Fish: Re: [tropical fish club] Body fungus

Donna, I did manage to keep my cycle after 4 days downtime. So relieved. Ray, being that this is the female of the pair, she does get beaten up a fair amount by this aggressive male. Could this be a wound with fungus? It is cottony, no doubt about that. So would the Furan 2 be the answer or the Maracyn 2? No other fish are affected at this time.

Thanks for the advice!

Jill

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On Jan 2, 2013, at 3:24 AM, sevenspringss@wmconnect.com wrote:

> Jill,
>
> As the Maracyn (Erythromycin) -- a mainly gram-positive antibiotic --
> appears to be doing nothing to combat what you've diagnosed as Fungus
> (Saprolegnia), you may well have misdiagnosed your Angelfish's malady. Fungus often
> appears as a secondary infection in open wounds, but if there was no actual
> bodily damage having been done to this fish it's quite likely that what this
> fish has is Columnaris (Flexibacteria, also known as Flavobacteria). While
> this looks very much like Fungus, except for not having the cottony-like
> appearance of the Saprolegnia, it's a gram-negative bacterium which needs to be
> treated with a mainly gram-negative bacticide such as Maracyn-Two (note; not
> Maracyn-Plus), also by Mardell.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Ray </HTML>
>

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