GouramiCichlid
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Welp lost a clown loach
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Matt68005 said:Sorry but i looked and i cant find this thread of yours.....
Please link it to me Asap and i will try to help you.
Remember there is 3 diffrent Gram-Negative bacteria that can kill a fish, Flexibacter columnaris, Aeromonas, psuedomas. They are all Gram Negative and are all treated the same way. Water Quality is of little importance except to keep it free of chemicals and not stress them out with ammonia, as the bacteria live on fish not on detris in the substrate. That would be fungus.
The treatment for all three is just salt and a powerful Gram negative antibiotic, Best thru feed if possible. If it is one of these flesh eating deadly bacteria you gonna have to find one of these antibiotics.
-Terramycin (Oxytetracycline hcl)
-Kanaplex (Kanamycin Sulfate)
-Maracyn-2 (Minocycline)
-Triple Sulfa
Keep in mind that these diseases are Opportunistic and usually related to stress, but are also contaigous. So it makes no sense to dump an antibiotic into an empty tank or go buy $15 dollars worth of antibiotic for one or two sick fish.
If you link me the post ill try to help further....."
Keep checking water parameters. PWC about every 3-4 days and redose the medication for the amount of water that was replaced.
People use aquarium salt, Epsom salt, and pickling salt. You cannot use iodized salt in aquariums.
(Friend of Bill W., One day at a time)