The Melafix is for "bacteria", so it states, not fungus. There is Fungus guard by jungle, has 4 Meds in 1 tablet, easy to use.. I feel this site is way to salt happy. Your rays are sick and need real Meds.
Alex
Alex
Another sick ray thread........
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DB junkie;2259328; said:
Try this company for overnight blackworms
http://aquaticfoods.com/freesamples.html
Fish Room Plus;2260238; said:
"Potamotrygon thrives in the ion-poor waters of Brazil's Rio Negro, despite the presence of branchial ion transport systems that exhibit surprisingly low affinity for external sodium and chloride and virtual insensitivity to the ionic composition of the acclimation water. However, ionic permeability is very low, and the ion transporters appear to differ at a mechanistic level from those of freshwater teleosts."
Freshwater rays aren't effected by high salinity levels like most freshwater fish, so using heavy doses of salinity as a broad-range treatment is an effective and low-stress method. Especially since rays are known to be sensitive to other treatments and medications.
Not a big fan with salt use in non-brackish fish, but this has been a proven effective method..
it sucks to loose a ray. i almost lost all of mine do to power outage. salt recommendation that is on Dr. ross's book is a TBS per gal witch is same as 3lbs per 100 gal. i agree with miles you have a bacteria and fungus problem from what i can tell from the pic. nitrofurazone is sometimes effective and if you are looking for something cheap and somewhat effective jungle pond fungus eliminator is good . this has nitrofurazone,furazolidine,sodium chloride. the hard thing to do is get rid of the root of the problem witch is the bacteria infection and this will defiantly make a ray stop eating. i would love to get a hold of injectable antibiotics and learn to treat this way i feel i might of been able to save some rays this way. good luck
john C;2261323; said:
So it isn't 100% effective? Only sometimes effective? It sounds to me that since the second product you mentioned contains the nitrafurazone it would work just as well if not better since it has other ingredients....... Or is the straight nitrafurazone MORE effective (maybe cause of a higher concentration??)
I'm not going to find the straight Nitrafurazone....... IF it IS indeed the product of choice I will order some today. Otherwise I can probobly find the Jungle stuff. ANY opinions on what would be best?
Ray is still declining. I noticed this morning labored breathing....... Does this have significant meaning? I don't know if it is necassarly worse than it has been but I know the other rays aren't breathing this hard.
