Treating Orange with PP

Orange is not eating and is having white poop. It has been a while since I got Orange and he is always in the background while others feed. Before I start with Metro treatment, I feel it is better to rule out some possibilities  by doing a PP bath. These are the steps I learned from a discus friend and the materials I used for this treatment:

Materials:
Activated carbon
10gal treatment tank
Hang Over Back (HOB) filter
.05gram of Potassium Permanganate
10gal tap water
10gal treated aged water for replacing after treatment
Heater
Airstone
1gal container
1/4tbs  measurement teaspoon


1. Either using conditioned water and run it through carbon for at least 24 hours, or using straight tap water and run it through carbon for 24 hrs. Do not put any kind of water conditioner or buffers in this tap water in you choose the latter. Activated carbon in the HOB filter should be able to take out any impurities or trace of chemical from the water.

2. The next day, move the sick fish to the 10gal hospital tank. Take out the HOB filter and run only the heater and airstone in the tank.

3. Use the 1gal container to take out some water from the hospital tank. With the 1/4 tbs measurement spoon, measure 1/10th of Potassium Permanganate. Mix the PP in the 1gal container until the purple color is uniformed.

4. Pour the solution of the 1gal container into the 10gal hospital tank.

5. The tank water should then look pinkish after dilution like the photo below. Let the fish bathe in this hospital solution between 3-4 hours while closely monitoring its behavior.

6. It is normal for the fish to breath hard throughout the bathe, but it should still be upright. Signs of fish feeling too stressed and can't handle treatment include: laying sideways, swimming at the top gasping for air. At these signs, the fish must be removed from treatment.

7. After 3-4 hours, scoop the fish out from the hospital tank with the 1gal container. Drain all the water from the 10gal hospital tank and replace the hospital with new aged water with the same temperature. Release the fish into the new water.

8. Put back the HOB filter running activated carbon for the hospital tank to take out any trace of medication.