Anti-finrot Treatment With Corys

[dwarfgourami]

I have just noticed that my platy who is sharing the tank with the corys is showing signs of finrot. The tank stats are fine (no ammonia or nitrites), but he's been hiding a lot lately; I think he's feeling lonely since the corys started mating; he was moved from the livebearer tank for bullying.

I have Interpet anti-finrot treatment at hand. Should I treat the whole tank? How safe is this for the corys? (they look very healthy, fine colour, beautiful long barbels, very active).

I do have a hospital tank, but my other platy died in it from columnaris this morning so that is going to have to be disinfected and new filter media seeded, and won't be ready for a while.

What do you think? Will my corys be safe?

 

[WILDER]

How bad is the finrot as with livebearers they are more prone to bacterial finrot, well is always best to issolate if you can to treat, but if not anti internal bacteria med should be fine with the corys as i've used it no problems.

 

[Paul_MTS]

the anti bacterial treatment will be fine to use, get treating ASAP.

Sorry but you might as well suggest using a whitespot treatment Wilder, using a anti INTERNAL bacterial treament isn't going to help finrot.

 

[dwarfgourami]

Thanks folks. On closer inspection it turns out that his tail is intact but that he has got rather a bad case of fungus on the side of his face, so have isolated and am treating.

At least I hope I am: I scooped him up ever so gently in a jug, instead of wild chases with the net, yet halfway up the stairs he just keeled over. I thought he was dead, but he has moved since put in the tank, so I've covered it up to make it dark and am leaving it for tomorrow. There seems to be something about this particular fish; he "passed out" when first put in that tank 4 months ago. Well, either he'll be dead tomorrow or he won't. I'm not having a good fish week.

 

[WILDER]

With the fungus use the fungus med and add a bacteria med at half dose, and livebearers are very prone to bacerial finrot, there is a med called anti internal bacteria med by interpet, not the writer of this information below.

Fin Rot



Symptoms:

Fish may have deteriorating fins, often with red or white edges. Secondary Fungal infections often occur.



Cause:

Bacterial infection caused by Aeromonas and/or Pseudomonas bacteria often precipitated by poor water quality, low water temperatures, or a combination of both.



Treatment:

You will first want to determine the specific cause of the illness, so check your water’s quality Ammonia, Nitrite, pH, and Nitrate levels as well as the temperature. Be sure to provide optimal water conditions and the correct water temperature for the species of fish you are keeping. Treat with Kanacyn, Tetracycline, Furacyn, Nitrofura-G or Penicillin. Basically, you want an antibiotic specific for Aeromonas and Pseudomonas bacteria. The use of a medicated food is also wise. Treat the fish in isolation (i.e., quarantine tank) if only one fish is sick. If not, the whole tank should be treated. In either case, water conditions must be improved and proper temperature maintained for all fish. Adding salt to the water may be helpful.

The success rate for treating Fin Rot is good providing the illness is caught early and water conditions are kept optimal. Left untreated this infection can be deadly. Early treatment is essential! Once treated, fin tissue lost to this illness will grow back providing the fin rays and/or fin bases have not been damaged.





Is the fungus fluffy as you could have columnaris.

 

[dwarfgourami]

With the fungus use the fungus med and add a bacteria med at half dose, and livebearers are very prone to bacerial finrot, there is a med called anti internal bacteria med by interpet, not the writer of this information below.

I've got it. The question is just whether he will still be alive tomorrow to be treated with it. I have a horrible feeling he may have died from shock. Yet I couldn't have been more gentle with him. My tank stats btw are fine, no ammonia or nitrites.

 

[WILDER]

If the fungus is columnaris yes it can kill pretty fast, sorry.

 

[dwarfgourami]

Dead this morning. May or may not have been columnaris; didn;t look like when I had it before. Think he died from the shock of being transferred; he just keeled over when he realised he was caught. Before we moved him my husband had treated the main tank (corys) for anti-fungus, should I clear that out now or leave it to get rid of any bacteria in the water? My instinct would be to do lots of water changes, but then again, might the medicine be doing any good? The corys look fine, no signs of infection on them.

 

[WILDER]

Just a few daily water changes should be fine, but just keep a close eye on the remaining fish, sorry for your loss. R.I.P.

 

[Inchworm]

Hi dwarfgourami

I'm sorry that I seemed to have missed your thread earlier. )

Did you decide to treat your tank longer? How are your corys?

 

[dwarfgourami]

The corys look absolutely fine. I am going a sort of halfway house, not putting in the carbon filter but gradually clearing the medicine through water changes. Hope this will be allright.

 

[Inchworm]

Hi dwarfgourami

That's what I would do too. If corys are in good health and strong, they can usually shake off a bacterial infection that other fish come down with. There is always potentially harmful bacteria in the water, but unless they have had their immune systems lowered from some kind of stress, they should do fine.

But, once medicine is in a tank, it's a good idea to be sure the disease causing bacteria are killed dead. This way they won't mutate into strains that the medicine will be ineffective with if you need it at some time in the future.