Cotton mouth

[steph101]

Hi AA community,

I believe my little neon has developed cotton mouth. I have never had a disease in my tank before so i am fairly new to treating diesases. I did some research and i am certain he has it. I went out and brought some tri sulfa and melafix. I have taken out ordaments and got my nets, siphon and algae scrubber and am currently soaking them in a bleach and water mix. I have only left the plants and driftwood in the tank as im not sure how they would handle the bleach. I have treated my whole tank (i dont have a hosp tank) how long till i see results?

 

[ImACoolguy]

As with any disease I would recommend a quarantine tank. With fish, diseases don't go away overnight. I would quarantine the infected fish while the display tank is cleaned. You can also do your treatments in the QT tank if the disease has been properly diagnosed.


Caleb

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[Delapool]

Out of interest how is your fish?

 

[Matt68005]

It would be better to use kanmycin plus furan 2 to treat columnaris or other bacterial infections in the future. Triple sulfa is oldschool and bacteria may be resistant, plus its not as effective as modern kanmycin. You need to find a true "fish" only store near you if there is one.