fastest way to cycle it is to seed it with mulm (The gunge that you vacuum
out of the gravel) and filter media from an established tank - of course if
this other tank has any unwanted organisms in it you seed the new tank with
them as well......


"Rich" wrote in message
...
I didnt take down the 30 gal that they are in, i took down the hospital
tank
and washed that one out.
As for the permanganate i'm going to take a trip into the city. Right now
i
live about an hour from the closest town (small city if that is what you
want to call it) and the 2 pet stores there do not carry it nor did any of
the pool stores that i could find. I'm sure i can find something in the
city. I will make some phone calls before i start my search. I did look
around on line and there was some interesting stuff on the web about it.
Even found some that have instructions for treatment for tank/fish.
I'll also do some searching for AmQuel. I dont want to leave the poor
little guys in the hospital tank (thats if they pull through) for very
long
but i will have to wait for the 30 gal to cycle. You wouldnt happen to
know
of a fast way to get a tank to cycle?

And if i havent said it yet....THANKS A TON


Rich

That is great news about using the old filter media from my large tank. Its
due to have the filters changed in it this weekend anyway. And it shouldnt
be a problem getting the mulm from the large tank, those fish i have in
there seem to build it up pretty fast.
Right now none of the fish have any outward signs of any of the disease.
There is no growths/white spots on there bodys and they seem to be moving
even more. Last night i was watching from a distance (because they still
duck under rocks if i come up) them chasing each other. I'll keep you all
posted and thanks again.

Rich

Rich wrote:
That is great news about using the old filter media from my large tank. Its
due to have the filters changed in it this weekend anyway. And it shouldnt
be a problem getting the mulm from the large tank, those fish i have in
there seem to build it up pretty fast.
Right now none of the fish have any outward signs of any of the disease.
There is no growths/white spots on there bodys and they seem to be moving
even more. Last night i was watching from a distance (because they still
duck under rocks if i come up) them chasing each other. I'll keep you all
posted and thanks again.

Rich


Awesome! Sounds like you have a working antibiotic. Keep feeding the
antibiotic food for a total of 10 days. (Like doctors do for people.)
That keeps the fish from getting sick again with a resistant strain of
bacteria.

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