ahchong1

Hi,

My first post!!....

I got the Eheim Liberty 200 for 20 SGD which is about 13 USD. Used ...

Hardware questions:

I would like the know how to clean this filter thoroughly since i got it from another person....
Also how to gracefully add the Filter to the tank to take over from the air bubble type filter.

Fish problem:

My fishes also starting to have fin rot.... I am so stressed this is our (wife and me) first tank. Adding medications... "Super" brand the fishes started to stay below like resting. sigh...

Regards
Anthony

soldieroffortune1974

You got a good price on the eheim filter,nice..........

You can clean it by soaking it in vinegar and water for a little while,then scrub it real good,to get the inside more difficult areas I would suggest a stiff bristle bottle brush.

Or, you can soak it in bleach water,scrub it real good,then soak it in water saturated with a good de-chlorinator (4X's the amount of recommend dose of de-chlorinator to neutralise the bleach)

Once it's cleaned up,put it on the aquarium,fill it up and turn it on.Add filter media,put a small amount of your aquarium gravel in the bottom of the filter housing,just behind the media and let it run. Let it run for a while,with the 'bubble filter' running also(more than a couple of weeks) to seed the new filter with bacteria.You can use it in conjuntion with the bubble filter,or you can remove the bubble filter.

Now,the fish...........
Change the water and give them plenty of clean water daily,clean the gravel to remove wastes.Put the effected fish in quarantine (if available),it will help reduce the chances of the other fish bullying him/her and increase the chances of recovery.This should be enough to cure the fin rot,if not.......

Before adding medications,remove any carbon from your filter.Maracin+ is an anti-fungal,and would be my 1st choice of treatment (I didn't notice a brand you were using,so I thought I would give you an option) Kenacyn (Kenamiacyn) is also a good choice. After the fin rot is cleared,you can treat with Melafix to prevent re-infection and speed fin re-growth.Melafix is not a disease treatment medicine (often misunderstood) it is an antiseptic for prevention of infections,not a treatment medication.AFter treatment and fin rot is cleared,change the water 50% and add carbon to remove the remaining meds from the water.

Good luck and I hope your fish gets better,


Welcome to Fishlore.............

ahchong1

one tetra and another died. Tetra could be bad reaction to medication .... The other one cannot find the name.... tummy is quite huge and looks so quite. My wife named it mini.... it was so small when we got it!! sigh

ahchong1

Got a medication: brand: "Waterlife Myxazin"....

I asked my shop about the Maracin+ he showed me the above... Is that a similar product with different name?

soldieroffortune1974

Waterlife Myxazin isn't quite the same thing,nor the same kind of medicine. Myxazin is an anti-bacterial and Maracin+ is an anti-fungal. However,Waterlife Myxazin; is supposed to treat fin rot.I don't know from first-hand experience,I have never used it and don't know how the fish would react to it.

ahchong1

Hi,

Thanks i understand it now.... I saved a mosiac cory the other one did not make it too. Lost 3 out of 6 to the fin rot debacle.... sigh...