I wonder if anyone else has any really horrific experience with Malafix?
I mostly keep catfish / a few loaches, rainbows and a single angel fish (very lightly stocked in a 100gallon).
Well a few months ago the angel fish didn't appear well so I did my routine tank clean and added some Melafix to the tank (as directed and if anything I under-dosed)
The next morning I woke up and all my fish were almost comatose and gasping at the top, looking very pale. I had no idea what happened, but a water change usually helps, so that's what I did.
Hey presto in a few hours they were all fine.
And I didn't really think much about it.
A few months later then angel appeared slightly unwell again, so again I added some Melafix to the tank.
Next morning, same thing as before but this time I (this ripped my heart out) lost 4 massive plecs! 1 Huge L091 that I had since juvi, 1 stunning L266 plus equally large L200 and also an L144.
All my other fish were fine and alive (though in bad shape) - including ironically the angel fish (which to this day is still well and alive).
Anyway, again after a water change, they were fine (minus mass death).
Funny enough, when you google "Malafix" one the the first things to come up is a thread on Aquarist Classifieds of a similar nightmare.
Evil stuff I will never use again.
So why does this happen???
I mostly keep catfish / a few loaches, rainbows and a single angel fish (very lightly stocked in a 100gallon).
Well a few months ago the angel fish didn't appear well so I did my routine tank clean and added some Melafix to the tank (as directed and if anything I under-dosed)
The next morning I woke up and all my fish were almost comatose and gasping at the top, looking very pale. I had no idea what happened, but a water change usually helps, so that's what I did.
Hey presto in a few hours they were all fine.
And I didn't really think much about it.
A few months later then angel appeared slightly unwell again, so again I added some Melafix to the tank.
Next morning, same thing as before but this time I (this ripped my heart out) lost 4 massive plecs! 1 Huge L091 that I had since juvi, 1 stunning L266 plus equally large L200 and also an L144.
All my other fish were fine and alive (though in bad shape) - including ironically the angel fish (which to this day is still well and alive).
Anyway, again after a water change, they were fine (minus mass death).
Funny enough, when you google "Malafix" one the the first things to come up is a thread on Aquarist Classifieds of a similar nightmare.
Evil stuff I will never use again.
So why does this happen???