cardinal disease - never ending drama

[fishhog]

Re: cardinal disease - never ending drama

So are you guys saying you make your own HOB filters using foam and the media? I have thought about this. Seems like I could save some $$$.

Thanks

[eklikewhoa]

Re: cardinal disease - never ending drama

There are tons of things you can use instead of the expensive filter cartridges...I think they even offer a clamshell that you can replace your existing cartridge with and it allows for tailoring of the media.

sintered glass or ceramic rings/balls/etc is just bio-media....stuff that is porous so that beneficial bacteria can attach to.

[finfan]

Re: cardinal disease - never ending drama

thanks for all the tips guys, its been a hectic day, but i did get some fluval biomax stuff and i just dumped it in the filter cartridge area, and put the fluval foam i bought on top of it, once these are in the tank for a few days, i will remove my cartridge and put the foam in and put all the biomax stuff on top, i used about half of the biomax, the remainder back in the box, hope these things don't go bad!

on another note, saw "balls of fury" - it is a funny movie

[AK-71]

Re: cardinal disease - never ending drama

Do you know what desease is that?
Or may be somebody with experience can ID it here

PS. Glowlights get white tips on their fins, but it looks healthy and suppose to be a sign of good health.

[finfan]

Re: cardinal disease - never ending drama

i would like to say it is fin rot, and it started in only the new cardinals i got recently from fishgallery, i have lost 2 of them the day before, but the rest are doing ok so far

my glowlights do have slight white tips, but they have had them for a while now and it looks nice on them

i do have a question, as you guys know i am dosing melafix and pimafix (both of them say for 7 days and that is my plan), however they say change 25% water after 7 days, my question is, should i change water before then, i feel like i should make a ~15% change now because most articles i read says make water changes if there is disease, what should i do?

[eklikewhoa]

Re: cardinal disease - never ending drama

You can do either....also make sure there is plenty of aeration/circulation cause the meds deplete oxygen

[finfan]

Re: cardinal disease - never ending drama

it looks like the three cardinals with fin rot thing have less of the white edge on their fins  

i hope its a good sign and they are going in the right direction

i did a 15% water change today and will keep the medication at suggested level for seven days

lets hope this stays under control and goes away!