I have a 8 week old 29 gallon tank stocked with 4 lemon tetra. One of the tetra developed a white flat lesion on his upper lip about 6 days ago. No other white spots on him or any of the tank mates. The upper lip is completely white. I am fairly certain it's flexibacter columnaris (cotton mouth disease) after reading about fish diseases.
I am just finishing the 5th day of treating the entire tank with maracyn & maracyn2. I don't have a hospital tank, and didn't want this to spread to the other fish. So far so good...all fish are still alive & appear in normal behavior. But the affected tetra's lip is still opaque white (the spot is not any larger at least). I was hoping it would have cleared up by now.Does anyone have suggestions for treating flex effectively?
I did a 25% water change after day one of treatment before treating again on day 2. Recent chemistries:
temp 78 degrees, pH 7.8, nitrites 0, NH3 0. The instructions on Maracyn state to re-treat another 5 days if needed. Should I change the water 25 % before starting again for another 5 day cycle? I am assuming the tablets are timed release, so changing the water at the end of a day, before adding new doses would be good to the water quality.Am I wrong? Anyone ever used salt as an rx? I read somewhere that you can treat 1 tsp per gallon to the tank to help kill off fungus...but maybe this is a bad idea if flexibacter is truly a bacterial condition.
It's sad to see the fishtank all cloudy from the antibiotics (I took the carbon filter out for treatment). I want to see them happy in the clean clear waters again. If anyone has advice, I'd appreciate your input, and so would the Lemons. Thanks!
I am just finishing the 5th day of treating the entire tank with maracyn & maracyn2. I don't have a hospital tank, and didn't want this to spread to the other fish. So far so good...all fish are still alive & appear in normal behavior. But the affected tetra's lip is still opaque white (the spot is not any larger at least). I was hoping it would have cleared up by now.Does anyone have suggestions for treating flex effectively?
I did a 25% water change after day one of treatment before treating again on day 2. Recent chemistries:
temp 78 degrees, pH 7.8, nitrites 0, NH3 0. The instructions on Maracyn state to re-treat another 5 days if needed. Should I change the water 25 % before starting again for another 5 day cycle? I am assuming the tablets are timed release, so changing the water at the end of a day, before adding new doses would be good to the water quality.Am I wrong? Anyone ever used salt as an rx? I read somewhere that you can treat 1 tsp per gallon to the tank to help kill off fungus...but maybe this is a bad idea if flexibacter is truly a bacterial condition.
It's sad to see the fishtank all cloudy from the antibiotics (I took the carbon filter out for treatment). I want to see them happy in the clean clear waters again. If anyone has advice, I'd appreciate your input, and so would the Lemons. Thanks!