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Post by sassybees on Apr 2, 2006 6:44:40 GMT 10
Columnaris Bumblebee, I purchased the antibiotic you suggested. Aquari- cycline from Aqua master. The directions are so vague. Ive looked on the net abd many people are as confused as I am. I went to their site and it said treat for 3 days. HOW do you use this antibiotic? Is it One tablet for the duration of 3 days OR One tablet each day for 3 days? It also says replace aquarium water after sucessful treatment. Is that a 100% change?  ? I also have another question... If only 1 fish has the sign of the disease is it advisable to treat the whole tank because this is very contagious or just hospitalize the 1 fish and treat? Sorry to be a pain in the rear. I apprecate your advice. UGH>> my fish have more meds in their fish keeping box than I have in my entire house....and I hate meds!! __________________ |
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Post by Bumblebee on Apr 2, 2006 14:20:08 GMT 10
When I use tetracyclene Antibiotic I will isolate the fish (usually in a small 1.5lt icecream container) and just float it in the tank, and just use the small container to treat the sick fish. The best method I have found is to treat (throw out old water, add new water from the tank and re-medicate) every day untill the fish is better. This can take from 3-6 days depending on the kind of infection.
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Post by sassybees on Apr 3, 2006 6:16:32 GMT 10
The antibiotic Ive got is in tablet form. How much do you use for a small container like that. My sick tank at the moment is a 20 Litre glass friut bowl LOl Makes an awesome fish tank! But reading I have to change the water daily I may opt for the smaller one and hang in the tank.
Thanks for your help YET AGAIN!
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Post by Bumblebee on Apr 3, 2006 13:33:02 GMT 10
guesswork really. If the tablet treats 20lt and you have a 1lt container then you would need to break off 1/20 of the tablet to use. Using smaller containers is definitly a more economic way of treating fish with expensive meds like antibiotic.
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Post by sammigold on Apr 4, 2006 10:48:38 GMT 10
I hate to confuse issues but I have used tetracycline before with my discus and it was not necessary to do w/c everyday.... I was advised to leave meds in for 3 days then when I did w/c to add in meds equivilent to the change.
ie. if tank is 20 litres put in one tablet (dissolve in a small amount of tank water first)
Leave in tank for 3 days (the day you put tablet in counts as one)
On the 3rd day if you do 50% water change then add Half a tablet (as the antibiotic stays in the water so you only need to top up) or if you do 25% change a quarter tablet.
I was also advised to keep treatment up for at least 7 days so I did a nine day treatment
and that worked...
This was using the aqua - cycline tablets... HTH.
depending on the size of your tank I would be inclined to treat whole tank due to contagious aspect of columnaris. if the tank is too large then separation is the more realistic option. HTH
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Post by Bumblebee on Apr 4, 2006 11:45:05 GMT 10
No problem. they will also work that way just depending on the severity of the infection. I have just had more luck on very severe cases using the change very day method (on a case of a poor fish with a severe case of pop-eye in both eyes and half its tail gone)
Agreed on the longer than suggested treatment time. most of the fish I have treated didnt start looking better for at least 6 days, usually I leave it a few days longer to make sure the infection is gone.
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