Bacterial? I Need help too

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Gumby79

Gumby79

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Skynook and my rays all came from the same place and up till this last week mine were doing great. When they first arrived and Skynook posted his problem I did the 4 pounds of salt to 100gallon and bumb the tank to 90 degrees as a precationary messure and as I said all was good til about last friday. I was recommended on this product and could get it quite easy but is it ray safe http://uskoi.com/bifuran+.htm

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Hey lyder the bifuran is basically the same as the furan 2 I used and I wouldn't reccomend it. My rays stopped eating on it and breathing became a problem. Use either the maracyn treatment like nick said or pm me with your address. I have some binox left over and a kilo of pure nitrofurazone on the way. I could either meet you somewhere or ship to you.
 
go for maracyn and maracyn2 tablet for tablet.... screw this damn binox
 
The bifuran is NOT recommended because of the [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]furazolidone,[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica] people report that it irritates the ray.

Pure [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]nitrofurazone or binox is recommended as well as the maracyn stuff, but nitro is much cheaper.

Kanaplex is NOT recommended for THIS case. Kanaplex (kanamycin) is for internal bacterial infections. Unless septicemia is evident this is not the med for you.


Keep in mind what Skynoch experienced and do not use Prime or other water conditioners with sulfites.

If you really feel comfortable netting the ray and spot treating the infections, do it with an eye dropper and some iodine. I would be worried about undue stress caused by such a procedure, but if she is already weak and lethargic it might not be a bad idea.

there must be some underlying problem that allowed the bacteria to take hold. double check your parameters. This sort of thing just happened to me, I never bothered with Nitrate testing, turned out my trates were 80 or higher! real smooth of me...

good luck

? does the ray eat ?
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hikari ultimate is perfect water conditioner for treating...
 
The ray is eating and pooping fine. I went and got some Maracyn and a bottle of Maracyn Plus antibacterial. I will try this out and see how it goes.
 
Gumby79;2856669; said:
The ray is eating and pooping fine. I went and got some Maracyn and a bottle of Maracyn Plus antibacterial. I will try this out and see how it goes.
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use the maracyn plus first.... biosperes should help heal the wounds... you need to dose maracyn and maracyn2 together..... get it ordered or what ever you need to do...
 
tank125;2856288; said:
The bifuran is NOT recommended because of the [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]furazolidone,[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica] people report that it irritates the ray.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Pure [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]nitrofurazone or binox is recommended as well as the maracyn stuff, but nitro is much cheaper.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Kanaplex is NOT recommended for THIS case. Kanaplex (kanamycin) is for internal bacterial infections. Unless septicemia is evident this is not the med for you.[/FONT]


[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Keep in mind what Skynoch experienced and do not use Prime or other water conditioners with sulfites.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]If you really feel comfortable netting the ray and spot treating the infections, do it with an eye dropper and some iodine. I would be worried about undue stress caused by such a procedure, but if she is already weak and lethargic it might not be a bad idea.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]there must be some underlying problem that allowed the bacteria to take hold. double check your parameters. This sort of thing just happened to me, I never bothered with Nitrate testing, turned out my trates were 80 or higher! real smooth of me...[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]good luck[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]? does the ray eat ?[/FONT]
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again with this... i know plenty of people with much higher nitrate reading and no problems... i would put nitrates at 80 to be the very very last thing to consider...





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