I’m using tap water I have 2, 5 gallon buckets that I treat with aqua safe then have an air pump tube dropped in the both of them. Let them sit for about a day before I do water changes and I normally do about 10 gallons every 3-4 days because of the amount of poo these things produce.
I would normally agree with high ammonia and nitrites but from everything I have ever heard these are trace amounts and granted I haven’t had carbon in the tank for over 4-5 days now is nothing out of the ordinary. I could be wrong though on that point. Also I had to let the medication sit in the tank and do it’s stuff.
Melafix is now in the tank when I got home from work I put the carbon back in set my alarm pulled the carbon out water changed and added it. Now the house smells of vapor rub lol. I don’t know how to explain what at least the yellow one is doing other then what I know as the death glide. He has a spaz attack either tries to jump out of the tank or slams into everything in the tank then floats around like he’s dead then goes back to normal. I guess my trying to jump out of the tank wasn’t overly descriptive of the symptoms.
I’m kind of at a loss for what is causing it or how to fix it all my research has pretty much gotten me know where other then if it’s not a fungus it’s a parasite, if it’s not a parasite it’s something that needs treated with antibiotics. If only you could ask your fish what’s wrong and make it better.
Fish store said melafix was the way to go due to the course of meds I had put in the tank he didn’t recommend primafix because it is supposedly quite a bit stronger then melafix. Any information or personal experience with the 2 meds?