Purple tang is sick, help me identify treatment please
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ReefTron5000
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How did this end up?
Purple died after 3 weeks of painful suffering. I had all the time in the world but had no clue how to help her.
Now Vlamingi and Regal tang are infected with the same thing.
I did:
1- a 7-days treatment of nitrofurazone (Furan-2) and kanamycin (Kanaplex)
2- PraziPro treatment twice
3- HypoSalinity
Thats pretty much everything I know.
It seems I have discovered a new disease because no one seems to know what it is or how to cure it.
Here are pictures of the poor blue.
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krullshards
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At this point maybe you should try a formalin dip? Better than waiting for it to die I suppose.
I havent done formalin before, can you please specify the medicine's name and the treatment (i.e. dip duration, meds concentrations, etc.).
krullshards
New member
Here's a post specifying where you can get Formalin-MS:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2572116
I believe ThRoewer has specified 20 drops/gallon and a 40-50 minute dip? I'm sure he'll comment.
krullshards
New member
You can't get Formalin at all in Canada? As mentioned before, Petsolutions or eBay. I got some from eBay when everyone else appeared to be out.
It does right? It is in fact protruding. Shall I try PraziPro again? I am staying with Paraguard until the bottle finishes because I have no alternative.
I thought Paraguard is a safer alternative to formalin since that's what it says on the bottle. If it has to be formalin, I can make it happen I have a US address I can use for US-only shipments.
http://www.amazon.com/Fish-Vet-Form...ds=formalin&qid=1460656302&ref_=sr_1_3&sr=8-3
this is the formalin I buy. maybe you can order it next day from amazon and they will ship it to you?
this is the formalin I buy. maybe you can order it next day from amazon and they will ship it to you?
LobsterOfJustice
Recovering Detritophobe
20 drops per gallon, heavily aerated, 45 minutes
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2572544
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2572544
My red sea bannerfish broke out with same symptom and died after a week.
Before, it got worse, it looked like lympho growth at some areas.
I had it for 3 years before it broke out. No symptoms before.
The red sea bannerfish I tried before all died of the same symptom.
Nothing works: tank transfer, copper, formalin, prazi, antibiotics.
I think this is some sort of virus or mycobacteria that breaks out when they get stressed.
There was another thread where a guy had pyramid butterflies with the same symptom. Only 1 survived out of a group. The survivor lost all the spots but is probably a carrier for life. I think its titled "ich vs brook"
He tried formalin and copper and nothing worked. He then tried antibiotics and the rest died except for the one fish. I personally think the antibiotics didn't work but the fish developed immunity.
Before, it got worse, it looked like lympho growth at some areas.
I had it for 3 years before it broke out. No symptoms before.
The red sea bannerfish I tried before all died of the same symptom.
Nothing works: tank transfer, copper, formalin, prazi, antibiotics.
I think this is some sort of virus or mycobacteria that breaks out when they get stressed.
There was another thread where a guy had pyramid butterflies with the same symptom. Only 1 survived out of a group. The survivor lost all the spots but is probably a carrier for life. I think its titled "ich vs brook"
He tried formalin and copper and nothing worked. He then tried antibiotics and the rest died except for the one fish. I personally think the antibiotics didn't work but the fish developed immunity.
This explains a lot. I have had these guys for at least 2 years with no new additions other than excessive stress, from putting them into holding tanks until the new tank is ready.
Does that mean, I should accept that they will all die..
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