Hey guys,
I've been treating my fish for fin rot (the outbreak followed a case of ich.)
It was successful for the most part, but one neon tetra's tail still looks damaged, and there is no sign of improvement.
I've done a full cycle of Triple Sulfa, gave the fish a break while running activated coal filter, and am now nearing the end of Furan-2 (Nitrofurazone) & Kanaplex combo treatment.
The spot you see on the photo remained "as is" throughout.
Is it one of those cases where the tail rot has progressed too far? Or perhaps I have misdiagnosed?
Do you think that I should try another treatment - or just let the tank be, at this point?
Thanks in advance!
PS
To give you an idea about my setup: the affected fish is a neon tetra, though other fish that have suffered from tail rot prior to treatment included four other neons, five silver hatchets, 2 platies, 2 serpae tetras and a honey gourami. Additionally, the tank has one panda garra, and one oto.
I feed them Spirulina 20 food flakes, supplemented by Wardley Algae Discs, some bloodworms every now and again, and occasionally, I give the fish some blanched zucchini or bok choy.
The tank itself is a 20-gallon low-tech with a 50 gph AquaClear filter. It was set up in early January.
Ammonia and Nitrites are at 0, Nitrates are around 10 ppm, ph is 7.8, GH/KH hardness is 100 ppm, the temperature is 76F. Phosphates are between .25 and .5 ppm.
I change water twice a week, 25% at a time; though lately I've been changing the water more frequently, - every other day, to be exact, - because of the treatment.
The fish were purchased over the course of several weeks in January, from several different stores. Alas, I did not have a quarantine tank. I do now.
Lately, I've added some new plants in the tank, and several shells. It's rather difficult to say in which sequence they were all added, since the tank itself is somewhat new, and was there were numerous changes and growth in the past few weeks. I have Java ferns, Christmas ferns, Hydrocotyle tripartita pennywort sp 'Japan', amazon sword and wisteria, hygrophila corymbosa “kompakt”, ludwigia repens “rubin”, two tiger lilies, and some hornwort.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
I've been treating my fish for fin rot (the outbreak followed a case of ich.)
It was successful for the most part, but one neon tetra's tail still looks damaged, and there is no sign of improvement.
I've done a full cycle of Triple Sulfa, gave the fish a break while running activated coal filter, and am now nearing the end of Furan-2 (Nitrofurazone) & Kanaplex combo treatment.
The spot you see on the photo remained "as is" throughout.
Is it one of those cases where the tail rot has progressed too far? Or perhaps I have misdiagnosed?
Do you think that I should try another treatment - or just let the tank be, at this point?
Thanks in advance!
PS
To give you an idea about my setup: the affected fish is a neon tetra, though other fish that have suffered from tail rot prior to treatment included four other neons, five silver hatchets, 2 platies, 2 serpae tetras and a honey gourami. Additionally, the tank has one panda garra, and one oto.
I feed them Spirulina 20 food flakes, supplemented by Wardley Algae Discs, some bloodworms every now and again, and occasionally, I give the fish some blanched zucchini or bok choy.
The tank itself is a 20-gallon low-tech with a 50 gph AquaClear filter. It was set up in early January.
Ammonia and Nitrites are at 0, Nitrates are around 10 ppm, ph is 7.8, GH/KH hardness is 100 ppm, the temperature is 76F. Phosphates are between .25 and .5 ppm.
I change water twice a week, 25% at a time; though lately I've been changing the water more frequently, - every other day, to be exact, - because of the treatment.
The fish were purchased over the course of several weeks in January, from several different stores. Alas, I did not have a quarantine tank. I do now.
Lately, I've added some new plants in the tank, and several shells. It's rather difficult to say in which sequence they were all added, since the tank itself is somewhat new, and was there were numerous changes and growth in the past few weeks. I have Java ferns, Christmas ferns, Hydrocotyle tripartita pennywort sp 'Japan', amazon sword and wisteria, hygrophila corymbosa “kompakt”, ludwigia repens “rubin”, two tiger lilies, and some hornwort.
Looking forward to hearing from you!