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[Talo’s Reef]

I received a shipment of fish last week. 2 Pakistan butterflies, 2 Randall’s shrimp gobies. 2 pearly jawfish and 2 sharknose gobies. The first butterfly died a few hours after acclimation. The second developed two red sores on his body 2 days later and I started to treat with the trifecta. He died the following morning. One of the sharknose gobies developed an infection as well and died the morning after I saw it. Then one of the jawfish developed a red sore on his body and died the following day. Now the other jawfish has had his tail essentially fall off and I don’t expect him to be alive when I get home. So that would be 5 of the 8 that have passed. The trifecta has not seemed to curb anything. The remaining 3 gobies look really good, are eating and acting normal. Should I just continue treating with what I have been or try something else. The only other medications I have on hand are acriflavine and copper. If the jawfish dies do I continue to treat the other fish even if they show no signs of infection. BTW this is in a cycled 20gal QT tank with lots of pvc fittings.

 

[Leslie Tabor]

Wow sorry about the fish! I hope someone can give you some insight as to what is happening.

 

[Dom]

That is a lot of fish to be adding at one time.

 

[HotRocks]

I would add NFG to your medication list. Especially for butterflies.

Butterflies are succeptable to bacterial infections. Bacterial infections are becoming as much of an issue now as external parasites.

 

[Big G]

+1 Exactly ^^^ NFG is amazing on butterflies and other similarly shaped fish. You could also give the fish(s) a 60-90 minute bath in a temp & salinity matched bucket/bowl with RRR (acriflavine). It's antiseptic and antibiotic qualities can help the fish's immune system to fight off the bacterial infection.

 

[Talo’s Reef]

Thank you guys very much. Would it be ok if I used tank water that has the trifecta in it for the acriflavine bath or does it need to be none medicated water? I would discard after the bath and replace with fresh salt water. Should I give a bath to the so far unaffected fish?

 

[Talo’s Reef]

Wondering where the best place to buy nfg is online

 

[HotRocks]

Wondering where the best place to buy nfg is online

This is the only place I know to get it. Direct from manufacturer.

http://store.nationalfishpharm.com/NFP-products-Nitrofuracin-Green-59584.Item.html

 

[Talo’s Reef]

This is the only place I know to get it. Direct from manufacturer.

http://store.nationalfishpharm.com/NFP-products-Nitrofuracin-Green-59584.Item.html

Thank you

 

[HotRocks]

Thank you

You are welcome!