Fungus?

[GeriJo]

Maybe it depends on your tap/tank water.... but from my experience salt has not done a thing when compared to mela and pima in my tanks. The tablets and powders have never seemed to do well for me either, but the liquids seem to work wonders. Even with metro if I want it to work I have to dissolve it in a container of distilled water first and then add it to the tank.

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[Aquanero]

Maybe it depends on your tap/tank water.... but from my experience salt has not done a thing when compared to mela and pima in my tanks. The tablets and powders have never seemed to do well for me either, but the liquids seem to work wonders. Even with metro if I want it to work I have to dissolve it in a container of distilled water first and then add it to the tank.

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Do you have very hard water?

 

[Jon MacLeod]

No. The test strips I use tell me everything is right where it should be. Once I get home ill test it again and have more accurate info.


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[Jon MacLeod]

Those are just two photos I had on me at the time ill post more with clear shots of his infection. But in the one you can clearly see the fecal matter.


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[DREWSMITH]

Well loss like a typical internal parasite. Pumafix or prazi pro works well for me. Also the female fish pictured its a Parathaps Guttlatus. Spelled wrong but definitely not a umbee. Here is my female umbee for reference.
Drew

NO GOOD DEED SHALL GO UNPUNISHED!

 

[Jon MacLeod]

Really. Ok learned something new. I purchased her for my wife and was told it was an Umbee. I appreciate the clarification I'm not sure the guy at my aquarium store knows his mistake. Either way pretty cool fish.


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[Jon MacLeod]

Ok here are some pics just before I changed water and treated the tank as suggested


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[Aquanero]

So you are treating the tank with aquarium salt & the GC? Or just the salt? If you are only treating with salt get the GC and use that too. Remember everytime you do a water change you have to redose the salt at a rate that will replace the amount removed. Lets see how this goes for a couple of days you should see improvement. If you don't or it sees to get worse we can try somthing else.

 

[Jon MacLeod]

I treated the tank with both the salt and GC. In 48 hrs I will be repeating the treatment.


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[Miguel]

Beyond the advice already given above, you could try, if they are eating, to soak the pellets in a 3% Epsom Salt solution. This means a table spoon of Epsom salt in a half litre of water.

With the soaked pelletes, the epsom solution stays in the gut and generally works wonders.
Do it for 10 straight days....