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Rheophilic....
Nothing...
What does the ulcer look like? What are you treating it with?Did the sores completely disappear? Did the gourami have pimple like sores or not? I am very interested since I am currently treating my gourami for an ulcer
The Metronidazole/Praziquantel food plus erythromycin appears to be effective on this problem. He went from nearly dead to a continued healthy life
And who decides on a "correct and well regulated course". Are you a vet or an MD? If not, they you have no more idea about the "correct and well regulated course" of drug use than I do, i.e., none. This is the precise problem with tuberculosis, which is now seriously drug resistant. People *think* they know when to take the drugs and when to stop. They base that decision on how they feel and how much the drugs cost. But they actually have no idea at all, and the bacteria may not be making them sick but it is still inside them, and when they quit taking the drug, the more resitant bacteria have survived, and these go on to multiply. Each time this happens, the bacteria gets more and more resitant.I myself in principle do not agree with the overuse of antibiotics, but on a correct and well regulated course see no reason why they should not be used.
Antibiotics don't do anything for viruses. Zero. Nada. Zip. You may as well feed your fish bread-and-butter instead for all the good antibiotics will do.Especially in an emergency such as the applicable virus.
Yes, there are always people willing to break the law. But in this case, they are actually making things worse for everyone else, by producing drug-resitant strains of the bacteria in question.In Britain where (apparently) antibiotics are not readily available for fish, this is not even an issue, unless obtained illegitimately, in which case i doubt any lecturing is going to prevent the fish keepers use of antibiotics.
Why tell people about medications that cannot legally use? In the USA there is a relaxed attitude to antibiotic use, and it really isn't up to me to pass judgement on that. But in the UK, Europe, Australia, and elsewhere the situation is crystal clear: if your fish has a bacterial infection and you need to use antibiotics, you have to contact a vet. There's nothing else to say, really.Many home-keepers ARE going to look for whatever answer is necessary, to deny that would be stupidity on anybodys' part. So i feel it is only fair to let them know of other situations, the surrounding information and some background knowledge.
I'll keep my gob shut then, if you noticed my earlier post, i agreed with your comment about contacting the vet, not that i know anything, i am sticking up for my opinion that people SHOULD be provided with related info.
The only person who would be suitable for deciding the correct course of antibiotics would be the vet?
Should i have made that clear or was it not already obvious
No i don't know my fish from my elbow...
F'it i won't post, I THOUGHT THE INFO MIGHT BE APPRECIATED...
only trying to help
-germ- ip banned soon i guess.
Peas........