Treating ich and fin rot

[dom418]

Does anyone have any recommendations for meds that can treat both? If not what disease would take precedence in treating first? I was told Metronidazole
And KanaPlex with food.

 

[sc50964]

Not sure if you want to mix them. Probably not a good idea. Better to use one med like paraguard to take care of both.

 

[Deinonych]

I've used Kanaplex dosed directly into the aquarium to resolve fin rot. Just follow the dosing instructions on the container.

 

[MrTuskfish]

Not sure if you want to mix them. Probably not a good idea. Better to use one med like paraguard to take care of both.

Paraguard will not eliminate ich.

 

[Deinonych]

You can use Kanaplex with chloroquine phosphate without issue. I've done it a couple times to resolve eye infections when fish were being treated for crypto.

 

[sc50964]

Paraguard will not eliminate ich.

Nothing will other than copper. But he's got both fin rot and ich hence my suggestion.

 

[snorvich]

You can use Kanaplex with chloroquine phosphate without issue. I've done it a couple times to resolve eye infections when fish were being treated for crypto.

Yes, that is true. However, CP is not the best/most certain way to eliminate CP (and yes, I did read the entire CP thread). I recommend it for velvet but TT is better for cryptocaryon irritans.

 

[MrTuskfish]

Yes, that is true. However, CP is not the best/most certain way to eliminate CP (and yes, I did read the entire CP thread). I recommend it for velvet but TT is better for cryptocaryon irritans.

I've used TT a few times and agree. Unless you have too many fish, or an "iffy" diagnosis; TT is easy and idiot-proof. Ich is really easy to diagnose, once you've seen it. (Often much easier in person than from pics.) FWIW; just judging from the number of ich threads vs. velvet threads on RC; I think velvet is often being missed or fish are dying before being posted on RC.

 

[snorvich]

I've used TT a few times and agree. Unless you have too many fish, or an "iffy" diagnosis; TT is easy and idiot-proof. Ich is really easy to diagnose, once you've seen it. (Often much easier in person than from pics.) FWIW; just judging from the number of ich threads vs. velvet threads on RC; I think velvet is often being missed or fish are dying before being posted on RC.

Yes, exactly. Remember that ich is a parasite that overwhelms before killing as it exponentially increases due to the nature of the life cycle. Velvet, on the other hand, kills quickly. Since I am not there to view the fish (ich is super easy to diagnose), I use time line for fatality to differentiate velvet as the cause as opposed to ich.

 

[dom418]

I'm going to initiate cupramine tonight since I know it works. Would you agree treating the ich first takes precedence over the fin rot at the moment? I'm worried he will stop eating soon as he doesn't look so good

 

[snorvich]

I'm going to initiate cupramine tonight since I know it works. Would you agree treating the ich first takes precedence over the fin rot at the moment? I'm worried he will stop eating soon as he doesn't look so good

Yes. Especially since fin rot can accompany ich.