HELP! Advice treatment for Datnoid fungus?

888fish

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This whitish, fleshy growth grows and spreads daily from wounds. On the lower jaw, dorsal fins, side of body. I've tried a salt concentration 3tsp/gallon currently (whole tank) methylene blue baths/dips & swabs after scrapping off the growths. Just grow back within a couple of ImageUploadedByMonsterAquariaNetwork1345526882.803216.jpgImageUploadedByMonsterAquariaNetwork1345526893.443754.jpgdays. Datnoid is 2.5", still eats though, market prawns. Please, need advice.


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8usmickey

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Hmmm. If its eating, it should be fine. Keep the temp high, more salt, add melafix & keep the lights off. U hav any other fish in the tank?

I got an issue w/ my flagtail too. Whitish stuff on his head & eye area

Put in a medicine tank so it wont spread to other fish & fyi, its hard to keep small dats alive once they get sick

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JayC74

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I would just do a couple 50% WC's along with moderate amount of aquarium salt. Also, he looks a bit malnurished. You say he's eating, but it doesn't really look it. The lack of a full belly is not gd for his immune system. I'm not a big fan of market shrimp only for young dats especially. I would see if he takes maybe some black worms or gut loaded guppies or small rosy reds for a week or so, along with the WC's. Don't overmedicate him. This will finish him off quickly. gd luck
 

pbass510

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If you have a medical tank put the dat in there and try to use fungus treatment for it and do about a 20-30% waterchange everyday
 

krichardson

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Yeah,get a good anti fungal med and keep the water clean....and find out whom is doing the bullying and causing the wounds.


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jlnguyen74

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Change water and wash your filter. Those shrimp debris got trapped in the filter spoil your water. There was a type of medicine I used, but I can't remember the name atm, but Jungle Fungus Rid is my second choice
 
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