Damn Disease. Help Identify..

[OTOWN78]

 

[Allmost]

brook ?

Formalin should solve it.

wait for others to comment as well though.

 

[sandwi54]

yes looks like brook. also cloudy/pop eye.

perform formalin dip immediately.

 

[OTOWN78]

OK so the LFS is out of Formalin till Thursday, I saw somewhere that a pharmacy may carry it.. Does anyone know if a walgreens or cvs carries it and if so what section is it in?

 

[Ostara]

Try the pet section of Walmart. They often carry a selection of fish medications with QuickCure (malachite green and formalin) among them.

 

[OTOWN78]

I have not tried petsmart yet. I just need to try and save these guy !

 

[OTOWN78]

ok, i have found Kordon Rid Ich plus..
Contains formaldehyde and premium quality aquaculture-grade zinc-free chloride salt of malachite green.
Would this work?

 

[sandwi54]

it would but i believe you have to dose 3.2x the regular dosage, since it's only contains something like 11% of formaldehyde. Formalin is 37% formaldehyde.

 

[OTOWN78]

ok, so the dosage on the bottle is 1tsp per 10 gallons maybe something like 3 teaspoons per 10 gallons?

I did a fresh water dip with 1 gallon of water and a small amount of treatment.
The Maroon Clown was in the water 15 Min and you could see the coating pealing off him. I also did my box fish for 10 minutes. Affected fish are in the QT.

Should I continue to fresh water dip, or let the treatment in the qt work?

So far the fish look good, Time will tell.

 

[gweston]

Yeah looks like brook. Formalin is supposedly the best med for it.

If you are using something like amquel+ to control ammonia, watch out. Formalin and amquel and the like do not mix. Apparently it reacts and makes an even more toxic compound (formalin is toxic enough on it's own).

I have heard different instructions. From treating with formalin in the QT, to only doing formalin dips a few times a day. I guess both methods may work, depending on the severity.