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Posted by Altum on April 18, 2006, 2:40 am
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>> I tried to get rid of the fin rot with Melafix/Primfix combo and it
>> did not really work. I wonder if it is time to call in the big guns.
>>
>> Will Fish Zole do the job? It is said to be used for control of common
>> bacterial infections in fish. I hwave a whole bottle and ready to use
>> them. I thought I would ask around before dropping them in the tank.
>>
>> I have a 125 g Discus tank that has 11 3" discus in there, 3 corys, 4
>> ottos and one zebra loach.
>>
>> temp 88F
>> PH 7.02
>> Ammo 0
>> lightly planted
> Thanks guys/gals for the reply.
>
> I was using Discus Buffer to lower my PH. It is a phosphate based
> product so the phosphate level could be high. I'm not sure if that's
> the cause. Nitrate and nitrite are all low. I change 40% of water each
> week
>
> The other possible cause is due to the weather changes, my room temp
> changes form low 70's to low 80 within 24 hours, which causes the tank
> temp going up and down for the last few days. I would say between 85
> to 89 depend on the time of the day. I'm trying to lower the tank temp
> to about 86 so it will not have such big swings.
I don't know that it's falling low enough to really stress discus. I'd
worry if it fell much lower.
> I could not find any products/meds suggested above in my LFS
> (PetSmart). Here is what I found and trying to use it in the tank:
> APPLUS+ anti-fungus from Aquarium Products. It says treat fungus and
> fin rot. The active ing is Malachite Green and Arciflavine
> Hydrochloride.
>
> Is this going to work?
It's a reasonable thing to try. Acriflavine is a very good
broad-spectrum treatment for protozoans and bacteria and malachite green
helps with fungus. I'm always a fan of non-antibiotic medications.
Watch your tank carefully. Acriflavine can kill plants and damage
biofiltration. I only use it in quarantine systems.
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>did not really work. I wonder if it is time to call in the big guns.
>
>Will Fish Zole do the job? It is said to be used for control of common
>bacterial infections in fish. I hwave a whole bottle and ready to use
>them. I thought I would ask around before dropping them in the tank.
>
>I have a 125 g Discus tank that has 11 3" discus in there, 3 corys, 4
>ottos and one zebra loach.
>
>temp 88F
>PH 7.02
>Ammo 0
>lightly planted