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[nickward_uk]

So much for thinking things were on the mend The little loach has taken a turn for the worse today - after looking much better, he's now looking like he's definitly got fin rot

Thing is, I'm still treating for whitespot - and I think the fin rot may have spread to one of the other loaches.. so, what do I do?

Do I continue to treat the whitespot (which I thought had cleared up - but looks like it may be back in the loaches) or do I ransfer the two fin-rot loaches to a hospital tank, and treat for the fin rot, then whitespot? Which will do the most damage to them?

 

[Durbkat]

Can you not do both, on the back the medicine should say what you can use it with.

 

[nickward_uk]

Can you not do both, on the back the medicine should say what you can use it with.

well, I'm using the waterlife protozin treatment, and was going to go with there treatment for finrot, and it says to wiat 4 days before using protozin after ther fin rot treatment. It doesn't say about using it the other way round...

 

[WILDER]

If you definately can issolate the two loaches with finrot, you could add half a dose of bacteria med to the tank with the whitespot med, you must increase aeration.

 

[tttnjfttt]

you could also get away with halfing the white spot med. People often do this when treating scaleless fish.

 

[nickward_uk]

you could also get away with halfing the white spot med. People often do this when treating scaleless fish.

I'm thinking of doing a series of myxazin baths - 20 secs each, a couple of times a day, until the whitespot treatment is done (apparantly protazin contains a weak chemical similar to myxazin which should help as well...) Would this be effective? might even apply it direct to the fish with a cotton bud?

 

[tttnjfttt]

Am i reading this right? Are you saying he has cottony looking stuff growing off his fins now? If so, this is columnaris, not fin rot. Columnaris tends to be alot more lethal than fin rot finrot. I'm not familiar wiht Myxazin so i can't help you there

 

[nickward_uk]

Am i reading this right? Are you saying he has cottony looking stuff growing off his fins now? If so, this is columnaris, not fin rot. Columnaris tends to be alot more lethal than fin rot finrot. I'm not familiar wiht Myxazin so i can't help you there

no sorry - just my typing - I'm thinking of applying myxazin ( http/www.waterlife.co.uk/waterlife/myxazin.htm ) as a topical medication using a cotton bud...

 

[WILDER]

Does it say you can put onto a fish raw, or do you have to dilute it down first.

 

[nickward_uk]

Does it say you can put onto a fish raw, or do you have to dilute it down first.

Aye - I rang waterlife up just after posting.. they wouldn't suggest it, but confirmed that it'd be ok - that said, it's one of those last ditch attempts to help the little thing really... I'm sure it wont be alive much longer if I dont do something...

 

[WILDER]

I would dilute it down a bit, it could end up burning him, i think the bath sounds better to be honest.

 

[nickward_uk]

I would dilute it down a bit, it could end up burning him, i think the bath sounds better to be honest.

to be honest - I'm thinking the bath will be considerably easier anyway - not sure I want to attempt applying it direct..

 

[tttnjfttt]

tht sounds like a better plan, never known a fish to hold still to apply meds. Heck, i think it took about 10 minutes to get pix of a sore on one side of a danio.

 

[nickward_uk]

tht sounds like a better plan, never known a fish to hold still to apply meds. Heck, i think it took about 10 minutes to get pix of a sore on one side of a danio.

sadly - little loach didn't make it - and now the other loaches are going the same way - the big loach isn't to bad - the smaller one covered new pics here: http/albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumIndex...8&a=32049302&f=

 

[WILDER]

Poor things they do look in a bad way even can tell by there faces, they look unhappy, i would do a water change, and maybe only use half the med, as the full dose could be stressing them out and maybe this is why they are not getting well.
You are not using salt are you.