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Old 05/11/2007, 10:30 PM
MikeEe MikeEe is offline
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After hours of tearing down my tank, I final caught the sick lyretail anthia. I had this guy for about a week and have been wasting away. He has stringy white poop, fin and tail rot, and also some areas the skin is peeling away. He hasnt been eating but is very alert. I have him in qt. I have maracyn on hand and also copper. Please tell me what I should do. I will treat him by tongiht. Thanks -Mike
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Old 05/11/2007, 11:40 PM
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get him to eat first... nothing will help if he does not eat...
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Old 05/12/2007, 01:52 AM
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I would treat the fish with Maracyn-Two, nitrofurazone or furanase.It sounds like a systemic bacterial infection to me. Wouldn't hurt to use hypo to if you keep the pH up.

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Old 05/12/2007, 02:04 AM
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I have maracyn not the 2..will that do? If not, I will go out and purchase part 2. I also started with the copper treatment. Hopefully that wasnt a bad move. Ive also lowered the salinity.
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Old 05/12/2007, 03:23 AM
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I have maracyn not the 2..will that do? If not, I will go out and purchase part 2. I also started with the copper treatment. Hopefully that wasnt a bad move. Ive also lowered the salinity.
has to be marycin 2 for salt water would not bother with the copper it suppresses the imune system.

just do hypo.
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Old 05/12/2007, 08:51 AM
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Maracyn won't help. Maracyn-Two is a different antibiotic. Sorry, but copper is a bad move.

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