Can you use Cipro and Polylab Medic together?

[erlongo]

I have been struggling with a bad ich outbreak in the 180 mixed reef tank. I have already lost 2 fish and this has been going on 3 weeks. I tried heavy feeding with no luck so now I have begun treating with Polylab medic. A couple of my fish now appear to have a secondary infection now like fin rot and cloudy eyes. I wanted to know if it would be safe for me to use cipro while using medic?

 

[vetteguy53081]

I have been struggling with a bad ich outbreak in the 180 mixed reef tank. I have already lost 2 fish and this has been going on 3 weeks. I tried heavy feeding with no luck so now I have begun treating with Polylab medic. A couple of my fish now appear to have a secondary infection now like fin rot and cloudy eyes. I wanted to know if it would be safe for me to use cipro while using medic?

Medic is peroxide salt and rarely works despite its claim especially at a price tag of $40
Cipro best left for human use and not recommended for many fish
For ich, coppersafe is safe for many fish and alternative is general cure or chloroquine phosphate

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

I have been struggling with a bad ich outbreak in the 180 mixed reef tank. I have already lost 2 fish and this has been going on 3 weeks. I tried heavy feeding with no luck so now I have begun treating with Polylab medic. A couple of my fish now appear to have a secondary infection now like fin rot and cloudy eyes. I wanted to know if it would be safe for me to use cipro while using medic?

Move the sick fish to a hospital tank to treat properly.
Polyplab medic will not eliminate ich.

 

[Kasrift]

Medic is peroxide salt and rarely works despite its claim especially at a price tag of $40
Cipro best left for human use and not recommended for many fish
For ich, coppersafe is safe for many fish and alternative is general cure or chloroquine phosphate

Agree and would probably recommend to move to a hospital tank as mentioned in the other post. It sounds like you are treating in tank, and you don’t want copper in the display tank to absorb into rocks and sand or anything, plus it kills inverts.

 

[Kasrift]

Oh, and to answer the specific question, probably not. Mixing treatments (medications, antibiotics, chemicals) is a recipe for disaster.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

I have been struggling with a bad ich outbreak in the 180 mixed reef tank. I have already lost 2 fish and this has been going on 3 weeks. I tried heavy feeding with no luck so now I have begun treating with Polylab medic. A couple of my fish now appear to have a secondary infection now like fin rot and cloudy eyes. I wanted to know if it would be safe for me to use cipro while using medic?

Can you post a picture of the fish? Uncontrolled ich often looks like a "bacterial disease".

As you discovered "heavy feeding" doesn't work - despite everyone hearing that "it is true". Polyplab Medic, as mentioned is a peroxide salt, and might react with an organic antibiotic.

Jay