SASSYPANTS603
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Ok so I noticed white spots on my bio colored angel treated with super ick cure. Thats what I had on hand now it has a cloudy eye and Sins look funny. What do I do now to save her /him. Still eating.
Ick now eye problems
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Sharkbait19
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Is it bulging or just cloudy?
Might be flukes or due to injury/bacterial infection.
Might be flukes or due to injury/bacterial infection.
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I feel like both.
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Sharkbait19
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Sounds like popeye then.
Often caused by injury or as a result of a bacterial infection.
Good clean water and an antibiotic helps - erythromycin (Maracyn 1) is frequently recommended. I had luck using metroplex with popeye.
If flukes, I’m pretty sure prazi would be the way to go (unless for the eyes it’s different).
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Often caused by injury or as a result of a bacterial infection.
Good clean water and an antibiotic helps - erythromycin (Maracyn 1) is frequently recommended. I had luck using metroplex with popeye.
If flukes, I’m pretty sure prazi would be the way to go (unless for the eyes it’s different).
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I have a really stupid question but kind of curious because it's snowing really hard here so I can't get any a Antibiotics I was wondering if I could use injectable oxytetracycline in fish tank if so what is dose for 55 gallon tank
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Not familiar with injection method for oxytetracycline but ethromyacin (maracyn 1( would work as would kanamyacin .
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Oxytetracycline is inactivated by calcium and magnesium, so unless you dose it orally or through injection, you shouldn't use it in marine aquariums. Also, the injectable form may contain sugars, which can cause a bacterial bloom if added to water.
As said, Maracyn 1 works well for eye infections in fish, but many of those problems get better on their own (unless both eyes are involved).
I'm also concerned about the white spots on the angel, super ich cure does NOT work well for marine ich, and your fish may still be having a problem with that disease.
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Thank you I thought I was going crazy whats the best for ick ill order maracyn1 on Amazon. Sorry im new to saltwater
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In a fish-only tank, I use Coppersafe for 30 days against ich. An alternative, again with fish only, is hyposalinity. Information about that is here: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/hyposalinity.880546/
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Fish only. Thank you so much do you think the eye has something to do with the ich
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No, the eye is probably an injury. Fish do develop cloudy eyes towards the end of an ich infection, but both eyes would be cloudy....
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Only one eye right now maybe from itching on rocks
