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He unfortunately did not make it :/. The redness and swelling quickly spread despite the antibiotic. Thanks for the advice, wish I could’ve caught it sooner.

Yes, that’s what I meant. My apologies

I’ve been dosing the entire tank with Melafix for about 3 days now, but I’ve just now moved the sick bala to a hospital tank and added Epsom salt in the ratio you suggested. I will certainly be ordering the antibiotic from Co-Op, but I’m gonna check if my local pet smart has anything as well just for the sake of shipping time. I’ll let you know how it goes!

Any idea where I could get erythromycin? Is it something that any pet store has?

Hi there, I started noticing the scales on the side of one of my Bala Sharks start raising about a week ago. Thought maybe he got in a bit of a tussle with another fish and suffered a wound. However, it has now grown into this mess on his side. I’ve started a treatment of Melafix for a bacterial infection but I’m unsure if I see results yet. Any ideas as to what this is/what I can do to heal it? He’s acting normal and eating, but now has this on his side. Water Parameters: PH: ~7 Nitrates: ~15 Hardness:~11 Nitrites: ~.25 Ammonia: 0 (just did 50% water change, did not check before doing weekly 50% change) Water Temp: 79 Degrees Any help is appreciated, Jon