herefishiefishie Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 I have been hit by this. Not pretty at all. Hit quick & hard. Lost 2 discus, one at day1, one at day3. Both were ones that were smaller, thinner ones I was feeding up. All came down when I introduced a new discus. First came down about 3 days later. Funny, the new discus is fine still & looks great. :roll: {lesson there, quarantine all new fish} Most others looking pretty bad, gone dark, hiding, excess mucus, breathing heavy, fins clamped etc. Treating with bacterial medicine of choice & prazi as flukes have hit, secondary infection. Added salt, temp at 30, slowly dropping ph with naturally, using indian almond leaves. Lights off. Will let people know how I go. Hard disease to deal with as fish look so bad. Information in Books & net so conflicting too. Bizarre disease, all other tropicals look fine. All I can say is, glad I don't have a discus room. Sounds like all would of got it. Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim r Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 Fingers crossed, hope it works out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 Try using Furan 2 and acriflavin together. Good luck, Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted July 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 I have seen furan mentioned, same for a lot of bacterial meds, metro, parasite remedies etc. I haven't seen furan around. I don't think we have it here. I treated with an oxy drug, pretty good anti bacterial, 4th day of treatment, with a few water changes. I stopped using prazi. Just treated for first 3 days. treat for 3 more days next week. One discus broke out with whitespot oon day 2. :-? May switch tomorrow to metro, recommended by discus guys here. The only reason I will switch to that is guys have sworn by it & had no deaths. Some of mine are already looking better & started eating. If story still the same will stick with oxy. No more deaths today. Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 Glad to hear that there is no more death. At 28 deg they shouldn't have white spot. Why do you want to use metro?? Are you fixing up internal problem? I would just stick to oxy since it stop the dying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted July 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 I did stick to oxy in the end. It was just what I read on a discus froum in Aussie. The best drug I used was Chlor-B. It is deadly to humans but. When fish first broke out I split the tank into really sick into separate tank. Used oxy. The others in main tank got Chlor-B. Those that got Chlor-B cleared up quickly. Then again, they weren't as advanced I guess. But I only had a limited amount, therefore hit the better ones with the better drug, just in case others were to far gone. I used a little metro in the food, just incase. Just the disease seems to break the fish, therefore they got hit by a couple of other diseases. I lost 3 all up. The others now are more active, colour coming back. I will post active ingredients in Chlor-B, but will also post up safer alternative. Meds are at home, I am out tonight. Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 sorry to hear you lost three but glad the others are coming around. Would like to know the active ingredients in Chlor B. Is it a prescribtion med? I had that happen to me once and I treated them with Furan2 and acriflavin together with a 100% WC daily to get rid of all the slime and stuff. The fish were all dark with a lot of slime almost like skin peeling off and all in a corner lying flat. I thought I would loose them but fortunately for me all survive after the treatment that lasted 2 weeks. There are 35 tanks in the fishroom and none of the others were affected. I must be lucky, ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 Sorry to hear of your outbreak and loss Frenchy , glad the others are on the mend tho 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted July 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 Cheers. I still have the bottle at home. The active ingredient was used in hosing down holding tanks in Asia. But they linked all the cancer break outs to the drug. :oops: I use it in a pill form, has a protective coating.Therefore I don't touch the drug itself. I can only buy the pills through a vet. Not easy to get at all. Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted July 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 Chloro-B 500 Broad spectrum Antibiotic plus vitamins. The main ingredient is Chloramphenicol. Contains 5 other ingredients. In Gerald Bassleer' book he states this chemical may be harmful to humans. {no s#@t} It has now been replaced by Florfenicol. Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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