Help With Medication

[Fish Tank Travis]

So, I picked these up today to treat my peacock bass that I got about a month ago. Two of them are doing very well, but one has not eaten much at all and has not grown like the others. I went ahead and added a dose of PraziPro at a concentration of 1 tsp per 20 gallons.

My question is, can anybody help me figure out a good plan with these medications in order to treat my fish and get the little one healthy? I have seen a lot of mixed opinions on the best way to use these, so I am hoping to get some clarification. Also, since the little one is not eating very well, I would like to try to treat the water so that I can make sure it is getting a good treatment. Lastly, can I dose both medications at the same time, or do I need to use them separately?

Thanks for the help!

Oh, P.S.
Can anybody tell me what this is on one of my bass?


Sorry for the bad pictures, but it wasn’t cooperating very well when I was trying to take them. It looks a bit fungus-like, but I don’t think it looks like ich. It is only on this one bass. The other two and my endli grow out have nothing on them. Surprisingly, this bass is the most outgoing during feeding time.

Again, thank you all for the help!

 

[Fish Tank Travis]

Here are some more pictures that I think show the fungus-like growths on my one bass. Can anybody let me know what this is?

 

[kno4te]

Can use both prazipro and metroplex together.

Would mix metroplex and focus with 3%epsom salt (3/4tsp Epsom salt and 1/2cup distilled water). Since eating worms then I suggest getting a syringe and large needle and inject into the worms and feed that to the sick pbass.

Also the photos don’t look like fungus. I assume ur talking about the white specks on the body, fins and head which look like ich. Young pbass are very prone to ich. Get some ParaGuard and should treat it.

 

[Fish Tank Travis]

Can use both prazipro and metroplex together.

Would mix metroplex and focus with 3%epsom salt (3/4tsp Epsom salt and 1/2cup distilled water). Since eating worms then I suggest getting a syringe and large needle and inject into the worms and feed that to the sick pbass.

Also the photos don’t look like fungus. I assume ur talking about the white specks on the body, fins and head which look like ich. Young pbass are very prone to ich. Get some ParaGuard and should treat it.

I really don’t think it’s ich. I already had ich on them and cured it with ten days at 90 degrees and salt. This looks different than the ich did. Will salt cure a fungus?

 

[kno4te]

I really don’t think it’s ich. I already had ich on them and cured it with ten days at 90 degrees and salt. This looks different than the ich did. Will salt cure a fungus?

Salt can help with fungus. Can try hydrogen peroxide on a quip to the affected areas.

 

[Fish Tank Travis]

Salt can help with fungus. Can try hydrogen peroxide on a quip to the affected areas.

Ok, I think I will try to add aquarium salt. Should I go with 3 Tbsp per 5 gallons?

 

[kno4te]

Ok, I think I will try to add aquarium salt. Should I go with 3 Tbsp per 5 gallons?

1 tsp per gallon.

 

[Fish Tank Travis]

1 tsp per gallon.

Thank you. I will mix that up and add it to the tank.

 

[duanes]

do you mean these columns, in the left center half of the photo?
A very focused shot of this area would help.
If you mean these bumps, they are not ick.
They do look a bit like Lymphocystus, which is viral.
Fish sometime get this virus from the stress of shipping, and a new environment, it is ubiquitous, and has no cure, except a stress free environment, with lots of water changes, enough to enable the fish's own immune system to fight it off, some fight it off some don't.
It could also be columnaris which is bacterial and the stress of shipping or moving can bring on. AKA saddleback. If your water temp is 82'F or above, you could be enabling it, at those temps, it is most virulent (as are many other bacterial diseases)
That said the photo is not clear enough to see for certain, it may even be a parasite like anchor worm, too fuzzy to tell.

 

[Fish Tank Travis]

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do you mean these columns, in the left center half of the photo?
A very focused shot of this area would help.
If you mean these bumps, they are not ick.
They do look a bit like Lymphocystus, which is viral.
Fish sometime get this virus from the stress of shipping, and a new environment, it is ubiquitous, and has no cure, except a stress free environment, with lots of water changes, enough to enable the fish's own immune system to fight it off, some fight it off some don't.
It could also be columnaris which is bacterial and the stress of shipping or moving can bring on. AKA saddleback. If your water temp is 82'F or above, you could be enabling it, at those temps, it is most virulent (as are many other bacterial diseases)
That said the photo is not clear enough to see for certain, it may even be a parasite like anchor worm, too fuzzy to tell.

Here are some better pictures of the spots on the bass. If you can see the dark spots on its back, those were all spots of the fungus-like growths that are now gone. Thank you for the help.