat for intestinal parasites etc. for small tropical freshwater fish which are around only 2cm- 4cm being the largest size in my 18.5-20 US Gallon fish tank or 70 litre which I have.
As I had my firsh tank/ aquarium set up for over 1 year or around 1.5 years doing fishless cycling method and having growing out some live plants using Fritz Zyme 7 live nitrifying bacteria and for natural ammonia using Fritz zyme fishless fuel. According to my local pet store/ fish store they said my fish tank water was very well cycled and very good consistent water parameters except that my water PH being slightly high at 7.6 and also quite high water hardness but other than that completely good.
I have quite a lot of live beginner aquarium plants covering nearly my whole aquarium and the fish I have are 5 small red cherry barbs, 2 bright and wonderful Yellow Honey Gourami and 2 beautiful black/ greyish colour Dwarf Suckermouth Catfish/ Otto which are very much like plecos (Latin name: Otocinclus. sp.) As they only tend to stick to the sides of my glass fish tank or on top of ornaments or my live plants.
As for regarding health generally majority of the fish look very nice, vibrant colour and swimming around well however one of the red Cherry barb is looking quite sluggish or at least down at the bottom of the fish tank by himself and not eating much mostly unlike the other community fish or possibly something red sticking out of it's underside belly lile bloat possibly??? I have also one of catfish I noticed strangely just started yesterday white stringy poop coming out as it was swimming around which if correct according to my research/ knowledge is obvious sign of intestinal parasites etc. Other than that all my other fish such as my 2 Yellow Honey Gourami are completely fine and seem to be very healthy and doing very well, looking fine and eating well etc.
Any useful information/ tips and advice would be very helpful and greatly appreciated. As obviously unlike in this wonderful RUclips video I obviously can't treat fish individually by taking them out of the fish tank and lying them flat on a towel etc. as my fish are way too small. Also unfortunately as I don't have enough money I only have 1 fish tank so no other separate fish tank to use as a hospital tank to treat the fish that maybe looking sick in my opinion individually.
As recommended by Kaveman Aquatics RUclips channel I have been using since I bought my fish (not bought all at once obviously) using Seachem stability and Seachem Prime and Seachem Flouish Advance for my live plants.
Thank you,
Kind regards,
Tom from UK.
What do you use to edit your videos?? I like all your movie quotes. Where do you find them all??
Can I use Ich X and Paraguard together?? I believe my quarantine tank has ICH!
You not only explain everything clearly and are very informative with your solutions, but I have to say you're video editing/production is awesome! Thanks for all you do!
Wow thank you! Glad you're enjoying the channel! 😁💪
Couldn't agree more! Kevin just curious.. with the bio load that you have how often do you clean your filters? Do you wait until you see a reduction in flow rate only?
And super entertaining! 🎉
‘’Eat food like it’s medicine Or you will end up eating medicine like it’s food ‘’ 👀 👀
Yes sirrr
Hey I'm just gunna say, if u had an hour long video explaining each virus with symptoms and prevention.. I'd watch it just like I've watched almost every other video on your channel!
I would second this suggestions also. Please do the hour long video.
That would be more like a 3 hour video! 🤣 But definitely worth consideration 💪
Yes, please do bc I'm at a loss w my goldfish tank right now😭. All my fish keep getting sick repeatedly over the last month. When I googled symptoms it could be all sorts of things. Doing salt works great at first but the symptoms always come back. I began using melafix but I'm scared to continue bc they're getting worse and fast.
@@crazyratlady3438 have you tried methylene blue?
Hey Kev, maybe you can make 1 video for each meds, focus and go all in depth on the med, what it does, how strong is the meds, what does it cure and how to use etc.. I think thats a good idea because i like the way you explain, very basic and straight to the point!
That may be a great idea. I will look into that for sure 💪
yes please!!
I second this idea. Great video on meds btw !
Kev, you have done an amazing job on your production quality and presentation. You should be so proud. Great job. Here for the great information!
Thank you very much! I Appreciate that positive feedback 😊😊
The problem is fish vet is not that common.. so we GOTTA be our fish's doctor ourselves. Its a testament of how much we care for them
Treating ich currently!! Ich x and hogher temps, even a luttle bit of aquarium salt to help. So stressful
Most comprehensive and most accurate video ever!!!!! And I'm a doctor so, seriously, I am very critical of medications and diseases, but NOWHERE in the video did I ever say.. "Hmm.. I don't think so." You're sooooo cool, Mr. Kaveman!!
Kev, being as the Green/Blue Slime is a bacteria I'll put this here. I had both of my 55 gals. Cichlid tanks hit with this Slime. At first, I thought it was algae but soon learned what it really was. I dissolved 3 , 500 mg. Amoxicillin tablets in water and added it to my tank and let it sit, covered and in darkness,for 2 days. The fish and everything stayed in the tank. At the end of the first two days, I did a massive water change, approx. 75 to 80 % and then added 1500 mg. of Amoxicillin again., covered the tank,and waited two more days, and then another massive water change. At this point in time the Slime started to disappear like magic. there wasn't much Slime left on anything in my tank and my tank appeared as clean as ever. Meanwhile, my fish were doing fine. After the last water change when my tank was clear I did another massive water change and added carbon to my filter to get the meds out of my tank so I could get my Nitrogen Cycle restarted.Twice now this has worked for me and it takes a lot of manual work of removing the Slime away because it seems to melt away and disappear. It's been 4 months since my first tank was cleared this way and there are no signs of Slime returning anywhere in it.
DUDE , you save my life with this video, Thanks 🙏🏼, all the questions I have for my fishies it’s here !!!! Like I said YOU ROCK !!!!!
lol My pleasure bro! Glad you're finding the channel helpful 😁
Just got 30 new peacock/haps. About 1.5”. Some of them are flashing on the substrate. They eat fine and are active. I did notice one or two have white stringy poop. I dosed the tank with fenbendezole. I also gave them metroplex/focus/garlic guard food a couple times. But they still are flashing and just saw the white stringy poop on one of them. What to do?
How long should I use paraguard to treat ich? And should I be doing daily water changes when using or one big water change when I finish treat with paraguard?
How do I remove carbon from HOB filter without compromising good bacteria when applying kanaplex? I use marineland right size E and C that have carbon built in. Do I just cut open the back and shake carbon out? Thanks in advance for any feedback.
I was wondering the same thing! My HOB has chemical filtration built in, right?
Dude...your videos are super informative and straightforward. You made one mistake in this video though....you said if you went into depth it would be over an hour long and no one would watch that. Not true at all! I know I would!
If I ever need advise or stuck I always turn to your videos! Thanks bro!
🤣🤣 Thats good to know bro, lol Thank you!!
Thanks for this video Kev! Unfortunately, I'm battling a case of columnaris, that I initially misdiagnosed and treated for a fungus instead. It's been an awful ordeal with mortality and am heartbroken seeing my fish suffer. I've ordered kanaplex and strongly believe to be on the right track thanks to you.
So glad I could help. Remember that kanaplex can be fed too and may help 😊
4:14 ❤ auto-medicate PARAGUARD AND METROPLEX
The Quarantine Couple! (QC) 😊💪
Very nice video, hey kev help me out.. what if my fish looks sick from high nitrates what can be done I been doing large water changes the past couple days to lower just curious if there is anything I can do … thanks so much
Hey Kev, Any medication for treating swim bladder? Tried fasting and feeding peas but haven't worked... any suggestions? Can I use Kanaplex for swim bladder issue
I use general cure mixed in the food with seachem nourish And Ich x together . I even had to use prazi pro a few times before the general cure . I had a nasty internal parasite problem that took months to get rid of . Fish were literally having the life sucked out of them . Happy to say they are finally getting healthy again
Glad to hear you found what worked for you! these parasites can be tricky at times! 😊💪
Do we dose the QC couple for the whole quarantine period?
I would dose it for the entire first week. If no signs of disease then continue the quarantine without it. EXCELLENT QUESTION!
Great video Kev!! You are the reason I got back into fish keeping!! So MUCH helpful information!!! Thanks brother!!
Thank you bro! Love to hear that feedback 😁
Hey Kev,
How long ( days )I have to treat all my tank with metroplex and focus with garlic?, ( I have 17 mbuna , but couple have internal parasites I presume that the all fish's can be exposed to the parasites as well.
Thanks
Yes, you're right. Treat for 10- 14 days.
@@KaveManAquatics Thank you and Let's go
Can i directly put paraguard at my reef tank? I have no quarantine tank.
That puffer has my dying laughing dude thanks for the video!!! I’m new to the aquarium scene. I have a year old angelfish as well as three upside down catfish I did have a bass of shark and a rare clown Paco. Sadly, I ended up getting a beta and I have separation screens in my tank, which is 150 gallon tank. I have it divided into 50 gallons. Then another 50 and 50. So each fish has 50 gallons, the beta had ick and gave all my fish shit so I’m now battling that using the super ick cure as well as slime coat and stress coat protection. As well as aquarium salt and a little bit of garlic. I also raise the temperature to 84° gradually. I’ll probably come edit and update this post in a little bit.
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Love you videos and learning with my new fishes, one betta, 4 tetras, one horse face lochi and 4 Cory catfish one died and I don’t know why. My betta is lethargic so I place him in a small tank with Epsom salt for 15 minutes. Hope he gets better. His fins are a bit weird, but when my husband and I purchased him he had his fins a bit weird. Help! I told my husband to buy fin rot meds just in case.
My betta has had dropsy for about 2 days. I ordered kana flex and metroplex. Will these work?
Hey kev I have a question I recently set up a 55 gallon tank about a month ago, been dozing with prime and stability the tank is not cycled yet I have 3 peacock/hap in it but I recently noticed 2 of them with strings of poop hanging so I does the whole tank with api general care not realizing I had to do a 25% water change after the second dose, so my question is will I crash my cycle if I do a 25% water change or would I be OK without the 25% water change?
7.8hr ph
0.25ppm amm
1.0ppm nitrite
10ppm nitrate
1.0ppm
Question, I’m not finding much information with treating epistylis.. what medication would you recommend for that? I recently bought some fish from pet smart and added them into my healthy tank I’ve had for 5 years and didn’t realize fish were infected..
How did you get that Rockwall/Driftwood background in your Tank/where did you get it?
Does anyone know if these meds are ok for fry? Both mamma and papa platy have ick or velvet and salt and temp increase haven't done the trick. Saw some of the babies flashing. I have Fritz MetroCleanse.
Love your channel!
Great personality and I love that I have a heavy focus on the new comers while proving simple straight to the point terms... So glad I found your channel.. thank you🙏❤️
My pleasure! Glad you're finding the channel helpful 😁
@@KaveManAquatics helpful, very... But I have mixed feelings of how beneficial it is... Sure it rammed jammed with great content which if definitely beneficial but it's a blessing and a curse... I stay up all night watching your vids and then have to drag my butt around work all day🤣
Benifits my tank, kills the rest of me. Lol
Hey Kev! I have a peppermint bristlenose that has a progressively growing white patch (grown over the past 2 weeks) that has now turned into a small hole, any recommendations on medicine and/or an ID on what could be wrong with him ? Thanks in advance
Hey there. I have a new 10 gallon and had 3 galaxy Rasbora. One died and now I realize after your video that they have parasites. Can those parasites infect my mystery snail and merited snail? And What about the plants? Ahrgg. Help please!
Hello, Thank you for your support and videos. I have a question about medicating my betta. He shows signs of a little bloat and extreme inactiveness. I tried a few epsom salt baths but that didn't work. I tried the frozen pea food but he doesn't seem to have an appetite unless I drop the food in his face. I tried putting General Cure in his 10 gallon aquarium (no other fish or snails in it) and I have a sponge filter. Do I need to remove the sponge and floss filter during this treatment? I do not have carbon filter. Can I use the filter without sponge and floss during his treatment? Pretty much of a beginner on this and your advice helps, thank you!
Hey Kev, maybe you could help me with a sick fish I have. No pet store around me know what’s going on, and I can’t find anything online either. My cichlid is swimming and acting normal, but won’t eat. It try’s to eat, but spits it out. I was going to try your method of getting the medication directly to the belly, but when I looked in his mouth, the inside of his mouth was swollen and I couldn’t get the tube to his belly. Any thoughts?
Love this video, the only Medication not mentioned from seachem was sulfaplex, there's not much info about it, is it because it's just a milder version of there other Medications?
So I have a concern. Unfortunately my betta has ich. I started treating it with aquarium salt for the past 3 days. It seems to be working but now unfortunately she seems to have swim bladder disease. She swimming little side ways & looks a swollen in her abdomen. Is it ok if I use aquarium salt & also polyguard? Please advise
Does anyone know what to do if their betta fish end tail is clamped 😅?
The water parameters are ph 7.9, ammonia nitrite and nitrate is 0ppm.
I did a 80% water change with daily prime and stability but now he just stays at the top of the aquarium with the plants he eats very well and swims very happily but his clamped fins are worrying me and his stomach looks a bit big
My new paneque pleco is showing signs of ich and I did put him in a quarantine tank. What water temperature should I leave water temps before I try to apply medication?
Which medication must be used to de-worm the Arowana? is regular deworming required?
Im so blessed that i found a very informative video.. i have a 2 flowerhorn, 1 have a something like bubble in his head, one has no appetite his head gets drop.. theres no white poof so i cant say it is a hexamita.. can i ask what i need to do??
Hello! I'm having trouble with my oscar fish he recently got a small hole in his head. I have seachem poly guard, is there anything els I need? Thanks Kev have a good one!
Before you buy a tank buy all the treatments first but chill don’t go craaaazzzy
What about tiger barbs pooping white and stringy I use tetra shrimp flakes
What about small black spots? Almost looks like ich but it's black, have you ever come across this? My red dragon blood has 3 little black dots.
Hey kev. Im in desperate need of some adivce. My goldfish has started to sit at the bottom of the tank and I've noticed he has red spots on his underbelly and dorsal fins. He also has roughness on his tail fin and something white is floating on it which is surrounded by redness!. Please can you let me know what meds i need to cure him!.
At first i though he had gut problems cous he kept spitting out his food (also has ribbon type poo) but has since now started eating again. He is swimming around also. I thought at first maybe cous the water is way too cold for him.
Id done one course of medical treatment using interpet goldfish disease treatment, but not sure if i should change to something else now.
I’ve got a discus who has white stringy poop that started out with a few white spots near the head that disappeared but turned into holes and the discus is stressed and darker but also now has cloudy eyes and I’ve been treating with metroplex in food, water and salt as well as raised water to 88 degrees. Thought it was Hexamita but I’m unsure exactly if maybe it is and my fish just has another infection now as well?
Wish i could smash that "LIKE " button a thousand times, coz it is the best video and tutorial for all Hobbyists EVER
What are the white stuff sticking out of my cichlids body, specifically outside the eye area, and he stopped eating for days now
Hey Kev! I'm in the UK and I also absolutely stick with Seachem products thanks to YOU! I started watching your videos and you are now my go-to source of information on anything to keep my fushies happy. Ive learned so much from you - THANK YOU! X
Sir I put half tank water ,half tap water with chlorine 5gallon I spoon r salt ,heater ,air pump. So when I need to change the water
Bro you are awesome.
This is an excellent medicine.
After following your vids, I'm using these things
1. Matrix
2. Prime
3. Stability
4. Purigen
5. Metroplex + Focus
6. Garlic Guard
I have 4 Oscars and 4 parrot in my 9 feet x 2 x 2 feet tank
My feeding schedule is 6 days a weekand 1 day fasting for these fishes.
I feed them twice a day with HUMPY HEAD, RED SYN, TUBIFEX WORMS, SHRIMP E, HIKARI food.
Am i missing something?
Please advise 🙏🏼
I use 3 Fluval Fx6, loaded with Matrix and Purigen.
I don't use activated carbon.
I'm your fan...❤
Now new a don will be Paraguard
Glad you enjoyed it bro! Give bug Bites a try, your guys will love it! Watch this - ruclips.net/video/DTrJlfsS4fE/видео.html
Hi I think my fish has bloat is Kanaplex the only one that treats that or is there something less dangerous to my fish. I think I caught it in time
Thanks, this is the best video on medications I've seen. This is such a confusing topic and you made it easy!
Thank you so much! Glad you found it helpful! 😁
This is such a great and informative video, I've been keeping fish for almost twenty years but learnt a lot from this. Generally I focus on regular water changes, will quarantine noticeably ill fish and use Metaflix when anyone looks like they could be ill.
The chemicals that you use on your tank can they be used for glofish
This is great information and I'm thankful that none of my fish have gotten parasites or anything way worse. The only thing I ever had to deal with twice in my lifetime in the hobby it was dealing with ick and it was easy to deal with within a week
Glad you enjoyed it shadowolf!! 😊💪
My betta has fin rot.. what do I do if I don’t have a hospital tank
Lmao nah not gonna lie you would look funny af with a batman mask on 😂😂😂
My fish bladder disease and I don’t know what to do!
We have a lot of bubbles on top of our water. Is that a sign of problem
How many cichlids can you have in a 55 gallon tank ?
After more then 3 weeks of quarantine.. 3 days ago is when I finally start seeing signs of internal Parasites.. and possibly ich.. good thing I was already planning to keep them in quarantine for 2 months.
Nice! Great catch! 💪 While ich is terrible it's also fairly easy to treat.
Is this for all fish? Can i use it for guppies?
I had a gorgeous Oranda goldfish ‘Hercules’ he had dropsy and I found how to do venting on him which saved his life. He lived 7 years, sadly last year he got so I’ll I had to euthanise him with the 100% clove oil technique. I never cried so much. He was my boy 💔🌹
I know the feeling of losing a loved fish! Worst part of the hobby. At least he had a good run 😊
For quarantine fish, you had mentioned using the combination of paraguard & metroplex. Do you dose metroplex to the aquarium or by feeding along with focus ?
Feeding Metroplex with focus is the BEST way to get them the meds. But during quarantine, when just automedicating as a precaution, Dosing Metro and Paraguard directly into the tank water will still get the job done. 😁💪
Can ich be treated with seachem paraguard? Or should I switch ich-x? Started treating my fish because I noticed them flashing without any signs of ich. But today I've noticed a few spots on them. Should I keep the paraguard treatment going or switch to ich-x?
Paraguard does treat ich but you should also raise the temp of the tank to get the ich to fall off the fish, then do a thorough vacuum of the substrate to remove all the ich eggs before they reattach to the fish.
@@KaveManAquatics
Thank you! You're the best
Very nice! I have mostly API meds at home but IL have to stock up on some seachem as well. BTW i watched your video on 2x speed and i was still able to understand every word you spoke. Love it when I can do that with long videos. Doesn't always work though because sometimes the RUclipsr has slurred speech.
Wow first time I heard of someone doing that...Glad my speech was good enough for it 🤣🤣🤣
Can you make more on these types of videos?
@KaveMan Aquatics I'm Batman. No, you're Bat "Kave Man" Aquatics!!! 😀❤️😎
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I really need some guidance, please. I thought my fish had gill flukes and treated with general cure - on the 3rd day (day after 2nd dose) I noticed Ich appearing. So I treated with API Super Ich.. it did nothing. I went to LFS for Ich-X and they were out and ended up with Seachem Cupramine. I did a 50% water change, ran carbon for 24 hrs and then dosed Cupramine last night. They look worse today and I notice a fish has stringy white poop 😩 Is there anything I can use with Cupramine or what should I do? I'm stressed and about to throw the towel in and really don't want to.
Any help, please?
Its always best to determine as best you can, what your fish has. Ich, stringy poop, flukes are all treated differently. But first thing you need to do is ensure you have very clean water and a cycled tank. If its ich, raise your tanks temp to about 90 and wait for the ich to fall off, then vacuum your substrate very well to prevent it from coming back. After you're sure the ich is gone bring temps back to regular and dose with my quarantine couple (QC) Paraguard and Metroplex, for any potential internal parasites and external secondary infections. Good luck!
Hey man, just want to start off by saying I have learned almost everything I know from you. I appreciate your content and it really helps. I woke up this morning to one of my peacocks looking very out of it and his fins looked rough. I came home from work and he had an eye missing and was severely sick. I just euthanized him and my water parameters are pretty close to perfect. I don't know what could have caused this and what I should be looking out for to make sure my other 22 fish stay healthy as they are. Thanks and I appreciate anything you have to say
Sorry to hear that bro! Sometimes it can be as simple as a physical injury. Could have scraped his eye on a piece of decor, or gotten into a fight while you weren't looking. If there's no other signs of disease in the tank I wouldn't worry about it too much right now. Just keep a close eye on everyone for a while.
hello kaveman I'm from Mexico, I don't speak much English, but I like your videos, I have to put the youtube subtitles to understand a little xD, my question is, can I use paraguard in each water change as a preventive of diseases? use something like prime,
Not in every water change...but maybe 1 per month as a preventative would work well 😊 Check this out...tell me what you think of this - ruclips.net/channel/UCiRqagL1_6oKgRxOPs3GfqQ
Hi Kev I recently joined your page because I always find your information so helpful today. I need your help worse than ever. I have a goldfish who’s upside down and I’m trying desperately to save her. She was near dead but now she’s back to life but she can’t seem to get herself right side up to swim. My goldfish tank got sick prior to this and I lost several fish. She was one of the lone survivors her and another one but recently this tank begin to seem sick again right now I have her in a hospital tank with her boyfriend, she cannot turn right side up to save her life. Please help I don’t wanna lose this girl.
That sounds like swim bladder disease and unfortunately its usually a death sentence. Sorry I'm only getting to this comment 2 days later but it may be too late already. If i'm wrong the best medicine for this is super clean and pristine water conditions and very very low stress environment, meaning she should be alone. But like I said...they usually dont recover from this. Good luck!
Should i be feeding my common goldfish if they have internal parasites? they have long black strings hanging from the back every-time they eat something so i put em on general cure for 4 days. Today is the 4th day which ill have to do a 25% water change as the instructions say. I bought the 3 medications you mentioned for internal parasites that come in 2 days. What should i do? Continue general cure for 2 more days?
I also added some salt btw
Yes continue general cure. When the metroplex arrives mix it in the food so they can eat it. Search “kaveman internal parasites” for a great video!
Thumbs down because of the horrible annoying loud music. I usually like your stuff but I wish you would stop with the distracting music
It wasn’t that loud on my end, sorry you didn’t like it.
Thanks to my pleco and his excessive pooping, one of my African Cichlids has cloudy eye, and another has popeye. I tried API's Fin and Body Cure for 3 weeks, and then Kanaplex for another 3 weeks but neither one worked. Should I try Neoplex next?
Yes! Neoplex is the next step up in strength. Keep in mind that clean, pristine water also helps dramatically.
Been into freshwater but just jumped into malawi cichlids...you helped so much all the way through..keep it up man
Thank you! Glad you're finding the channel helpful! 😁💪
Hi uncle . I love your channel . Thanks for sharing beautiful information unlike other channels which share boring stuff
lol my pleasure! Glad you're finding the channel helpful 😁
Will metroplex work for bloat?
we want MORE content !!!
LET"Z GO!
lol on it my bro! 😊💪
If I use ParaGuard as a preventative, should I also raise the temp, take out the carbon, and add aquarium salt??
If you’re treating for ich yes to all.
My angel fish has worms in my show tank going through this right now angels not eating I. Dosed my tank with prazi pro show tank and quarantine I tried to the food med they don’t eat it I tried the kanaplex focus metro garlic guard didn’t work I hate using meds if I see them eating in quarantine tank for a month I put them in my quarantine
If they’re not eating and you already tried dosing the tank water in quarantine search for my next video “kaveman last resort”
Hey Kev, have you heard of MINNFINN? It looks really good! It covers it all, and you only have to treat for an hour or so.
Nope...got a link?
Awesome video, I feel like a vet after watching this 😅😅.
The video caters for some of us that don't have access to multiple medications.
Glad you enjoyed it Julz! 😊
This is good but my local petsmart sells none of this
Sorry bro...you can buy all of this online from my shop - Find it here - Linkpop.com/KaveManAquatics
Great video Kev. A lot of meds I didn't even know about. Like always thanks for all the info.
Thank you bro! Glad you're finding the channel helpful! 😁💪
Do freshwater tanks have anything like the Macro Algae Reactor for marine tanks? They grow plants in a canister with light, out of display, to kill nitrates
Freshwater sump setups can have all of that, yes 😊
Hi. I just came across of your videos. I must say, as a new guy on the "game" I found your inf very informative. Thank you very for videos. Keep up the good work
My pleasure! Glad you're finding the channel helpful. 😊
BTW, you should check out my new Aquarium Keeping APP designed for beginners! - aquabuildr.com
@@KaveManAquatics cool. Thx
What can we do here in Canada. We can't get most of those meds since the government banned them for hobby use.
It's tough out there. I would definitely always keep some aquarium salt on hand.
Hello, When using Kanaplex and epsom salt in the aquarium (10 gallon tank) do you need to remove the sponge and floss filters? I know carbon filters will remove medications, but not certain about sponge and floss filters. Thank you
Too long ?...? I don't know what you mean! I got 298 vids of yours in my que! Channels such as yours makes me love the play all feature.
Lol, love to hear that! 😁 Glad you’re enjoying the channel and finding it helpful!
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This is a super comprehensive video and well detailed and explained all infectious and cure for the most fish disease, kudos man you rock 👍
Thank you bro! Glad you enjoyed it and found it helpful! 😊
Say if a fish has ick in a quarantine tank how do I go about cleaning it after treatment? Just a hole water change?
yes, and vacuum very well if you have substrate in quarantine too. Any tools or equipment you use shouldnt be used in your other tanks!
How long before fish should have normal stool ? I'm following the instructions. Metroplex, focus, garlic guard. They are finally eating.
Hey Kev as always great video and thank you for sharing this much needed information.
My pleasure bro! Thank you for your support through the membership! 😊💪
What’s your opinion on using
coppersafe for medication ??
Its strong stuff and cant be used with invertebrates. There are other options that are safer to used before going the copper route.
My betta hasn't ate in over a week. I have Polygaurd and Metroplex. Not sure what to use. Parameters look okay. Temp is kept at 80. I've tried pellets, frozen bloodworms, flakes and daphnia.
I gave him an Epsom salt bath last night. No change.
how often should you wash ur filter with the filter water in the canister i use please answer i havent changed mine in a while but i do weekly water changes ?
Watch this - ruclips.net/video/Mz6CL14xGu0/видео.html