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would it be ok to add aquarium salt or would this alter the medication?

Hi,
Before anyone could truly answer this question we would
need to know what the fish(s) are that you are treating,
and why you are treating them.

In general, you should know that when you add salt to a
fresh water tank, you increase the fishes metabolism.
This causes them to change the "flow" of water between
the cells, the cell membranes, and between the
water contained within the body of the fish and the
tank outside.
This change stresses the fish and causes the fish
to secrete more of the protective mucus that the
fish forms naturally.

In short, when you add salt to a tank with fish that
do not live in water with salt, you place an additional
stress/physical burden on the fish at times when they
are already sick and stressed.

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I don't see any recomendations for the addition of salt
to the water as part of the treatment regime.

Frank


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i was just doing a quarantine on some feeders for my oscar and used pimafix to make sure they had not parasites and if so to kill them

Hi,
OK, but... These are anti- bacteria and fungal medications.
They won't work for worms or parasites.

Frank


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ok, well is there anything that would eliminate parasites?and is anit bacteria good as maybe an extra precaution?also how could i make the feeders more nutritious?so basically a quarantine tank is so hopefully the infected fish would die off in the QT? sorry for so many ?'s

Instead of a Q tank I would get a breeding tank and you would be 110% sure you feeders are fattened up and safe from all problems. It will be just a matter of selecting the original breeding fish. In the long term it will work out a lot cheaper and certainly safer.

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yes ive decided after this batch of fathead minnows im going to get guppies.i didnt get them today because i hate second thoughs which went back to my old breeding tank of guppies.1 male+ 3 Female+ fry=overrun.lol and i cant feed the oscar that many i want him to have a good staple pellet and live food as a treat.

To make food more nutritious, you might try gutloading. Feed the live food a nutritious pellet or flake food, and then feed the live food to your fish. That way your fish consumes not only a fish, but also some of the other nutrition included in processed foods. This tactic has been used for especially picky species of fish that ONLY eat fish, so it couldn't hurt for your less-picky fish.

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very good. also what are some other live food ideas, ive done crickets fish, worms, spiders, flying ants, ladybugs.etc.fish are the best though because the oscar kind of hunts them

Hi,
Back to the parasites...
Here is a site that should help, the "cures," in many
cases, depend upon the critter.

http://www.aquariumfishwonders.com/health-care/how-to-identify-and-treat-fish-parasites/

It would be nearly impossible to treat a tank for all
the possibilities. Keeping the fish housed in a QT for
a period of time (a month) would be long enough to
ensure that the batch in that tank are healthy.
Don't break the quarantine by adding more fish to
replace those that have been fed.
Also, don't use any of the feeders until they have
been in quarantine for at least a month.
Wait until the tank is empty of fish before adding
any additional feeders.
You would probably need a couple, or three, tanks
to keep enough feeders in quarantine, to have a
continuous source of live food.

Frank


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thank you very much.i have done the salt, i think i may have done it a tad on the high side as 2 fish died but then again it may be just right since the fish that died werent really gaspiing for air at the surface but spent 80% or better of their time at the top.i think they were sick to begin with.