Nt Labs Anti-Bacterial

ReefRondo · May 7, 2022

Hi all!

Just treated for some fin rot in my quarantine tank using NT Labs Anti-Bacterial and I'm struggling to see if this is a one-time treatment or daily. The bottle just says 10ml per 44L of aquarium volume. It does not specify if this is a one-hit and for how long before you do a water change or run carbon etc.
Any help much appreciated

fishguy242 · May 7, 2022

hi, this may help.

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vetteguy53081 · May 7, 2022

I understand the limitations you have with medication
Are you able to obtain Maracyn 2 or general cure?
If not dose NT. At 80% of recommended with increased aeration and see if any improvement occurs
Any pictures of fish with condition?

ReefRondo · May 7, 2022

fishguy242 said:
hi, this may help.

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Right at the very bottom it suggests maybe retreating after 7 days but seriously the instruction on the packaging need to be far clearer. Pretty bad. Thanks for the link.

ReefRondo · May 7, 2022

vetteguy53081 said:
I understand the limitations you have with medication
Are you able to obtain Maracyn 2 or general cure?
If not dose NT. At 80% of recommended with increased aeration and see if any improvement occurs
Any pictures of fish with condition?

I have already dosed the anti-bacterial medication so will see how it goes. My yellow tang has lost nearly all of his dorsal and anal fins and his pectoral fins are really ragged. Will try and get a photo but may be tricky. I thought it was just a bit of HLLE due to running cheap carbon but it has been months now with no improvement and my Kole tang is now similar.

Jay Hemdal · May 7, 2022

ReefRondo said:
I have already dosed the anti-bacterial medication so will see how it goes. My yellow tang has lost nearly all of his dorsal and anal fins and his pectoral fins are really ragged. Will try and get a photo but may be tricky. I thought it was just a bit of HLLE due to running cheap carbon but it has been months now with no improvement and my Kole tang is now similar.

Pictures would help. YT show HLLE in their fins. Most other fin rot gets its start in some sort of damage, usually another fish.
Jay

MnFish1 · May 7, 2022

Reading through the directions - as others have said. you do a 7 day treatment - with no filtration, etc - then you can repeat it once. If there is improvement - you are to use 'paratonical' after 7 days. You're right the instructions do take some 'digging'.

ReefRondo · May 8, 2022

Not sure why they didn’t just have one of those peel back labels with clearer instructions. Thanks for your help everybody. Will keep an eye on them and fingers crossed they improve.

ReefRondo · May 25, 2022

Yellow tang showing amazing improvement and all of his fins are growing back nicely. This anti bacterial stuff has been really good.

Jay Hemdal · May 25, 2022

ReefRondo said:
Hi all!

Just treated for some fin rot in my quarantine tank using NT Labs Anti-Bacterial and I'm struggling to see if this is a one-time treatment or daily. The bottle just says 10ml per 44L of aquarium volume. It does not specify if this is a one-hit and for how long before you do a water change or run carbon etc.
Any help much appreciated

Amazing regrowth!

I finally found a link to the ingredients in the NT Labs product. They are the same as in Ruby Reef Rally - acriflavine, formalin and aminoacradine. Oddly, that product is marketed as an anti-parasitic, not an antibiotic, yet NT Labs markets it as an antibiotic.

Jay