Great info! I wasnt aware of Ducklips.
I read the link to the thread and the Flowerhon recovered completely. The picture in the first page is from another Flowerhorn.
Hopefully OP's Green terror will make it
Need urgent help... really sick GT
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Great info! I wasnt aware of Ducklips.
I read the link to the thread and the Flowerhon recovered completely. The picture in the first page is from another Flowerhorn.
Hopefully OP's Green terror will make it
Even though your water quality is good, the bacteria still live in the water. Higher temps is bad. Flowerhorns are usually kept in 82+degree water and they die within a few days of developing the disease. Lowering the temperature will slow down the reproduction rate of the bacteria.
Great info! I wasnt aware of Ducklips.
I read the link to the thread and the Flowerhon recovered completely. The picture in the first page is from another Flowerhorn.
Hopefully OP's Green terror will make it
Yeah I forgot to point that out. Thanks for that.
Duck lips aka mouth rot is Flexibacter columnaris (Flavobacterium columnare) which tends to thrive at higher temps. Best to treat with either Maracyn, or Kanamycin. (Seachem Kanaplex) I would not waste my time using metronidazole.
More info can be found here: http://www.flippersandfins.net/flexibacter.htm
More info can be found here: http://www.flippersandfins.net/flexibacter.htm
Suvival rate varies depending on whether the condition is chronic, or acute.
Below is what Dieter Untergasser says about it in his "Handbook of Fish Diseases"
There are two forms of the disease. During the chronic course the white areas gradually enlarge and the fish die many days later. In the acute form, the white spots spread out visbly within several hours. A population of 100 fish may all die within 3 days so treatment must be instituted quickly. Higher water temperatures accelerate the disease.
Treatment is possible but is only successfull over a long period when optimum maintenance have been established. Various methods have been used for the chronic and acute forms. The chronic form can be treated with:
1) Acriflavine: 1g to 1 L stock solution, then 1 ml/L to clean the tank and 5ml/L in a bare tank to treat the fish.
2) Chloramphenicol 40 mg per litre for 10-20 hours. Dissolve in in a small quantity of ethyl alcohol. The water will go turbid, use stong filtration and change the whole mess if it does.
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Personally I would stick with Kanamycin, or a combo of Maracyn & Maracyn 2. Just be aware that Maraycn combo could wipe out your bio filtration.
Below is what Dieter Untergasser says about it in his "Handbook of Fish Diseases"
There are two forms of the disease. During the chronic course the white areas gradually enlarge and the fish die many days later. In the acute form, the white spots spread out visbly within several hours. A population of 100 fish may all die within 3 days so treatment must be instituted quickly. Higher water temperatures accelerate the disease.
Treatment is possible but is only successfull over a long period when optimum maintenance have been established. Various methods have been used for the chronic and acute forms. The chronic form can be treated with:
1) Acriflavine: 1g to 1 L stock solution, then 1 ml/L to clean the tank and 5ml/L in a bare tank to treat the fish.
2) Chloramphenicol 40 mg per litre for 10-20 hours. Dissolve in in a small quantity of ethyl alcohol. The water will go turbid, use stong filtration and change the whole mess if it does.
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Personally I would stick with Kanamycin, or a combo of Maracyn & Maracyn 2. Just be aware that Maraycn combo could wipe out your bio filtration.
One treats gram negative bacteria, the other gram positive. Maracyn 2 will help prevent a secondary infection from setting in.
I would use both if it was my fish.
I would use both if it was my fish.
