Ethromyacin always works effectively (aka- Maracyn 2)
Erythromycin is actually Maracyn 1. Maracyn 2 is apparently Minocycline. Maracyn 2 would be the choice for external bacteria though.
Metroplex and focus is for internal protozoan diseases, so won’t work for this issue. The best treatment would be a broad spectrum gram negative antibiotic in a treatment tank.
I apologize I couldn’t get better pics of him as he’s a skittish one haha but yes his fins have some discoloration and they look sort of ripped on the end. There are no other fish in there with him but he still eats as much as possible and I tested my parameters and everything seemed fine!
Duh- that’s right. Ethromyacin for Popeye and such. -M1
When you say parameters are fine, can you provide numbers?
I was in a rush for work this morning so I tested ammonia and nitrate. Ammonia was between 0 and .25 and nitrate was 0. I was using API testing kit since that is what my LFS carries.
Is that the only LFS you have access to?
Without mechanical damage as a possibility, that leaves a primary bacterial disease as a possibility. This issue can sometimes go away on its own, but to treat would require an antibiotic in a treatment tank. Antibiotics can take up to 3 to 5 days to start working, so you need to keep that in mind as you decide to treat or not.
Thank you Jay! The good news is he isn’t scratching or rubbing on anything it’s just he’s twitchy and he’s always hungry lol. So what would you recommend I get? And also a friend told me about peroxide baths. What are your thoughts on that? Thank you.
Don’t get too relaxed yes. As I mentioned, some fish do this out of pure habit but trophants if parasites leave for 2-4 days to reproduce new cysts to return in numbers.
No - peroxide has limited benefit for treating velvet, but is too difficult to use as an antibiotic.
