Oscar ROTTING! What is going ON!?

[pops]

if you suspect infection you can treat with metroplex, or neoplex. if neoplex pay close attention to directions. used properly as directed will not harm bio filter or most delicate fish.

 

[Wailua Boy]

no problems ever with pleco and oscars. clean pristine water best action for a regular wound, Oscars fast healers. long as not infected can add melafix and pimafix as a precautionary treatment. Keep in mind they do not cure anything but are like adding neosporin on a wound. if infected will need to use something stronger.

Neosporin and melafix are nothing alike.

 

[pops]

you are missing what i am saying, I am in no way suggesting you put neosporin in the tank, I am only making the connection that both act as bacterial inhibitor. good for cut that is not infected. one is for people. one is for fish.

 

[pops]

neither is a disinfectant.

 

[krichardson]

The wound seems to already be infected...the aforementioned fuzzyness suggests a fungal attack.

 

[pops]

From the pic i would agree with that. tho bacterial can be fuzzy to, I would go ahead and treat with the afor mentioned treatment after doing a 90% or fin level water change.

 

[Wailua Boy]

Neosporin is a genuine antibiotic, melafix/pimafix is not.

 

[pops]

we are going to have to agree to not agree on this one Wail, My point was to make a statement about its uses. And point out the practical use using something we use as an example, you want to treat an infection with neosporin more power to you, I am going to a doc and getting some antibiotics.

 

[pops]

I looked it up, and yes I am wrong on it being an antibacterial, but the practical application still apply.

my apologize.

 

[pops]

I also found it interesting that its use has been implicated in sulfa resistant bacteria such as MRSA. Interesting. If not for this debate we just had I would not have known this, so thank you.