My main tank, stocking in sig set up last Nov. About a month ago, an endler had a swollen eye and hengelis a white spot. Stats amm 0 nitrites 0 nitrates the second colour on api, 10-20?
Both out into q tank, treated with myxazin (malachite green), both dead in 2 days.
Last week another hengelis had a spot. Treated him with myxazin for the 5 day course. Showing some white to fin edges so switched to king British fungus (2-phenoxyethanol) After 3 days on that, all signs gone, left him a couple more days to make sure then returned him to tank 2 days ago. Today he has grey patches on his mouth and another looks to be starting with the same.
Am I doing right? Anything else I could try?
They're a real bugger to catch. Are they best q on their own, no argument for moving a whole shoal when they're shoaling fish?
It's difficult to decide whether it's bacteria or fungus, both medicines say they treat fin rot for instance, but both say don't use with any other medicine.
I water change 1/3 every 10-14 days, use seachem prime. Tank is well planted. I feed mainly hikari fancy guppy granules with various defrosted stuff about once a week. Frogs have mainly bloodworm.
Everything I read says fungal infections are a sign of another underlying problem, but I don't know what that is in order to deal with it. I know upping the numbers of hengelis would be better for them, but adding stock obviously not advisable at the moment
Thanks for any tips
Both out into q tank, treated with myxazin (malachite green), both dead in 2 days.
Last week another hengelis had a spot. Treated him with myxazin for the 5 day course. Showing some white to fin edges so switched to king British fungus (2-phenoxyethanol) After 3 days on that, all signs gone, left him a couple more days to make sure then returned him to tank 2 days ago. Today he has grey patches on his mouth and another looks to be starting with the same.
Am I doing right? Anything else I could try?
They're a real bugger to catch. Are they best q on their own, no argument for moving a whole shoal when they're shoaling fish?
It's difficult to decide whether it's bacteria or fungus, both medicines say they treat fin rot for instance, but both say don't use with any other medicine.
I water change 1/3 every 10-14 days, use seachem prime. Tank is well planted. I feed mainly hikari fancy guppy granules with various defrosted stuff about once a week. Frogs have mainly bloodworm.
Everything I read says fungal infections are a sign of another underlying problem, but I don't know what that is in order to deal with it. I know upping the numbers of hengelis would be better for them, but adding stock obviously not advisable at the moment
Thanks for any tips
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