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one have my guppies i jsut noticed has pretty bd fin rot, and i thkn one might be starting to get it, my quesiton is cna i does melafax in the 10 glalno there in, 6 guppies, one otto, and ghost shrimp or sohudl i ptu the in htere onw tank and dose there?

Yes, follow the directions on the bottle, do a 25% water change then dose 1 capful once a day for 7 days then do another 25% water change, you can do another run of mela-fix or if it seems to need something more add pima-fix as per directions on the bottle. They are designed to work together. Once you are done dosing the tank run actvated carbon for about 2 weeks to clear out the meds. You need to remove the carbon during treatment.
I am dealing with the same thing in my 10g tank with a betta. It seems to be working although I will be doing a second run of meds with both mela-fix and pima-fix this time.
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I would also be concerned how the Guppie got the fin rot. Medication will cure the fish but there is a very good chance it will not cure the cause of it.

What are all your water peramiters, feeding, and percentage of water changes also how often.

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Bacterial fin rot is caused by your tank conditions. It means that your water parameters are not right and that your tank needs maintenance.

Dosing with Melafix will not make conditions worse but it will not treat the source of the problem. Frequent water changes and great tank maintenance will do much more good than a gallon of Melafix or 100 doses of any anti-bacterial drug.

Take Krib's advice and do a 25% water change but be sure to vaccum the substrate and to clean your filter. Follow up with a 25% water change tomorrow and a 25% water change the following day.

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i thnk its becuae i just move him, i do 30% a week but tend to overfeed

If you tend to overfeed then you should overwater change...



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