Can someone educate me on this?

[fancymama33]

Can someone tell me a list of fish meds that work for gram positive as well as a list for gram negative. What happens if a fish has ich as well as internal parasites, red streaks in fin (blood)- can you medicate with diff meds at once to target problem? Also, what’s the best sand vaccum out there that’s not outrageous price wise. Plz help me someone!

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Can someone tell me a list of fish meds that work for gram positive as well as a list for gram negative. What happens if a fish has ich as well as internal parasites, red streaks in fin (blood)- can you medicate with diff meds at once to target problem? Also, what’s the best sand vaccum out there that’s not outrageous price wise. Plz help me someone!

Hi! Welcome to Reef2Reef!

For a sand vacuum, I would just use something like this:

In terms of antibiotics - the vast majority of external bacterial infections in fish are gram negative, so choose a broad spectrum, gram negative antibiotic first. In all cases, selecting which to use is a guess - we aren't able to perform sensitivity studies like they do for human infections.

In regards to multiple treatments - it is usually best to treat for one thing at a time. This link is a good resource for posting a disease "problem report" here:

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