Hey all,
I bought a 6" red severum the other day and introduced him into my 120g tank. I noticed that my other 7" rockteil severum was kind of picking on him but nothing too serious. Well, by evening of next day, the new red severum was basically completely vertical in the tank and his fins looks awful. My water parameters are perfect so I am assuming that the stress due to the move and the other severum picking on him brought on whatever infection he has. I am assuming its a fungus/fin rot issue. Today will be my second day of treating him with a combination of maracyn 1 + maracyn 2 in a 20g hospital tank. Im wondering, if i dont see improvement, how else should i approach the problem? I read somewhere that bathing the fish in methylene blue for a couple of hours and then taking them out would literally wipe out the issue. Any suggestions? Thanks.

I bought a 6" red severum the other day and introduced him into my 120g tank. I noticed that my other 7" rockteil severum was kind of picking on him but nothing too serious. Well, by evening of next day, the new red severum was basically completely vertical in the tank and his fins looks awful. My water parameters are perfect so I am assuming that the stress due to the move and the other severum picking on him brought on whatever infection he has. I am assuming its a fungus/fin rot issue. Today will be my second day of treating him with a combination of maracyn 1 + maracyn 2 in a 20g hospital tank. Im wondering, if i dont see improvement, how else should i approach the problem? I read somewhere that bathing the fish in methylene blue for a couple of hours and then taking them out would literally wipe out the issue. Any suggestions? Thanks.
