mermaid Posted June 22, 2012 Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 My longfin bristle nose have fin rot,that is not responding to treatment so far,been treating for a bit over 3 weeks have tried wardleys fin rot medication ,then antibiotics raised temp to 30c regular water changes no nitrates or ammonia ,a couple of them have a reddish colour on their fins and tails .Any thing else I can do .Also have a uv filter running.Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve6610 Posted June 22, 2012 Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 did you try a little salt, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted June 22, 2012 Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 I would lower the temperature slowly to 23degC its most likely a bacterial infection get in a partial water change add some api quickstart (or other bacteria booster) to help reseed the biological filtration (meds + antibiotics have prob killed a lot of it) test for nitrite (certainly worth checking) consider redosing (after water change) with the wardlys at half dose. or instead a salt+mela/pima fix combo I think at 23degC you will have much more luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve6610 Posted June 22, 2012 Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 or instead a salt+mela/pima fix combo agree 100%........... i got some new peps, they didn't like the change, found a couple with half their tails gone, used the above and within a few days the rot had stopped, they have healed up now, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mermaid Posted June 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 Thanks will give it a go and let you know how things are going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mermaid Posted June 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2012 Sad day,today I watched my longfins die before my eyes ,there must have been a parasite on them but only could see what looked like finrot.Now to strip the tank down ,and try again, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted June 23, 2012 Report Share Posted June 23, 2012 It was most likely columnaris, and made it to the gills. In future for finrot, lower, dont raise the temp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mermaid Posted June 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2012 It was most likely columnaris, and made it to the gills.In future for finrot, lower, dont raise the temp. Will certainly remember that .Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
