I'd cull the bloody thing meself
but first I'd try a couple of salt baths and maybe a bit of topically
applied anti-septic
tis sounding like an infected wound to me
your treatment has been sound but I'd go primitive on it
salt
can but try and if you fail cull it
minnows are pretty cheap and it's a good chance to get a different bloodline
into the mix.




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Hi all and my thanks beforehand for any assistance here. About a month
a go I noticed a very small,cottony looking patch on one of my white
clouds. I immediately quarantined him and after googling columnaris
gave the following medications:

Maroxy & Maracyn (together) - 1 round on the Maroxy and 2 rounds on the
Maracyn

Waited a few days with very clean water - he still had the cottony
patch.

Fungus Clear - 2 rounds of which the second was completed last week.

The patch is still there. From the front it appears smaller but from
the side I can see it still sticks out from his body. I'd say the patch
is the size of a stickpin edge, if that.

What am I doing wrong? I have never had an outbreak of columnaris in my
tank so this is new to me. I was confused with some of the information
I found on the illness, some sites seemed to recommend treating it as a
"true fungus" hence the Maroxy. Many said use antibiotics, hence the
Maracyn. I have used Maracyn several times in the past for various
illnesses and always had good luck, so I hoped it would do the trick.

I feel so bad for this poor guy, he's all alone in this bare tank. I
want him to get better and go back to his home tank. I also don't want
to keep medicating him if the patch is not getting better!

My thanks to all for any help!!!