Festae sick? Help!

[weichen14]

Hi All,
Lately, my festae has been jumpy and swimming erratically. The open wound on its mouth is probably due to the fish hitting the glass, rocks, and filter. It's in a quarantine tank now and I'm treating it with melafix. I don't really know if he has any sickness. He's not eating lately and other than the open wound, he has no other signs.

 

[Rocksor]

That looks pretty bad. I would do enough water changes to remove melafix and start antibiotic treatment. If you can get methylene blue, I would start doing daily 30 minute baths dosing 1ml per gallon in conjunction with antibiotic treatment. What is the ph of your aquarium?

 

[duanes]

I also agree it looks bacterial, so an antibiotic would also be my choice.
But as to whether a gram neg or gram pos infection, can't tell by looking at the fish.

 

[weichen14]

Thanks for your replies. Will metro+ and/or Paraguard work too?

 

[vinod_uthaiah]

I am not sure if Metro + is similar to Metrogyl tabets...these are antibiotic tablets , which I tend to use effectively .

 

[Rocksor]

You can try and see if Paraguard has any effect until you get antibiotics. Without knowing if it is gram negative or gram positive, I would try both

Erythromycin and Kanaplex

or

Maracyn 1 and Maracyn 2

 

[weichen14]

You can try and see if Paraguard has any effect until you get antibiotics. Without knowing if it is gram negative or gram positive, I would try both

Erythromycin and Kanaplex

or

Maracyn 1 and Maracyn 2

It died this morning. It kept ramming itself against the glass and made the wound worst.

Do you know if aquarium amoxicillin good against bacterial infections?

 

[vinod_uthaiah]

Sorry for your loss.......