Melafix water changes?

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Fish Room Plus;3434821; said:
Its getting worse because your not using any meds. If the fish is sick, it needs medicine, not water changes, salt or melifix

Ooohhh ok, I was under the impression that the Melafix was a med, sorry about that. I was a little confused :screwy:. So are triple sulfur or binox real expensive?
 
Kind of an update...I've already done a full dose of triple sulfa (1 box, 25% water change, then another box with a 25% WC) and they are getting much better. I think im going to do one more dose just to make sure everything was neutralized that wasn't supposed to be there.

I do have a question though...It said to remove the active carbon and or filter media which i did. Does that mean remove the 2 biowheels as well?
 
Ok, yes i removed the filter cartridges containing the carbon, I just didnt know if the bad bacteria got onto the biowheel. I've never really had to deal witrh sick fish before, so I appreciate all the advice and input.
 
Melafix is a med, both practically and legally, but there will obviously be times when it isn't what you need. I have tried to ask the API scientists who worked on it if they can say when to use Melafix, and when to use antibiotics, but they said they can't really say, because there are too many variables. The only thing they did say was that fish heal better after the infection when treated with Melafix than when treated with antibiotics, and secondary infections are much less common. There's also no issue with filter bacteria.

When using Melafix you normally only do a water change after 7 days.
 
Ohh Ok, I understand, thankyou. So it would be beneficial to use melafix AFTER using triple sulfa to increase the chances of healing?
 
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