The Most Effective Treatments of Commonly-Posted Diseases

[Bunninose83]

On 3/13/2022 at 10:07 PM, Colu said:

I would add an extra air stone as higher temperatures will mean theirs less desolved oxygen in the tank and higher levels of desolved oxygen have been proven to aid in a  fish's recovery

Colu to the rescue! BluRay is doing much better! I didn't even realize my air pump was on the fritz till you mentioned adding another. Still a little recovering to go, but so much happier! Comes out and gives me kisses again!

[sweetpoison]

On 8/30/2021 at 10:25 AM, laritheloud said:

This is an amazing thread. Can the moderators keep this one pinned, by any chance?

It really is!  

[MidnightBel]

On 8/30/2021 at 1:00 PM, Colu said:

Anchor worms . Lernaea can be seen with the naked eye on your fish symptoms include flashing localised redness inflammation on the body of the fish white or red worms in the wound breathing difficulty  the most effective treatment is potassium permanganate bath dosage 5mg/Liter for 30 minute or 100mg/Liter for 5-10 minutes second bath 1g/Liter for 10-40 seconds or an indefinite bath 2mg/Liter  if you can't get potassium permanganate water life parazin p active ingredient is Diflubenzuron or Esha alx active is Lufenuron effective against anchor worms  aquarium salt baths are effective against some species of anchor worms 1table spoon for 1gallon for no more than 15 minutes 2-3 times a day or you can keep high levels of salt   in your tank for up to thirty days as the life cycle is between 18 and 28 days and high levels of salt stop anchor worm eggs from developing   if you have fish that are sensitive salt  I would recommend  treating with  potassium permanganate bath once a week as over use can burn gill tissue hikari has a product called cyropro for treating anchor worms I don't no how effective it is if you feel up to it you can manually remove anchor worms with tweezers this can cause tissue damage

Curious to know if these can grow on decor? And in a tank without fish at all. Have something that looks similar that has grown all over a piece of driftwood in planted tank, and only recently started to grow on decor in betta fish quarantine tank (had used planted tank to do water changes). I can grab a pic in the morning. I assumed it was staghorn due to some posts on reddit and a forum, but now I'm not sure. It started off looking like this, and eventually grew out to have black base. Just wanting to make sure.

[Colu]

After mating Female Anchor worms borrow into the skin of a fish after 24hr they release hundreds of eggs that attache to other  fish or amphibians so it won't be anchor worms on your driftwood wood @MidnightBel

Edited June 9, 2022 by Colu

[MidnightBel]

On 6/9/2022 at 2:41 AM, Colu said:

After mating Female Anchor worms borrow into the skin of a fish after 24hr they release hundreds of eggs that attache to other  fish or amphibians so it won't be anchor worms on your driftwood wood @MidnightBel

Thank you! That's a relief! 

[FishNoob]

Sorry, probably a dumb question here, but would it be smart/healthy to mix a pouch of para cleanse when making some rapashy and feeding that prophylactically for internal parasites? Say once every week? 

[Colu]

On 8/9/2022 at 12:52 PM, FishNoob said:

Sorry, probably a dumb question here, but would it be smart/healthy to mix a pouch of para cleanse when making some rapashy and feeding that prophylactically for internal parasites? Say once every week? 

I would only treat for parasites if your seeing symptoms  giving healthy fish medication once a week is unnecessary  and stressful to them

[FishNoob]

On 8/9/2022 at 8:35 AM, Colu said:

I would only treat for parasites if your seeing symptoms  giving healthy fish medication once a week is unnecessary  and stressful to them

Excellent. Thank you for the advice. I appreciate it.

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

@Colu what made you become interested in fish disease?  I know you've read some books on the topic.  Just curious. 🙂 

[Colu]

I just find it interesting when I have had sick fish over the years the information wasn't very good some of the recommended treatment weren't very effective so I started to educate myself reading books watching videos on the subject reading up on the different medication and there active ingredients to find the most effective treatments for my fish 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 9/19/2022 at 1:11 PM, Colu said:

I just find it interesting when I have had sick fish over the years the information wasn't very good some of the recommended treatment weren't very effective so I started to educate myself reading books watching videos on the subject reading up on the different medication and there active ingredients to find the most effective treatments for my fish 

That's awesome. 

You organized the information really well so you can find it easily, and it's nice that you help everybody else. 

[Wicklessfishmom]

@Colu wondering if you have suggestions to help my betta. Just noticed this on his head today. 
we did a 25% water change yesterday, no changes or additions to the tank recently. He lives in a 10 gallon heavily planted community tank at 76° with a sponge filter & HOB. 
ammonia-0

nitrate-25

nitrite-0

chlorine-0

GH-25

Kh-80

Ph-7.2

 Any advice on how to treat would be greatly appreciated!

[Colu]

It could be an injury or a cyst What I would suggest is adding some Indian almond leaves as they have antibacterial and antifungal properties depending on the quality of the leaves you might have to add one leaf per gallon to get a beneficial effect add a Small amount of aquarium salt 1 table spoon for 10 gallons at that level it won't harm your plants after week update or it gets worse before then @Wicklessfishmom

Edited March 20, 2023 by Colu

[Wicklessfishmom]

UPDATE-

added the ingredients you suggested as well as Kordon’s Fish protector. The swelling is down dramatically today and the area looks like it is healing. Thank you so much!

[FishMama814]

On 9/3/2021 at 10:50 AM, Colu said:

 most cases of fin rot are caused by gram negative bacterial the most common causes of Fin rot are poor water quality your tanks overstocked fin nipping keeping your fish at to low of a temperature stress poor diet leading to nutritional deficiencies making your fish more susceptible to a bacterial infection and injury to the fins were the flesh is exposed  in mild case of fin rot daily water changes and more frequent gravel vacc and add some indian almond leaves as they have antibacterial and antifungal properties for a couple of week will be enough in most case to reverse mild fin rot                                                                 in major cases of fin rot I would recommend treating with aquarium salt 1 table spoon for 2 gallons the salt will help with gill function and add essential electrolytes to help your fish fight of the infection and a broad spectrum antibiotic such as maracyn2 in food or API fin and body cure active ingredient is Doxycycline is highly effective against external bacterial infections of the skin if you can't get maracyn2 or fin and body cure then I would treat with seachems neoplex aqua-cipro jungal fungus clear fizz tabs containing nitrofurazone   if you in the UK Sera baktopur direct and aquarium salt is what I would treat with  if your using furan2 or maracyn2 they are less effective at a higher  pH                                                                      extreme cases of fin rot where it spreading to the body I would recommend a combined of aquarium salt 1 table spoon for 2 gallons  kanaplex and jungal fungas clear fizz tabs containing nitrofurazone to treat the water column if using this treatment plan your in the uk I would use Sera baktopur direct active ingredient is nifurpirinol a broad spectrum antibiotic and up the level of aquarium salt to 1table spoon for 1 gallon

 

 

 

 

How long should you leave the salt in the water? Or how long should you keep the salinity up to 1table per 2 gallons with water changes? 

[Colu]

On 6/9/2023 at 8:22 PM, FishMama814 said:

How long should you leave the salt in the water? Or how long should you keep the salinity up to 1table per 2 gallons with water changes? 

Usually I would leave the salt in for 1-2 weeks it depends on how the fish is doing over the course of the first week all you have to do is add back in what you take out if you do a 2 gallon water change put 1 table spoon of salt back in 

Edited June 10, 2023 by Colu

[IsisP]

On 8/30/2021 at 9:28 AM, Colu said:

Columnaris is a gram negative bacterial infection. that can kill fish with in 24hr to a couple of days depending on which stain your fish has.  and spreads rapidly at temperature over 64 degrees.

 

 

You use a separate setup with this treatment or use it on the main tank?

[Colu]

On 4/20/2024 at 7:32 AM, IsisP said:

You use a separate setup with this treatment or use it on the main tank?

I treat the main tank if you have  shrimp or mystery snails the medication can be harmful I would quarantine the fish  or remove the snails and shrimp and treat which ever is easier to do 

Edited Sunday at 01:19 PM by Colu