nudge Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Will be dosing my tank with metro this wkend. Am after some advice on how to do it, have been doin a bit of research and there seems to be a few ways of doin it. Tank is 340l will try and drop the water level to about 1/2. 1x400mg tab per 40l. Will crush up the correct dosage and chuck powder in the tank. Do i do a w/c after each dose?. Some sites say to redose every 8 hrs for a course of 6 doses, how strict do you have to be with the time between dosing, can I wait longer, I have 2 kids that i need to get ready for school and ready for bed so might have to redose when i can, is this still gonna work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 I usually do a double dose for the first dose. Wait 10 - 12 hrs and do a large waterchange (>50%) before redosing (1 tab/40ltrs) for a course of 7 doses. I've found that dosing within 24 hrs will still work. hth, Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcon021 Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Good article: http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/malawi_bloat2_pt1.php Best to do it every 8-10 hours. Also need to turn off the lights when doing it. I try and do it first thing in the morning and then do it again after I get home from work. Could do it after the kids go to bed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nudge Posted April 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 cheers, will try and stick within 10hrs and do 7 doses. do you guys keep feeding through the dosages? and can i still add sea salt to the tank while i am treating with metro. The article linked says to dose with epsom so i assume salt will be fine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcon021 Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Do not feed them during the dose. Also feed a little when start feeding again Can dose with salt at the same time. Ask if you got questions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nudge Posted April 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 cheers rcon, much appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropheus Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Are your fish still eating? Sometimes I soak pellets in a cup of metro and let it soak in. Then feed them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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