Flame hawk tail fins look bad

Cflip · Apr 2, 2017

What do you think? He's still on coppersafe in QT.

Cflip · Apr 2, 2017

Cflip said:
What do you think? He's still on coppersafe in QT.

He's the only one in the tank so nothing is nipping his tail.

Humblefish · Apr 2, 2017

Looks like a little fin rot. I would start dosing an antibiotic (Kanaplex or Furan-2) into the QT. Increase gas exchange to compensate for added O2 depletion.

Cflip · Apr 2, 2017

Humblefish said:
Looks like a little fin rot. I would start dosing an antibiotic (Kanaplex or Furan-2) into the QT. Increase gas exchange to compensate for added O2 depletion.

Would copper do that to the fish? Can I add the antibiotics in with the copper ?

Humblefish · Apr 2, 2017

Cflip said:
Would copper do that to the fish?

Possibly; copper is an immunosuppressant.

Cflip said:
Can I add the antibiotics in with the copper ?

Yes

Cflip · Apr 2, 2017

Humblefish said:
Looks like a little fin rot. I would start dosing an antibiotic (Kanaplex or Furan-2) into the QT. Increase gas exchange to compensate for added O2 depletion.

Gas exchange? I have a 50 gallon HOB filter on there. Is that enough?

Humblefish · Apr 2, 2017

Cflip said:
Gas exchange? I have a 50 gallon HOB filter on there. Is that enough?

I would add an airstone or point a small powerhead towards the surface of the water to draw in more oxygen.

Cflip · Apr 6, 2017

so I put in the second treatment for tail rot. I can only do the maximum of 3. How will I know it's been effective? I don't think his tail will grow back in a few days.

Cflip · Apr 6, 2017

Cflip said:
so I put in the second treatment for tail rot. I can only do the maximum of 3. How will I know it's been effective? I don't think his tail will grow back in a few days.

I'm only doing a water change in my QT about every two weeks because the ammonia alert looks good. Should I being doing them more frequently?

4FordFamily · Apr 6, 2017

What kind of fish? What are you treating with? Is the fish in isolation in a hospital tank? Can you post a photo of the affected fish?

I'm guessing what would be most effective is kanaplex, metroplex, and furan 2 dosed together in a HT. It would help us immensely if you answered the questions above and provided photos of the affected animal.

Cflip · Apr 6, 2017

4FordFamily said:
What kind of fish? What are you treating with? Is the fish in isolation in a hospital tank? Can you post a photo of the affected fish?

I'm guessing what would be most effective is kanaplex, metroplex, and furan 2 dosed together in a HT. It would help us immensely if you answered the questions above and provided photos of the affected animal.

Sorry I already posted on anorther thread. I'm using kanaplex in a QT running copper. It's a flame hawk.

4FordFamily · Apr 6, 2017

Cflip said:
Sorry I already posted on anorther thread. I'm using kanaplex in a QT running copper. It's a flame hawk.

Okay. I would add metroplex and furan 2. Can you link to the other thread?

Cflip · Apr 6, 2017

4FordFamily said:
Okay. I would add metroplex and furan 2. Can you link to the other thread?

Why would I add anything else right now? I just want to know how long before I know it's working or not?

4FordFamily · Apr 6, 2017

Cflip said:
Why would I add anything else right now? I just want to know how long before I know it's working or not?

So that you can be sure you have a wider range of antibiotics thus increasing your chances of success. It can take 10+ days before you see marginal improvements. In the short-run, if it doesn't get any worse you're moving in the right direction!

ngoodermuth · Apr 6, 2017

You should run kanaplex for 10 days to be safe. The package states you can run two courses back to back (which would be 6 doses, 12 days) for severe infections. Also in QT I would probably try to at least do a small weekly change to suck out waste.