Dosing Multiple Medicines - Is It Okay?

[Epicchef]

Hi, i just bought some medicine for my (i believe) fungal infected fish. I have 2 cory catfish with white spots on their heads, and 2 of my zebra danios have them as well. I don't know if it is ick, fungus, or some kind of bacteria that is causing it. It killed all of my fish before this tank, so it is very urgent. ( It begins to spread around their body like a web so what is it?)

In addition, i also bought medicine for bacteria and ick. My second question would be is it okay if i dose these two in addition to the fungal medicine?


(The tank is almost done cycling)

20 Gallon Tall
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Ammonia: .25 ppm
Nitrates: 0 ppm
Nitrites: .50 ppm
Ph: 7.0
Soft Water
Very well planted with stargrass and jungle val.

 

[BettaGal]

Do a quick water change to drop the nitrites. Take a picture of the white stuff in question. Is it fuzzy or dots? Dosing the wrong meds leads to antibiotic resistance. If we can figure out what it is, we can get you what you need to fix it.

 

[Mumma.of.two]

Pictures and what exactly are the meds?

 

[Epicchef]

K i just uploaded a picture of the medicine

 

[Epicchef]

It's not necessarily white, it's a whitish greyish outline with a dark indentation in between the cory cat fish's eyes.

 

[BettaGal]

It's not necessarily white, it's a whitish greyish outline with a dark indentation in between the cory cat fish's eyes.

Melafix and Primafix don't really treat anything. They really just reduce stress. Can you get a picture of what is wrong with your fish?

 

[Epicchef]

it has sort of a patch in it's head with a greyish whitish outline and he is getting quite pale. It dort of surrounds his eyes as well.

 

[BettaGal]

Does it look fuzzy to you?

 

[Epicchef]

yes it does look fuzzy

 

[BettaGal]

It's probably fungus. Just use an antifungal medication. Primafix and Melafix aren't antibiotics.

 

[Mumma.of.two]

A true fungus isn't very common. It's most likely bacterial. Bacterial infections are usually gram negative so your best best is an antibiotic that treats gram negative bacteria.
This site has some good info on fish disease ID.
http://badmanstropicalfish.com/fish_palace/tropicalfish_disease_identification.html#ERM

I agree that pimafix and melafix will do nothing here. All they do is make the water smelly IMHO.

 

[Epicchef]

Can i get rid of it without medication?

 

[BettaGal]

Not as far as I know. You have to kill it to get rid of it, which is what the antibiotic does. Otherwise, it simply keeps growing and spreading until it has no more substance to support it, in this case, your fish.

 

[Epicchef]

Are there any home remedies? I added salt and turned the temp up to 85.

 

[Epicchef]

which antibiotics would you recommend?

 

[BettaGal]

For Gram-negative, kanamycin and I think Maracyn II. As for the salt, be careful. I think Cory cats are sensitive to salt, but I will look it up to make sure. As for temp, bacteria like heat. Wait a day and slowly bring it back to normal.

 

[Epicchef]

White edges on fins too, so is it fungus or bacteria? The pimafix seems to be sustaining the fungus.

 

[Mumma.of.two]

White edges on the fins is fin rot. It's a type of bacteria also. I agree. You need to reduce the temperature. Even to a bit below normal to slow the spread. You can dose salt just be careful because, as said, cories can be sensitive. Do you have a quarantine tank?

 

[Epicchef]

The danios have a grayish whitish line on their heads w/ a slight white outline on the edge of their fins. I don't think i can get a picture of them becasue they are way too fast.
Cories also have something on their heads. All of these things on their heads are perfectly in the middle. Any clue what the disease is?

 

[Epicchef]

Maybe i'm just over reacting. Just tested and ammonia is at .50 could be an ammonia spike. :/