Re: NFC: PoP Eye help

[jake levi <jlevi_us at yahoo_com>]

Stephen
dont forget that as it recycles you will be getting
more nitrite spikes as the bacteria reestablish. Deja
vu all over again.

I would do about a 40% change as often as you can,
every other day would be good. your charcoal will
fairly quickly get saturated. Cheaper to rely on water
changes for a week or so. The gravel will have some of
the tetracycline so stir it up when you do the water
changes.
jake
--- Stephen DiCerbo <mykiss at nycap_rr.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> jake levi wrote:
> 
> > Hi Stephen
> > yes, the tetracycline wipes out a broad spectrum
> of
> > bacteria, both gram negative and gram positive, as
> > such the bacteria that do the denitrfying are
> history.
> > That is a danger when using any antibiotic. They
> are
> > equal opportunity killers.
> 
>    damned had I known that , I might have skipped
> that attempt
> altogether....  oh, well....  seems kinda cache 22,
> if the treatment
> would tend to increase the problem that caused the
> original
> affliction...
> 
>    well, gotta get religious about cleaning.....
> 
> >
> >
> > Draconian=major.
> >
> > I would do major water changes on the tank,40%,
> > increase the mechanical filtration and once the
> > tetracycline has been diluted seed the substrate
> with
> > gravel from a functioning tank. you can also swap
> > filter screens from one in a functioning tank. I
> would
> > hope that the water changes would help the popeye
> > condition. How big of a tank is it?
> > jake
> 
>    will do...  the first change was about 50%.......
>    the renewal of
> carbon in the filter seems to be fading the color
> also,  but I will do a
> water change every other day for a bit, maybe....   
> and use lots of
> stress coat... :^)
> 
>   its a 90 gallon tank, and I ain't got no others
> for seeds....   but
> the mechanical system must be well suited for it, I
> never even lost any
> fish, that I can remember on the original nitrogen
> spike....
> 
>    thanks
> 
> Stephen
> 
> 
> 
>                               Stephen Di Cerbo
>                           stephen at stormtree_com
>                 http://www.stormtree.com/headwaters
> 
>        " Here comes the trout that must be caught
> with tickling. "
> 
>                            - William Shakespeare -
> 
> 


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