I bought this medication at the lfs on their advisement. Most of it is in chinese, except the dosage... Anyone know what's in this medication, and if it's any good? Thanks.
Dr. Discus Bacter-cure?
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I'd never heard of this brand so did some digging, mostly for my own curiosity and it seems that no one at the company will tell you what is in the bottle. For me personally, if I don't know what is in it, I won't use it on my tank. Since there are no fish pharmacists, I like the label to tell me what the active ingredients are so that I can research how safe they are and things like that.
Ok so at this point, I know my betta has saprolegnia which has been causing his fins to rot away. We have been battling this illness for months. I had no idea what he had so I tried a bunch of different medications, and salt (which probably kept it at bay, but I think caused the bloating...) He may also have velvet. At some point he developed a gold sheen. It looks like paint though...not really like the pictures of "gold dust" I've seen. Not sure if it's velvet, or just a change in coloration from stress. We did a methylene blue bath today. Hoping that helps him heal up. I really thought that maybe he wasn't healing because of my hard, high ph water, but I also read that it helps keep saprolegnia at bay. I was considering cutting it with spring water. My ammo, nitrite, nitrate are all 0. temp 78, ph 8.0. It usually settles at 7.8, but his tank doesn't really get a chance since I change water every day.
The ones from the previous post are older pics. Here are some from today. He looks almost exactly the same though.
It's definitely fungal. He had the fungus on him. I got rid of the fuzz, but the crust is still there.
I would like to point out that we've been dealing with this for months. I do water changes every day, and the only thing wrong is his high ph. He has not improved with water changes, salt, or medication. If you're going to post a comment, please make it something useful. His condition is only getting worse. Also it looks like some of my posts are missing...He's got dropsy. He's not pineconing yet. I've added epsom salt to the water, and I think that's helping keep it stable, but he's got the bloating, and the bulging eyes, and the gray belly. He's been like this for a couple weeks now.
