"I find extremely effective in treating
Columnaris. Fungus Clear (by Jungle Labs)" I would go with Ray's suggestions right away. I would be the fish was fighting and got some wounds.
Donna
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>Jill,
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>I would have first recommended using Furan-2 (by A.P.I.), another mainly
>gram-negative broad-spectrum antibiotic, but this also contains some Methylene
>Blue wich can stain the silicone sealant. If you have a hospital tank
>available, you could then treat this fish with isolating it to this smaller tank
>and using this medication, which I find extremely effective in treating
>Columnaris. Fungus Clear (by Jungle Labs) is essentially the same thing, but
>lacks the Methylene Blue, being replaced by another ingredient. These two
>mainly gram-negative antibiotics are very effective also, in treating against
>true Fungus, even moreso than Maracyn.
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>If you still feel that your fish has true Fungus (Saprolegnia), I'd
>recommend discontinuing the Maracyn in favor of Furan-2 or Fungus Clear as they're
>more effective than Maracyn in treating Fungus. You'd need to do a large
>PWC before using a different medication, of add (temporarily) carbon to your
>filter to remove the Maracyn; then remove the carbon before adding the new
>med.
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