very sick marble catfish

catfishguy

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Hey guys, my marble catfish has a very bad case of fungus brought of from scratching from ick. Im treating him with methylene blue at 50% aquarium salt and melafix. He is looking really bad and im wondering what else can I do for him.IMG_4349.JPG IMG_4347.JPG
 

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You need to up the concentration of the MB. One teaspoon per ten gallons. Every other day with 25% WC between doses. Stop using the melafix, salt is fine. Remember no carbon and wait at least 30 mins after using any water conditioner before adding MB.
 

catfishguy

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Just the mb salt and melafix(which is gone now), when he had ick I was using kordon ick attack.
 

catfishguy

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The catfishes body has gone stiff and the fungus is growing, should I do a salt or mb bath or will it burn his skin.
 

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An MB bath should be done in a tank of tank water @ one teaspoon per 5 gallons of water. If no improvement in 24 hours. We'll try quick cure.
 
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