View Full Version : Feeding during treatment
Gr8KarmaSF
08-23-2005, 7:30 PM
Im currently treating my tank for ich through water changes, temp raising, salt, and rid ich. Ive heard conflicting thoughts on whether or not to feed your fish during treatments. Any thoughts???
I do, don't know if I should but so far so good.
redtailfool
08-23-2005, 8:12 PM
Is it in an established tank or hospital/quarantine tank ?
repair
08-23-2005, 8:42 PM
If they will eat while sick you should feed as you normally do. A lot of the time fish don't eat while they are sick.
beblondie
08-23-2005, 10:48 PM
eating is good feed them just don't over feed them -Anne
redtailfool
08-23-2005, 11:14 PM
Reason i asked if the treatment is an the established tank or hospita/q tankl is because hospital tanks are small and the filter is most likely not cycled well. Feeding may cause the ammonia levels to go up and might even do more harm than good.
repair
08-24-2005, 7:56 AM
Reason i asked if the treatment is an the established tank or hospita/q tankl is because hospital tanks are small and the filter is most likely not cycled well. Feeding may cause the ammonia levels to go up and might even do more harm than good.
Good point.
I would still feed but would do water changes using water out of his home tank. This may not be practical if his home tank is a 29. In that case I would use water from the largest tank I had and if you don't have a large tank I would monitor the sick tank and do 50% when you see ammonia starting to come up.
You will need to check the meds you are using to make shure it is ok to change the water..... prima fix and mela fix dissapate out of the water daily so it dosen't matter but some meds may need to accumulate... if your not shure call the number on the back of the med and ask.
if a fish eats while its sick is a great or terrible sign
a fish who has fallen off his/her regular eating plan can have a number of problems from a parasitic infection, a deadly gash, to a bully of a tankmate
when you seee a fish completely loose interest in food it IS something to worry about
when a fish starts to look at you as if it exspects food while in treatment, go ahead and toss it a bit of food and continue treating for a mere day or two more depending on the exstent of the injury
eating is a sign that a fish will pull through and make it
repair
08-24-2005, 2:24 PM
As a last resort we used a syringe with medicated food that we made into a past and force fed a fron once.... worked out well but the fish better be good size.
NeonTetraFan
08-25-2005, 3:13 AM
Whenever I am treating fish, I give half the regular amount than normal.
Gr8KarmaSF
08-25-2005, 9:56 AM
Whenever I am treating fish, I give half the regular amount than normal.
Ive heard that you should give half dose due to certain fish that might be in the tank, like catfish and other scaleless fish. Is this true? If so, does anybody have a list of fish that should only be given half dose?
repair
08-25-2005, 10:01 AM
Ive heard that you should give half dose due to certain fish that might be in the tank, like catfish and other scaleless fish. Is this true? If so, does anybody have a list of fish that should only be given half dose?
I would call the people that make the meds you are wanting to use..... you will be surprized how helpfull they are..... they make it so they will know the best way to use it.