CBB bacteria infection need help

[dimidragos]

Hello. First time please don’t blame me because I’m beginner and I get a difficult finish to grow. I get that CBB and one yellow tang for free two weeks before stressed and in terrible condition. They was in keep in a 40 g tank full with soft coral and mushrooms with almost no place to swim and soo dirty that I almost don’t see true the glass...They are in better condition now, they start to eat but CBB accept only frozen artemia. I don’t know what other food to give him. I post this picture in the food forum section and like this I find out that the CBB have a bacteria infection
I hope you can help me with some advice how to cure him. I don’t have soo much experience and what it’s really bad I don’t have any marine aquarium shop close to buy some medicine or get advice. I need to order everything and mostly I need to order from other countries.
I make a mistake to don’t put them in quarantine tank because I was thinking that they are in so bad condition that quarantine tank will be worse for them.
What can I do now??

 

[Anirban]

Feed him food with Metroplex+Kanaplex+Furan 2 and use seachem focus as binder. Feed them straight for 7 days at a stretch.

 

[dimidragos]

Some photos with Yellow Tang. He eat only frozen artemia and Ocean Nutrition dry algae. I try NLS pelets, Ocean Nutrition formula one, formula two pellets, flakes some Sera pelets also. He don’t want to touch nothing. But artemia and dry algae he eat good

 

[dimidragos]

What I have home is Metronidazol Flagyl and paraguard. From my Malawi fish...

 

[dimidragos]

Feed him food with Metroplex+Kanaplex+Furan 2 and use seachem focus as binder. Feed them straight for 7 days at a stretch.

I must add this to the food and feed them for 7 days??

 

[Anirban]

I must add this to the food and feed them for 7 days??

Yup. Thats right. mix it with whatever frozen food they are eating. Keep it for 5-10 min and feed.

 

[dimidragos]

Yup. Thats right. mix it with whatever frozen food they are eating. Keep it for 5-10 min and feed.

Thanks a lot I will order everything. I need at least one week to get what I need. I can use Metronidazol in this time??

 

[dimidragos]

Yup. Thats right. mix it with whatever frozen food they are eating. Keep it for 5-10 min and feed.

One problem is that the CBB doesn’t eat if he cannot nip the food. I keep a small frozen block of food in water with a pinset and he nip....a soon as the food is loses he didn’t eat. I see in the Metro and Kan instruction they recommend to add in water. Can be same effective??

 

[HotRocks]

I must add this to the food and feed them for 7 days??

For a bacterial infection, you actually will probably have more success with dosing the antibiotics into the water column.

 

[Toofattofish]

For a bacterial infection, you actually will probably have more success with dosing the antibiotics into the water column.

+1. Kanaplex isn't absorbed by the GI tract and furan-2 is likely not absorbed either.

 

[Anirban]

One problem is that the CBB doesn’t eat if he cannot nip the food. I keep a small frozen block of food in water with a pinset and he nip....a soon as the food is loses he didn’t eat. I see in the Metro and Kan instruction they recommend to add in water. Can be same effective??

Add it to the food whatever it eats is good enough.

 

[Humblefish]

For a bacterial infection, you actually will probably have more success with dosing the antibiotics into the water column.

+1. Kanaplex isn't absorbed by the GI tract and furan-2 is likely not absorbed either.

^^ Agree

@dimidragos Can you obtain any of the generic antibiotics mentioned here: http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/AquariumMedication2.html

 

[dimidragos]

Thanks a lot, very useful information!! I wonder one more thing. It’s best to treat him in the tank, maibe the other fish are infested to?? Or I should move him into a qt tank.

 

[HotRocks]

Antibiotics should be used in a QT only.

 

[dimidragos]

Ok thanks