Mayu
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Ok, Wilder has been helping me diagnose my new blue ram who had two white, fluffy cyst like bumps on his anal fin and tail fin.
We've ruled out Ick because the spots haven't spread
I've ruled out Camallanus because there are no signs of Camallanaus
We've kind of ruled out fungus
We've kind of ruled out Columnaris
So he told me, to be on the safe side since the two spots haven't gone away on their own, I should just treat it with an antibiotic as if it's a bacterial infection (Which seems like the most likely case).
So I narrowed it down to two meds. (Well narrowed down as in, these were the only two offered.)
Metafix... "A natural way to treat bacterial fish infections... including Red Open Sores, Fin and Tail rot, Eye Cloud/Pop Eye/Body Slime and Mouth Fungus, and Open Body Wounds. You place 1 tsp of Metafix per 10 gallons of water every day for 7 days... then do a water change.
then there's
Lifeguard: All in one treatment: a non antibotic treatment for Ick, Fungus, Red Streaks, Milky or Shedding slime, Flukes, Bacterial gill disease, mouth and fin rot clamped or torn fins and ulcers. You place one tablet per day to every 5 gallons of water. (I'm assuming that means if you have a 29 gallon tank you should place 5-6 tabs every day?).. Treat for 5 days, then do a water change on the 6th.
which would you use?
We've ruled out Ick because the spots haven't spread
I've ruled out Camallanus because there are no signs of Camallanaus
We've kind of ruled out fungus
We've kind of ruled out Columnaris
So he told me, to be on the safe side since the two spots haven't gone away on their own, I should just treat it with an antibiotic as if it's a bacterial infection (Which seems like the most likely case).
So I narrowed it down to two meds. (Well narrowed down as in, these were the only two offered.)
Metafix... "A natural way to treat bacterial fish infections... including Red Open Sores, Fin and Tail rot, Eye Cloud/Pop Eye/Body Slime and Mouth Fungus, and Open Body Wounds. You place 1 tsp of Metafix per 10 gallons of water every day for 7 days... then do a water change.
then there's
Lifeguard: All in one treatment: a non antibotic treatment for Ick, Fungus, Red Streaks, Milky or Shedding slime, Flukes, Bacterial gill disease, mouth and fin rot clamped or torn fins and ulcers. You place one tablet per day to every 5 gallons of water. (I'm assuming that means if you have a 29 gallon tank you should place 5-6 tabs every day?).. Treat for 5 days, then do a water change on the 6th.
which would you use?