Anthias Fin Rot

yepreef · Jan 25, 2020

Hi everyone, my anthias has fin rot due to bacterial disease, they are still active and eating good, have a little long string white poop too.
Should i treated with Metroflex + focus or kanaflex+ focus? I treated them with metroflex+focus before but it came back.
I do have melafix too but not sure its safe to use and i am confused if melafix will help fixing the fin damage or treating bacterial diseases.
Thanks for ur input.

Big G · Jan 25, 2020

If you feed your anthias General Cure + food + Focus (10 days once a day) that will treat the internal pathogens with both a metro + prazi which covers most issues. Then can also treat the tank water with Kanaplex (10-14 days) for the bacterial infection. When dosing all of these meds at once in a QT it's a good idea to increase the O2 by using a powerhead aimed up at the surface actively rippling the water surface.

yepreef · Jan 26, 2020

they are both in my DT, is it safe to do Kana in DT?

Big G · Jan 26, 2020

yepreef said:
they are both in my DT, is it safe to do Kana in DT?

Sorry, but it's not a good idea to treat a DT with antibiotics. Damage to the DT's biofilter can result in bacterial blooms, algae blooms, and there is the problem of creating antibiotic resistance within the display tank.