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$horty  Fingerling Posts: 35 Kudos: 25 Votes: 22 Registered: 30-Jan-2005   | Can you use medications for your fish while the tank is cycling? |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36 |     |
nattereri   Mega Fish Posts: 1075 Kudos: 1157 Votes: 39 Registered: 16-Aug-2003   | Most meds will destroy any bacterial (nitrifying) colonies even if the tank is cycled, thus restarting the entire process. That is why people should use hospital tanks. |
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houston  Fish Guru You want what when? Posts: 2623 Kudos: 2462 Votes: 337 Registered: 29-Mar-2003 | Melafix doesn't kill off your bacteria...Heidi "I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle |
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| $horty Fingerling Posts: 35 Kudos: 25 Votes: 22 Registered: 30-Jan-2005 | Okay great! Thanks  |
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kitten  Fish Guru Meow? Posts: 2266 Kudos: 2194 Votes: 19 Registered: 18-Nov-2003 | Read the packages... most will tell you when it will damage the good bacteria. Of course, if you're still unsure, I'd ask here about a specific med. *shrugs* ~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~ |
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| guppylove1985 Fish Addict Posts: 537 Kudos: 709 Votes: 0 Registered: 01-Nov-2003 | some of them say they won't but they will, for example Maracyn I and II say they won't burt your biofilter  |
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