Treating Body Fungus

I have a female goldfish that I believe was injured during spawning, and has
devloped greyish fungus on her wounds. Other symptoms include some black
edges on some scales and ripped up fins and tail.
I have her separated and am treating with a combination of kanacyn abd
maracyn.
She's in very bad shape. I don't know if she'll make it; but of course, I
will try to save her.

Anything else I could be doing for her? The dosage instructions for the
kanacyn say to treat for 3 days; but I'm thinking I'll keep treating if
she's still alive and the fungus hasn't gone away.
She's not eating at all, and is having trouble navigating; but is breathing.

Any ideas at all are appreciated.

Thanks,

Sean

first, you must watch the quality of the water she is in. one reason tub to tub is
used. http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/d...htm#TUB_TO_TUB
when taking a fish in from the pond they gotta be cleaned up.
http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/c...m%20the%20pond
One by one, the fish are examined, scrapes done, they are salt dipped and put into
tanks. Fish with problems go into a treatment tank. All tanks are treated with PP
(or with Quick Cure if ich is present) for 3 days. All fish are fed Romet B for 10
days minimum.
The salt dip knocks parasites off. The PP knocks down most kind of parasites. Water
quality is carefully monitored and water changed if any ammonia is present (salt dips
cause purging and increase in ammonia production for a few days). The Romet B handles
most bacteria. Sores,
ragged fins, etc. are treated topically. If severe, they are treated with TMP-4 in
the water (which will kill the biofilter!!) and/or Baytril injections. If ich is
found (GF), Quick Cure is used instead of PP.
Generally, stress is the big problem the first week, parasites the next and bacteria
after that. Keeping the water pristine is essential.

so a salt dip first, then treatment with PP in the first, third and 5th bucket of
water, feed antibiotic food, TREAT any sores with antibiotic creme.
Ingrid

"Sean Kerns" wrote:

I have a female goldfish that I believe was injured during spawning, and has
devloped greyish fungus on her wounds. Other symptoms include some black
edges on some scales and ripped up fins and tail.
I have her separated and am treating with a combination of kanacyn abd
maracyn.
She's in very bad shape. I don't know if she'll make it; but of course, I
will try to save her.

Anything else I could be doing for her? The dosage instructions for the
kanacyn say to treat for 3 days; but I'm thinking I'll keep treating if
she's still alive and the fungus hasn't gone away.
She's not eating at all, and is having trouble navigating; but is breathing.

Any ideas at all are appreciated.

Thanks,

Sean




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Thanks, Ingrid.

So, what kind of concentration should I use for the salt dip (i.e., how
much salt per how much water)?

Is Romet B a food? She's not eating at all right now, so I'm not sure
that we'll be able to use that.

Thanks again,

Sean

salt dip http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/d...tm#SALT%20DIPS
problems almost always start with parasites disturb the slime coat, then bacteria and
fungus move in, last is algae. So treat the parasites by stripping off the slime
coat, treat with meds, stimulate new slime coat and if the fish doesnt have a
systemic infection it will be alright without the food. treating surface bacterial
infection is fine with topical treatment and moving the fish tub to tub away from
bacteria. fish can go quite a long time without food. Ingrid

wrote:

Thanks, Ingrid.

So, what kind of concentration should I use for the salt dip (i.e., how
much salt per how much water)?

Is Romet B a food? She's not eating at all right now, so I'm not sure
that we'll be able to use that.

Thanks again,

Sean



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