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Thursday, July 05, 2007

Zar

Alright, to catch up... this past weekend I bought a 5 1/2 gallon tank with hood for Zar. I set up his new home on Sunday night (July 1) with a heater. I noticed the water was a little cloudy on Monday, but Zar seemed fine. The cloudiness continued to get worse and I did a partial water change on Tuesday that helped some. When I first set this tank up I added a small under gravel filter with air stone that came with his one gallon tank. On Wednesday, (July 4) I moved Zar to his vase with clean water that had been treated with Clor-Out and setting to the side for a few hours. The tank looked really white and I noticed a tiny white spot on Zar's head. My thought was, this is ick, so at the store I found Quick Cure for ick, Aquarium Salt, AquaSafe (a water conditioner and gets rid of chlorine) and Melafix. The Melafix is and antibacterial and although it will not cure ick, it will sooth him and also help fin rot, which I believe he also has from being cramped in that tiny container at the store and staying in dirty water. I used a small heater to warm the water to the same temperature as his tank and then moved him to the medicated vase with Quick Cure and Melafix.

While he was still in the vase, I gradually warmed the water more raising the temp to 86 degrees. This causes the parasites to become free swimmers and the medicine added kills them. While he bathed in his warm medicated vase, I tore down his tank and cleaned it with hot water, no soap and no bleach. Once clean and back together, I added 3 teaspoons of Aquarium Salt. The best way to do this is get some aquarium water into a small container and then add the measured salt to that, once dissolved, then pour into tank. I also added Melafix according to directions on bottle and the correct does of Quick Cure. When the temperature matched that of the vase, I moved Zar back to his tank. He is doing fine, swimming happily and eating his freeze dried blood warms very well. His tank is staying right at 82 degrees now and the water is crystal clear. The white spot on his head is gone. I am also noticing clear growth at the ends of his fins.

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