kimmers318
05-05-2006, 01:06 PM
Since I don't like to put chemicals in my water...and have had a good bit of success with just stresscoat up until I lost my dwarf gourami...and I have seen several people mention melafix and pimafix...could one of you guys give a general list of what symptoms you notice first, and what treatment you use? When you search fish diseases you come up with thousands of ideas...dozens of medications....and just as many articles. Your experience just may be able to narrow it down for me. I like the idea of melafix and pimafix because it is natural. According to what it reads on melafix....good for bacterial infections, open sores, fin and tail rot etc...which I am guessing is external bacterial, am I correct? The literature reads to use pimafix as a secondary treatment for bacterial...is this external or internal? Because of my husbands continual issues with his oscars we have melafix on hand....and I plan on picking up the pimafix this weekend just in case.
My stress coat has worked wonders on nipped fins, and even ich...maybe I got lucky there.
Hopefully this will narrow it down....
When you first notice a fish not eating and/or swimming around...what do you start with?
If you notice them rubbing on things?
White stringy poo? Have seen comments on this and am thinking some type of internal bacteria?
I am not looking for an in depth article, just a general if I see these symptoms I start such treatment. With a natural treatment such as melafix it is probably better to be safe than sorry!
Obviously if you see external damage to the fish body it is pretty serious, but I am sure there have to be minor symptoms that can be caught early on in most cases. And since I check out each fish every day during the morning feed I at least know if someone is not eating.
My stress coat has worked wonders on nipped fins, and even ich...maybe I got lucky there.
Hopefully this will narrow it down....
When you first notice a fish not eating and/or swimming around...what do you start with?
If you notice them rubbing on things?
White stringy poo? Have seen comments on this and am thinking some type of internal bacteria?
I am not looking for an in depth article, just a general if I see these symptoms I start such treatment. With a natural treatment such as melafix it is probably better to be safe than sorry!
Obviously if you see external damage to the fish body it is pretty serious, but I am sure there have to be minor symptoms that can be caught early on in most cases. And since I check out each fish every day during the morning feed I at least know if someone is not eating.