Ok so I have officially thrown in the towel in the fight with bba... I do 2 50% water changes a week and it has overrun ALL of my plants. A month ago I had a bout with worms coming out of my female guppy’s anus I put her down in the hopes that I have caught the spread of the parasites in time. Alas, my efforts were in vain. My apistos (cacs) had the same worms coming out the back end. I treated them with the additive you can put into the food 6 hours later the female apisto and her fry all had perished! The male was not doing so well I moved him to the sick tank. Let me be clear I understand that this is a strong med. I under dosed by half and am aware that the fish more than likely died due to their weakened state. The male is still alive and seems ok but the worms are still present.
It is at this point I want to start the BBA infested tank over again.
Question 1: Is there a way I can keep the plants from dieing but KILL the BBA. I have about $250 in plants which is allot for me.
Question 2: Is there some way I can make sure all the parasites are dead without killing the rest of my fish. I don’t want to start the tank over and put fish with parasites back in it.
Question 3: I was told that the only REAL way to get rid off BBA is all the equipment, gravel, plants, aquarium glass, etc. all get a chlorine bath, and scrubbing. Would this be true?
Question 4: Could I cut all the leaves off all of my plants and hope to god it doesn’t put so much shock on them they don’t come back to life?
Thank you so much for your time in advance and sorry for the rambling.... Justin