White patch on pleco

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Thanks for the reply Lupin. Really nice to hear the silver dollar doesn't have HITH from a 2nd source.

Should I be replacing the salt when doing daily water changes this weekend?

I'll hold off on the Melafix.

I've never heard of Kanaplex, is a LFS likely to carry this? Is there an alternative? I'll have to browse the LFS at lunch today to see what medications they keep in stock (but I won't buy it yet, hopefully I won't need it).

Once this pleco patch issue is resolved, should I treat the whole tank with Prazipro since I didn't when adding the plecos? (1 pleco added April 1st, 2 more May 1st, and last one on June 6th, nothing has been added to tank since).
 
BPags52;3345480; said:
Thanks for the reply Lupin. Really nice to hear the silver dollar doesn't have HITH from a 2nd source.

Should I be replacing the salt when doing daily water changes this weekend?

I'll hold off on the Melafix.

I've never heard of Kanaplex, is a LFS likely to carry this? Is there an alternative? I'll have to browse the LFS at lunch today to see what medications they keep in stock (but I won't buy it yet, hopefully I won't need it).

Once this pleco patch issue is resolved, should I treat the whole tank with Prazipro since I didn't when adding the plecos? (1 pleco added April 1st, 2 more May 1st, and last one on June 6th, nothing has been added to tank since).
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Salt does need to be replaced everytime you change the water. Changing water removes most of the salt.

As for Kanaplex, it is kanamycin. If you cannot find one, try a combination of Maracyn and Maracyn 2. They are erythromycin and tetracycline respectively.

Prazipro is very mild and does not affect fish heavily as most meds would but I would advise against mixing meds altogether for possible chemical reactions that may harm your fish.
 
Ok I'll take a look around at the LFS today to see what meds they have just in case I have to go that route. I'm pretty sure they carry Maracyn / Maracyn 2 if nothing else...

As far as salt goes, I know it needs to be replaced if I'm going to continue with the salt treatment. I guess my question was, should I keep up the salt treatment through the weekend?

At this point I'm hoping increased water changes (and salt?) will clear up the white patch. I won't use prazipro if I end up treating the tank with another med, but if the white patch clears up on its own, should I consider dosing the tank with Prazipro as a precaution for the rest of the stock? The red hooks and plecos were all wild caught I believe.

Thanks again.
 
I guess I should be more attentive and get a pair of reading glasses myself.

I just realized you were using salt for the supposed bacterial infection of the pleco. I'd stop that one and do daily water changes. If the white patches don't disappear after a few days, switch to antibiotics such as Kanaplex as I already suggested earlier.

When the white patch does disappear, you may use Prazipro as a precaution.
 
Ok great thanks for clearing that up. I'll stop with the salt treatments.

I'll keep you all up to date over the weekend.

Thanks again!
 
I did another 25g water change last night (did not replace salt). Will do another today and tomorrow.

But whatever the white patch was, I think its gone now :D

Just took the flashlight to the L-326 and didn't see any white patch. I'm wonder what it was...and if the salt helped or not.

Thanks everyone for your input.
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I always say fresh water's the best medicine there is. Once again you proved it true ;) Glad he's better. Gorgeous Plec, too.
 
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