best treatment for fungus?
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There are fungus medications, but your tank may take a hit with discoloration. I recommend getting that Cory into a quarantine tank and then give it medication. I think "JUNGLE" products have some pretty safe medication for fish like Cory's. I think it's called "Fungus Clear" or something.
my synodontis euruptus has a line of tiny white dots on his side, could be a scratch, but if anyone has ever seen this could you let me know what it is? I don't think it's ich, dots not scattered, just all in a line down one side.
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The only bad thing about using any type of medication is that the fishes' immune system takes a hit and they become vulnerable to secondary diseases. Make sure that if you use Pimafix you also buy something that will protect them from secondary diseases.
Check out the description to this remedy
http://www.junglelabs.com/pages/details.asp?item=TB631
Note the "[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Also protects against secondary infections.[/FONT]"
Check out the description to this remedy
http://www.junglelabs.com/pages/details.asp?item=TB631
Note the "[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Also protects against secondary infections.[/FONT]"
Fungus is contagious. I recommend medicating your entire tank, and siphoning the bottom really well, and doing water changes.
It's very easy to overdose on pimafix and melafix, *especially* if you have labyrinth fish like your betta, so be careful.
Syn. eupterus belongs to the family Mochocidae, or Naked Catfish. They get scratched really easily, especially by igneous and lace rock.
FF
It's very easy to overdose on pimafix and melafix, *especially* if you have labyrinth fish like your betta, so be careful.
Syn. eupterus belongs to the family Mochocidae, or Naked Catfish. They get scratched really easily, especially by igneous and lace rock.
FF
Jungle labs "tank buddies" fungus tabs work well, especially for treating your whole tank. Dosing is easy, it's very light medication, and it does'nt wipe out your plants or snails. It takes days to work though, and you may have to treat more than once.
Pimafix is the big dog medication of choice for fungus, but as stated earlier, it's harder on the fish, the tank, and it's easy to overdose.
If I were you, I'd isolate the sick fish in a QT tank, and pimafix him. Meanwhile, I'd half strength dose the primary tank with jungle labs as a preventative measure to block or retard the spread. Fungus was an ongoing problem with my tanks for a while, I eventually found a spot in my substrate that was harboring it.
Good luck!
Pimafix is the big dog medication of choice for fungus, but as stated earlier, it's harder on the fish, the tank, and it's easy to overdose.
If I were you, I'd isolate the sick fish in a QT tank, and pimafix him. Meanwhile, I'd half strength dose the primary tank with jungle labs as a preventative measure to block or retard the spread. Fungus was an ongoing problem with my tanks for a while, I eventually found a spot in my substrate that was harboring it.
Good luck!
If I were in your situation, I would use the pimafix in the entire tank. Like Featherfin stated, fungus is contagious. I am not by any means an expert on fish disease. I have a book on fish disease that I thought would be helpful until my emerald cory developed what looked like fungus. I have heard may people say how fish disease is hard to identify and treat. I personally agree with that.
I have had 2 very different experiences with sick corys.
My peppered corys I brought home developed fungus while in qt tank, just a day after bringing them home from lfs. One had it that morning, by that evening, all 3 had it. I used pimafix and melafix and followed the instructions on the container very carefully. They all did well and are doing great.
My female emerald cory developed a fluffy white spot on her last spine of her dorsal fin a few months ago. It looked like the pics of fungus I had seen, so I treated the entire tank with pimafix. 3 days into treatment the "fluffy spot" started looking more solid. After a lot of looking around on the internet, I found a pic that looked exactly like my fish's problem. The pic I found explained that it was a bacterial infection and to treat with a broad spectrum antibiotic. I am still confused as to why it appeared fluffy like a fungus first though. I treated my entire tank with a course of Maracyn. The cory apparently felt so great at the end of treatment that she layed eggs all over the tank! She is alive and well and still producing healthy babies.
I have had 2 very different experiences with sick corys.
My peppered corys I brought home developed fungus while in qt tank, just a day after bringing them home from lfs. One had it that morning, by that evening, all 3 had it. I used pimafix and melafix and followed the instructions on the container very carefully. They all did well and are doing great.
My female emerald cory developed a fluffy white spot on her last spine of her dorsal fin a few months ago. It looked like the pics of fungus I had seen, so I treated the entire tank with pimafix. 3 days into treatment the "fluffy spot" started looking more solid. After a lot of looking around on the internet, I found a pic that looked exactly like my fish's problem. The pic I found explained that it was a bacterial infection and to treat with a broad spectrum antibiotic. I am still confused as to why it appeared fluffy like a fungus first though. I treated my entire tank with a course of Maracyn. The cory apparently felt so great at the end of treatment that she layed eggs all over the tank! She is alive and well and still producing healthy babies.