Pop Eye And Fin Rot In Betta

[newfishy]

I have a new betta that I got shipped to me, and he has a few issues, he has pop eye and some fin tears and a little bit of fin rot.

he is a 2 gallon with a heater, no filter and right now a 50% daily water change.

I have melafix, pimafix, and marcyn2 for meds, I have been using the melafix, for about a day and a half now, but I am not sure how soon I should see results or if I should use something stronger?

He is also not too hungry right now, but he was pretty stressed after I got him.

 

[WILDER]

Melafix is no good all it good for is cuts and wounds on fish.
maracyn two will be fine but you will need to increase aeration in the tank.
Maracyn–Two
Manufacturer: Mardel
A broad-spectrum antibiotic for internal or external gram negative bacterial infections which can even be absorbed through the skin. Effective treatment of fin and tail rot, popeye, gill disease, dropsy (swollen body, protruding scales), septicemia (bleeding or red streaks on the body), secondary and internal infections. Effective even when fish won't eat.
Active ingredient: Mincycline hydrochlor.




http/www.flippersandfins.net/pop-eye.htm

 

[newfishy]

Alright I shall do another water change and use the maracyn2, as I dont want to mix it and the melafix. I have a small pump and air stone for that tank too so I think that will work.

 

[WILDER]

Just dilute the melafix down with a water change, you can use melafix with bacterial meds anyway.

 

[newfishy]

well, betta looks no worse, but also no better. I shall keep up with the meds and water changes.

thanks wilder for answering all my fishs sick issues, you are a great source of info.

 

[WILDER]

Good luck.

 

[plecofan]

I'd be more inclined to try triple sulfa, it more effective than the maracyns.

 

[newfishy]

well the affected eye seems a little better, but it still has a tiny bit of cloud over the eye...see photo.

is doing water changes daily going to slow down the eye healing because I am taking out a protion of the med every time I do so. I add the med back in after every water change, but the packaging says to only change the water at the end of the treatment. Problem being its a small tank and the water get gross stringy alge after a day or so...while it never got this before I started the meds...do meds cause alge to grow?

 

[eb2]

well the affected eye seems a little better, but it still has a tiny bit of cloud over the eye...see photo.

is doing water changes daily going to slow down the eye healing because I am taking out a protion of the med every time I do so. I add the med back in after every water change, but the packaging says to only change the water at the end of the treatment. Problem being its a small tank and the water get gross stringy alge after a day or so...while it never got this before I started the meds...do meds cause alge to grow?

I was thinking about this thread last night and whenI woke up this morning 1st thing it came to me.. this is just a thought, Maracyn 2 has something in it called Chitosan, it acts like the slime coat on the fish and binds the medicine to the fish (Mardel calls it biospere technology or something, explained in the package insert) so it occured to me that there is possibly a parsite in the water and the biosperes are binding to it also ...which leads me to my next conclusion, the fish is no better because he has a parasite, but no worse because the antibiotic is protecting him from a secondary infection, and so you might consider trating for a parasite, the Coppersafe is compatible with Maracyn 2 ... this is just a thought. and that fish is gorgeous!

 

[WILDER]

Why do you think the fish has parasites, as the poster has said nothing about the fish having parasites.

Cloudy eye is a symtom of a desease not a desease in its own right.
Causes are.
Bad water quality.
Stress.
Old age.
Irratation.
Poor diet.
Bacterial.
Parasites.

 

[eb2]

Why do you think the fish has parasites, as the poster has said nothing about the fish having parasites.

Cloudy eye is a symtom of a desease not a desease in its own right.
Causes are.
Bad water quality.
Stress.
Old age.
Irratation.
Poor diet.
Bacterial.
Parasites.

because she said that when she started using that med, she got alot of stringy white algae in the water that she ddnt have before, I did not think it was unreasonable to consider that the medicine was possibly binding to a parasite (the same as it binds to the fish), thus identifying it a possible problem. Do you thinks it's unreasonable?