majik

lol sounds like youve got the bug.Thanks for the positive feedback Jim Ive got a few nice pairs but my males are being typical boys,theyre young lads what can you expect lol im sure it wont be long before they sort it out.

Hi ya you could also add salt at 1 T per 40 ltr this wont help much in regards to the ammonia but it will help if you get traces of nitrite which you may with an ammonia spike.

yippie im so happy you found him thats great news :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Bummer hope you find him ,dont give up hopes of finding him as we had a turtle escape and run away for 3 days and seriously we found him nearly at the corner dairy safe and well

Ditto im over the hill in nelson (rabbit island) i havent got salt water but have a 1000ltr discus tank thats quite cool your also welcome to stop by

icecream

The thing that got me was that I destroyed the ones that had it and they destroyed fish that didn't ---much to my discust.

Hi ya no its not me thank goodness and not my fish either it just came up in a list of possible causes and wondered if anyone had sucessfully treated it in fish althow i know the prognosis isnt good at all.

mycobacterium marinum sorry i know theres heaps of strains and familys of it.

Anyone battled with mycobacterium? What antibiotics did you use and what sort of results did you get?

angel

affliction

what about a bearded dragon?

Id go the pp treatment if dosed correctly is very effective but only my opinion

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Ive found melifix to be totally useless id wait for the furan2 in the meantime tonic salt rock salt or ordinary table salt(as long as theres no non chelating agent) will give them some releif in the meantime 1or 2 Tablespoon per 10g In defence of he seller shipping is very stressfull on fish and most things that aile our fish are present in small doses and factors such as stress can increace to point that immune systems dont cope.Discus are not renound for their immunity. At ph of 5.5 and below (natural habitat)bactaria ceases to exist hence low immunity

no they are differnt try a chemist

epsom salt at 1 tablespoon per 10g if no improvement in 12 hours it can be doubled but i think you may be dealing with more than a blockage by the sounds of it

I would do a corse of furan 2 i think it covers gram negitive and gram positive so should clear it up without a microscope its only educated guess work lol

I dont believe in low dose meds they cause resistant to meds either kick it in the ass or not at all. If there isnt a problem with your tank i wouldnt medicate .

all medication poses some risk(mainly incorect dosage,and just intolerence by some fish) I quarantine all new fish for 6weeks without exceptions i prefer to only medicate if there is a cause to. Yes paranoia can take over but usually if i know a fish is not right i will observe for a couple of days before acting both medications are generally tolerated very well

I would treat tank anyway metro is reasnable safe and there does seam to be a problem once overcome with an ailment medical intervention is needed .If fish are still eating treating food may be eaiser althow i like to treat tank then i know its going to get in

I would advise you to treat the whole tank ,you can lower water level to conserve on meds .Remove any carbon from filters if yoiu run any as this will make medication useless .if your other fish will tolerate it crank the temp up to 32oC. you need to get an accurate volume of tank so you can treat . 1 tablet will treat 10gallons mix tablets in warm water and shake till your arm drops off then add to tank metro is ineffective after 8 hours 4 doses is usually enough waterchanges after 8 hours of treatment is recomended

The best way to measure accuratley is to make a stock solution of 20grams of pp in 1 litre of warm to hot water shake to mix then add ,20 drops will treat 10 litres at 2ppm and so on.The aim is to retain the purple pinkish colour for 4 hours if water turns brown there is too much organic matter in tank you can add more stock solution relatively safely up to 6 ppm

in my understanding 4 hours treatment with pp then neutralise with 1 teaspoon of hydrogen peroxide then massive water change if no improvement re dose again next day