charliebankston
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Yes. That's what I suggested yesterday it sounded like. It can be treated easily with the erythromycin tho
I don't know if it's passed on once they are cured tho, I don't see how if the whole tank is treated. That erythromycin is a gram negative antibiotic and it'll attack the infection anywhere in the tank
I don't know if it's passed on once they are cured tho, I don't see how if the whole tank is treated. That erythromycin is a gram negative antibiotic and it'll attack the infection anywhere in the tank
Yes that has Aloe Vera lotion.
“Stress Coat” type products which have aloe vera as the active ingredient. Aloe vera gel is a polysaccharide, a polymerized sugar which rapidly degrades in an aquarium and causes bacterial blooms. One of these products, API StressCoat Natural, claims to neutralize chlorine. It cannot neutralize chlorine and several Facebook group posts have had whole tanks killed by using this product as a chlorine conditioner.
https://apifishcare.com/product/stress-coat
Aloe Vera
Aloe vera is used in “stress coat” products supposedly to aid in fish diseases and after a water change to sooth the fish. Aloe vera is a polysaccharide, a polymerized sugar. It coats the gills of the fish and interferes with oxygen exchange. It also rapidly depolymerizes, forming sugar in the aquarium water column. This sugar will give a bacterial outbreak in the water column. This bacterial outbreak will kill fish.
Reference Water Conditioners.
I always used stress coat too, until I read that same article fishwonder posted. I just use tap water conditioner or prime now. That web site says prime does nothing to detoxify anything (except chlorine and chloramines)**** I didn’t know any of this. It was recommend to me. I always use prime for water change but every now and then when fish seem stress I would add stress coat. In this case they r dying so I thought it would help. View attachment 319044
I also add those vitamins. R u familiar with them?
I can’t believe people make things that will cause harm.
Me neither. No need for any of that, IMO.Not familiar with vitamin supplements, sorry
I agree. Save your moneyMe neither. No need for any of that, IMO.
Yes that has Aloe Vera lotion.
“Stress Coat” type products which have aloe vera as the active ingredient. Aloe vera gel is a polysaccharide, a polymerized sugar which rapidly degrades in an aquarium and causes bacterial blooms. One of these products, API StressCoat Natural, claims to neutralize chlorine. It cannot neutralize chlorine and several Facebook group posts have had whole tanks killed by using this product as a chlorine conditioner.
https://apifishcare.com/product/stress-coat
Aloe Vera
Aloe vera is used in “stress coat” products supposedly to aid in fish diseases and after a water change to sooth the fish. Aloe vera is a polysaccharide, a polymerized sugar. It coats the gills of the fish and interferes with oxygen exchange. It also rapidly depolymerizes, forming sugar in the aquarium water column. This sugar will give a bacterial outbreak in the water column. This bacterial outbreak will kill fish.
Reference Water Conditioners.
**** I always use prime for water change
I feel that a lot of information for fish disease comes from studies on commercial fish/farms, and I keep in mind when interpreting for aquariums. if they mean it's always somewhere in a 1,000 mile river, or a 150 gallon puddle. I don't know if these are legit.
https://academic.oup.com/femsle/article/362/4/1/535756
survive (21 to >100 days) in FW containing tilapia mucus
https://veterinaryresearch.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1297-9716-44-27
This has alot of stuff and I haven't read the whole thing. They discuss healthy carrier fish from a previous outbreak, I assume they could spread it, but they don't mention if antibiotics were administered, I doubt it the citation references rainbow trout. I'm not sure if this is why they say a fish infected will always have it...maybe untreated fish? I really don't know, I just wanted to pass the article along.
https://www.drugs.com/medical-answers/antibiotics-work-kill-bacteria-3121635/
This says antibiotics kill bacteria. I don't have a science-y article to back that up, though it may be an unending effort.
I'm really sorry about your fish. I don't have experience with fish or columnaris. You just do the best that you can.