Can API Melafix and Pimafix be used together?
According to API, Melafix and Pimafix can be used at the same time without any issues. In fact, dosing both simultaneously is recommended if you want to get rid of subclinical parasitic infestations.
Can Melafix be used with other treatments?
MELAFIX can be used with all API products, including medications and water conditioners.
What’s the difference between Melafix and Pimafix?
Melafix is formulated to heal bacterial infections such as tail and fin rot, eye cloud, mouth fungus and more while Pimafix quickly treats fungal and bacterial infections such as cottony growth, fin and tail rot and many more.
How long does it take Pimafix to work?
After a week of use of Pimafix, the growth has gone down by half and none of the other fish have shown signs of it. DOES THIS AFFECT THE FILTER? This does not throw off the biological filter of the tank if used as recommended with water changes every 5 to 7 days.
Is Pimafix safe for healthy fish?
This can be stressful for fish which are healthy or fighting off an issue already. I’ve had great success with Melafix and Pimafix together as a ‘general cure’ and my catfish, snails and loaches have not had any issue.
What does Pimafix cure?
API PIMAFIX fish remedy rapidly treats cottony growth, mouth, body fungus, and the reddening of the fins and body, in addition to both internal and external bacterial infections.
Can I use Pimafix with other treatments?
Yes, API PIMAFIX fish remedy can be used with all API products, including other fish remedies and treatments.
Can I mix fish medication?
Sometimes fish will develop several infections at the same time, requiring multiple medications. We don’t recommend dosing two medications into the water, but it is possible to put one medication in the food and the other in the water.
How do I use API Pimafix?
Instructions. Add 5 ml per 10 gallons of aquarium water. Dose daily for 7 days. After 7 days, make a 25% water change.
Will Pimafix harm healthy fish?
Remember that when you add medicine to a tank, you change what the water contains. This can be stressful for fish which are healthy or fighting off an issue already. I’ve had great success with Melafix and Pimafix together as a ‘general cure’ and my catfish, snails and loaches have not had any issue.
Is Pimafix an antibiotic?
PimaFix has powerful antifungal and antibacterial properties due to the multiple natural active compounds in PimaFix. Disease-causing organisms are present in all ponds.
What does Melafix and Pimafix treat?
MELAFIXor PIMAFIX ERYTHROMYCIN and add AQUARIUM SALT to reduce fluid accumulation. Whitish cottony tufts or patches appear on the mouth, skin and fins of tropical fish, goldfish and koi. True fungal infections are caused by Saprolegnia and Achlya species.
Do Melafix and pimafix froth when added to water?
You are doing the right thing by using the two (Pimafix & Melafix) together, they are designed to work together and they cover a broader range of illnesses when used together!! Yes these products do froth when you add them to your water.
How to use pimafix in a fish tank?
Remember if you use Melafix or Pimafix, they decrease the oxygen in the water, so you should lower the level or add an air stone. Do not remove the bubbles that floated ontop of your fish tank. when you use Pimafix every day for 7 days. It will reduce the oxy. So just change your fish tank water with tap water (like 1/6) before you put Pimafix in.
Can I use primafix and Melafix in my tank?
You’re fine using the primafix and melafix for your tank! Just be careful as those two can be lethal to fish if overdosed. I did so by accident, filling the cap a bit higher than the line) and didn’t realize it made that much of a deal.
Does pimafix reduce oxygen in water?
Remember if you use Melafix or Pimafix, they decrease the oxygen in the water, so you should lower the level or add an air stone. Do not remove the bubbles that floated ontop of your fish tank. when you use Pimafix every day for 7 days. It will reduce the oxy.