yarib Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 he’s in a 10g fish tank and it’s cycled. for some reason my api test kit always gives me a .25 reading on ammonia for all my fish tanks when they have zero ammonia. there’s no nitrites and i don’t let this tank get to anything above a 10ppm of nitrates. i lowered the temp to 77-78 since i heard that anything above an 80 is what fungus bacteria like. i haven’t tested the ph yet but it’s usually 7.8. what i’ve done so far: 1. at first i cleaned his tank everyday and used some stress coat. lasted for a week. 2. started w para cleanse for a week and a half. no change. 3. 40-50% water change and did a full round of kannaplex. improvement in the small bit of fin rot on his tail. 4. did a 40-50% water change and did a full round of maracyn. no change. 5. did a 25-30% water change and did a second round of maracyn with 5ml of ich x for five days. today is the day i should perform a water change after the maracyn/ich x treatment. nothing has changed. his temperament has stayed the same. as well as his appetite. he’s not showing any weird behaviors or lethargy. what else can you guys recommend? i really don’t want to lose this guy. and i’m trying so hard. someone in another forum recommended polyguard which i ordered. and should arrive tomorrow. i don’t have an extra tank to use as a quarantine tank so he has to use his current tank. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 (edited) What I would do in severe cases of fin rot when it's reaching the body is treat with kanaplex in food and jungal fungas clear fizz tabs containing nitrofurazone to treat the water column and aquarium salt 1 table spoon for 5 gallons the salt will aid in Gill function and add essential electrolytes Edited January 8, 2022 by Colu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarib Posted January 9, 2022 Author Share Posted January 9, 2022 @Colu i’ve decided to do the salt treatment instead of adding more chems in the water. when i comes to dosing, i’m going off of an article aquarium coop wrote abt aquarium salt. someone mentioned to use an antibiotic and mix it w his pellets. i also bought stress guard and polyguard but i want to wait until the very worst to use chem meds again. i don’t want to stress him out. so far he’s been acting like his usual self. still begging for food and picking fights w the floating mirror i sometimes use. when it comes to this approach, what do you think? even though i have two aquariums i still consider myself a novice and i’m totally out of my range w this. any more tips would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 (edited) Aquarium salt isn't very effective at treating extreme case of fin rot were it's turning into body rot for mild cases of fin rot salt is effective I would recommend treating with kanaplex and jungal fungas clear once it starts spreading to the body chance of your fish recovering drops significantly Edited January 10, 2022 by Colu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarib Posted January 9, 2022 Author Share Posted January 9, 2022 @Colu ok cool. do i have to use the tablets everyday? i didn’t see any directions online. and as for the aquarium salt i can just dose that one time right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quikv6 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Judging from the pics, it looks like you should go right to the antibiotic (Kanaplex+Jungle tabs). They are more effective together. If you can get a bit of Kanaplex absorbed into his food, that would help too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 He's a treatment schedule I use using jungal fungas clear fizz tabs instead of furan2 as it's been discontinued as for the salt I would just add small amount 1 table spoon for 5 gallons just remember to only put the amount of salt back in that you take out some if you do a 5 gallon water change put one table spoon back in 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarib Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 @Colu thank you!! i’m going to dose the kanaplex with his food. should i do that everyday or like how you recommended? i really appreciate how helpful you’ve been. i’m seriously way over my head! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Feed a small amount of the medicated food twice a day for one week 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarib Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 @Colu hey it’s me again. i’m giving you an update: so not much has changed, his temperament is the same, his water parameters have never changed…ammonia stays at 0, nitrites are 0 and bc i change the water every other day, the nitrates are at 0-5ppm. the tank has a blue hue to it bc of all the jungle fungus, most of the plants are ok (anubias mostly) the fern have completely molted and the banana plant is actually growing. this is a picture of his fungus i took yesterday. can’t tell if it’s getting any better, i’m trying to be patient since things can’t heal in a day which i understand. his back fins are actually almost perfect so that’s helped. i just did a 25% water change as well as replaced some of the salt content i took out w the water change. i went to my local fish store to buy some more panda cory for my species tank and picked up some maracyn 2, haven’t used it but have it just in case. from this moment on, what do you recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 It's difficult to tell off your pictures if theirs any significant improvement if you have done a course of jungal fungas clear and kanaplex I would just monitor him for one week as the antibiotics could have kill the bacterial if after one week your noticing no improvement then I would follow up with a course of maracyn2 you could also add some indian almond leaves as they have antibacterial and antifungal properties to help speed up the healing process 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarib Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 ok should i stop feeding him the kanaplex then? and still keep the salt in the tank? @Colu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 If you have done 7 days of the medicated food then I would stop treatment you could leave a small amount of salt in the tank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarib Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 perfect thank you @Colu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarib Posted February 24, 2022 Author Share Posted February 24, 2022 @Colu i’m at a loss. this has still not gotten any better. i haven’t used any medication i. the water for 3 weeks now. all that’s in the water column before today was aquarium salt. i’ve been monitoring the ammonia lvls and they’ve al been fine. i just put a 30 gallon canister filter in his tank in hopes that it keeps the water cleaner but his condition has gotten worse. his temperament and appetite are still the same but the area affected has gotten bigger. i have maracyn 2 on hand and started the rounds today. idk what else to do and idk what you can recommend at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 It a difficult one after treating with kanaplex and jungal fungas clear fizz tabs haven't seen any significant improvement I would finish the course of maracyn2 if you see no improvement then i would treat with aqua-cipro 500mg it powerful antibiotic that used in a bath for 1hr every day for 5- 7 days it treats gram positive and gram negative bacterial infections Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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