I have been battling with fungus and fin rot on one of my fish for a few weeks now. I think I have finally got rid of it and would like to pass on my method for anyone else inflicted with this menace.
Symptoms:
first noticed red patch on gill with developed into a garstly hole with white fluffy stuff round the edge. Fins had red blood streaks and eventually scales became raised with red bloody patches. No changes in appetite or behaviour, but then he is a goldfish!!
Method:
Dosed tank with 2-phenoxyethanol using interpet no.8 medication following directions supplied. Then bathed fish in a marine salt (2 tablespoons per 10L) and 2-phenoxyethanol bath using 3 times recommended dosage and repeated following day.
Warning: 2-phenoxyethanol at high dosages is used as an aneasthetic and will eventually knock out your fish and may stop it's gill movements. For this reason while fish is in bath, he must be observed at all time and if fish movements start to slow must be removed immediattley from bath. (I knocked my fish out completely the first time... whoops. He soon recovered when I returned him to the tank.)
At this stage you should notice that any white fluff will have dissapeared and that wounds have started healing.
In order for the bacteria to not grow back a 7-day treatment of Melafix was required, started the day after the second bath.
Fish is now completely back to normal
N.B. water quality should be checked prior to treatment.
Hope this helps anyone
Symptoms:
first noticed red patch on gill with developed into a garstly hole with white fluffy stuff round the edge. Fins had red blood streaks and eventually scales became raised with red bloody patches. No changes in appetite or behaviour, but then he is a goldfish!!
Method:
Dosed tank with 2-phenoxyethanol using interpet no.8 medication following directions supplied. Then bathed fish in a marine salt (2 tablespoons per 10L) and 2-phenoxyethanol bath using 3 times recommended dosage and repeated following day.
Warning: 2-phenoxyethanol at high dosages is used as an aneasthetic and will eventually knock out your fish and may stop it's gill movements. For this reason while fish is in bath, he must be observed at all time and if fish movements start to slow must be removed immediattley from bath. (I knocked my fish out completely the first time... whoops. He soon recovered when I returned him to the tank.)
At this stage you should notice that any white fluff will have dissapeared and that wounds have started healing.
In order for the bacteria to not grow back a 7-day treatment of Melafix was required, started the day after the second bath.
Fish is now completely back to normal
N.B. water quality should be checked prior to treatment.
Hope this helps anyone
