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- Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:06 am
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: SICK CLOWN LOACH!
- Replies: 24
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Yes, you are losing the fish and it sounds like a bacterial infection secondary to poor water quality. I would suggest a more effective antibiotic than Melafix which is the equivalent of Neosporin. You wouldn't use a mild antibiotic for a real infection. Typically, I would isolate a fish in this sit...
- Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:56 am
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: PLEASE help to Stop the Death
- Replies: 18
- Views: 16731
With few exceptions, nitrate is the end of the nitrogen cycle in freshwater aquaria. It can only be removed with water changes. As already mentioned, nitrate levels are a proxy for other pollutants and high levels are an indicator of poor water quality. Except in extremely rare and unusual circumsta...