Third time better be the charm

[Stang67]

Sorry to see. That must have been a really aggressive bacterial infection - OR the fish died and some CUC did that damage?

Thanks Jay I appreciate your help with this one. No I did the damage when I caught her in a net. The scales sloughed right off. Agree bacterial because nothing else seems to match up, or check all the boxes. Hopefully a dose of Rally to the system will knock it back and prevent any more damage.

 

[F i s h y]

Thanks Jay I appreciate your help with this one. No I did the damage when I caught her in a net. The scales sloughed right off. Agree bacterial because nothing else seems to match up, or check all the boxes. Hopefully a dose of Rally to the system will knock it back and prevent any more damage.

Rally isn't an antibiotic. It will help with fish stress but if this was truly bacterial something like cipro will be needed should any other fish show symptoms.
Sorry to hear about your clown.

P.s. PU can't wait to see you. He has some massive shoulders now and a cute bump growing on his forehead. Our baby is growing up.

 

[Stang67]

Can I cipro the whole tank? Have to research sorry.

 

[rmorris_14]

Can I cipro the whole tank? Have to research sorry.

yes and Jason can walk you through it.

 

[F i s h y]

Can I cipro the whole tank? Have to research sorry.

absolutely. hit me up and we can chat about it.

 

[Stang67]

absolutely. hit me up and we can chat about it.

Need to get it ordered. @rmorris_14 where did you get yours? I remembered you dipped the rfa's right?

 

[F i s h y]

Need to get it ordered. @rmorris_14 where did you get yours? I remembered you dipped the rfa's right?

Chewy

 

[Stang67]

Looks like I need a script? And it's out of stock everywhere anyway. I'll keep digging.

 

[tbrown]

Looks like I need a script?

There's some without a scrip they're just more expensive.

 

[Fish Styx]

yes and Jason can walk you through it.

Cipro dosage is 50 mg / gal QD x 7days, which can be a bit cost prohibitive for larger systems. Generally speaking, for something broad spectrum, Doxycycline will work just fine. It is sold by API as "fin and body cure".

 

[tbrown]

Wow... It looks like they don't sell the non-prescription on Chewy anymore...

 

[Fish Styx]

Wow... It looks like they don't sell the non-prescription on Chewy anymore...

Yeah, per FDA guidance, it was pulled in January.

 

[tbrown]

Ciprofloxacin Antibacterial Extra Strength 500mg - 10 Tablets

Ciprofloxacin is a synthetic broad spectrum antibiotic medication used to treat different strains of bacteria that can afflict your fish & corals. Ciprofloxacin is also effective against gram-negative and some gram-positive bacterial pathogens of fish. Expiration Date: 06/12/2027 Important Note...

reefgoods.com

 

[tbrown]

I found this site.

Other option: find a good vet that will write a prescription based on a bacterial aquarium infection?

 

[Mhamilton0911]

Looks like I need a script? And it's out of stock everywhere anyway. I'll keep digging.

You know how much you need? I have 26 pills of the 500mg dose.

 

[JoJosReef]

Cipro dosage is 50 mg / gal QD x 7days, which can be a bit cost prohibitive for larger systems. Generally speaking, for something broad spectrum, Doxycycline will work just fine. It is sold by API as "fin and body cure".

API sells doxy? Good to know.

 

[JoJosReef]

If you have an active Fabebook community group or local marketplace, I've had luck just asking if anyone has a spare cipro pill. I usually get more people offering than needed.

 

[Stang67]

Yeah, per FDA guidance, it was pulled in January.

Day late and a dollar short story of my life.

 

[Stang67]

You know how much you need? I have 26 pills of the 500mg dose.

Thanks so much but for the 180g based on info online probably close to 100. 500mg 1/ 10g treat 3-5 days. I'm going to grab the fin and body cure. No one else is symptomatic at the moment. Thinking it may have been "saddleback disease". I should have had a med kit put together. So that's what I'm going to do now.

 

[Stang67]

Sheesh even the fin and body cure for the dosage needed is 100$+. Maybe I can find it in a larger size then packets