I was reading Lupe's treatment but I can't find half the meds below.
Can someone please assist or recomend an alternative treatment?
Treatment:
According to Oddball, this has worked for him on freshwater and brackish water fish.
1. Terramycin and Trypaflavin
a. Pull carbon.
b. Gravel wash and water change to reduce pathogen population.
c. Terramycin bath.
d. Add salt to the water to aid gill functions.
e. Treat food with Terramycin to fight internal infection.
f. Treat tank with chloramphenicol + acriflavin (trypaflavin) per dosage on container.
g. Gravel washes/water changes every other day. Replace salt and meds.
h. Treat for an additional 10 days after symptoms are no longer present.
2. Ophthalmic Ointment
Wipe it onto the affected areas of the fish (instead of dipping the fish in a bath).
3. Medicated Foods
Foods (dry/frozen/fresh) can be treated with medications to target internal infections in a fish. The meds (usually liquid but, can be powder) are added to regular foods (per med instructions). For a disease, such as columnaris, internal medication is important since the disease can cause gill damage/necrosis.
The combination of Maracyn and Maracyn 2 (erythromycin and minocycline respectively), kanaplex and tetracycline can be used as well as alternatives. They can be incorporated in gel foods.
Continue reading on this page for recommended amount per the amount of gel food reserves.
http://thegab.org/Articles/MedicatedGelFood.html
4. Sera Baktopur and Sera Baktopur Direct
1. Add 22 drops/1 ml per 5 gallons of Sera Baktopur in your tank.
2. Add a tablet of Sera Baktopur Direct. One tablet per 20 gallons is the dosage.
Note that #1 and #2 should be done on the odd number of days. First day, third day, fifth day and so on.
3. Do a 10% water change on the second day.
4. Repeat #1 and #2 on third day. The dosage has to be done according to how many gallons of water you replaced. Water changes should be done on even number of days.
Can someone please assist or recomend an alternative treatment?
Treatment:
According to Oddball, this has worked for him on freshwater and brackish water fish.
1. Terramycin and Trypaflavin
a. Pull carbon.
b. Gravel wash and water change to reduce pathogen population.
c. Terramycin bath.
d. Add salt to the water to aid gill functions.
e. Treat food with Terramycin to fight internal infection.
f. Treat tank with chloramphenicol + acriflavin (trypaflavin) per dosage on container.
g. Gravel washes/water changes every other day. Replace salt and meds.
h. Treat for an additional 10 days after symptoms are no longer present.
2. Ophthalmic Ointment
Wipe it onto the affected areas of the fish (instead of dipping the fish in a bath).
3. Medicated Foods
Foods (dry/frozen/fresh) can be treated with medications to target internal infections in a fish. The meds (usually liquid but, can be powder) are added to regular foods (per med instructions). For a disease, such as columnaris, internal medication is important since the disease can cause gill damage/necrosis.
The combination of Maracyn and Maracyn 2 (erythromycin and minocycline respectively), kanaplex and tetracycline can be used as well as alternatives. They can be incorporated in gel foods.
Continue reading on this page for recommended amount per the amount of gel food reserves.
http://thegab.org/Articles/MedicatedGelFood.html
4. Sera Baktopur and Sera Baktopur Direct
1. Add 22 drops/1 ml per 5 gallons of Sera Baktopur in your tank.
2. Add a tablet of Sera Baktopur Direct. One tablet per 20 gallons is the dosage.
Note that #1 and #2 should be done on the odd number of days. First day, third day, fifth day and so on.
3. Do a 10% water change on the second day.
4. Repeat #1 and #2 on third day. The dosage has to be done according to how many gallons of water you replaced. Water changes should be done on even number of days.
