Re: Fish problems. Dropsy?

can you get potassium permanganate?  KMNO4?  it is used in water softening.
http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/puregold/disease/disease.htm
in the treatment says how to make up stock solution.  this stuff really kills
columnaris on the outside.  so you cannot get antibiotics for inside the tank?  not
even sulfa type antibiotics?  for food, just soak the dry food in the antibiotic in a
little water.  you might consider ordering it online for future fish.  Ingrid

"Tim Neobard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Problem 1: fish worse.  I've seen the red anal port  & blister appeared - I
>concur Ingrid, definately Columnaris.  I've isolated in a tank with hastily
>prepared conditions.  I brought the tank up to temperature as quick as I
>could with my new heater & treated the water with anti-clor - belive me,
>there was no alternative.  The conditions in the small bowl were terrible
>and getting worse every minute it was in there.
>
>Problem 2: I've added a product produced by interpret.  It's their no 9.
>"internal bacteria" and makes no mention of the chemicals used.  I can't
>find any place that stocks antibiotics, everyone says "you'll have to get
>them from a vet"  the vets I've spoken to don't have any knowledge or
>substances that they'd risk with fish.
>
>Problem 3: I cannot get any antibiotic food.  All the shops can stock me
>with is "king british medicated fish food" which basically has vitamins in
>it.
>
>I think I've lost this fish.  I'm annoyed that stockists can't sell
>antibiotics.  I've also gone out and spent £70 on a £3.99 fish.  That's the
>price of caring :- (...  I've done my best, but tomorrow I've been called
>into work - I'll only be around tomorrow morning which is when I have to
>book tickets, do laundry & now drive the 30 miles to my LGFS...
>
>At least they had peroxide!
>
>So what I'm doing tomorrow:
>
>1.) getting up at 5am to drive to fish shop as it opens
>2.) buying peroxide
>3.) driving to B&Q to buy a new bucket
>4.) do peroxide dip
>5.) return fish to medicated tank - is this a good idea?
>6.) do laundry
>7.) do tickets
>
>Anything you can recommend to treat this fish I can get in the UK? This
>interpret stuff is not an antibiotic, but there seems nothing else on the
>market will do the job.
>
>Should I also treat my other fish & the corys?
>
>Please feel free to use my photographs on your site ingrid to aid people in
>diagnosing their fish!
>
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> yes, it does look like columnaris.
>> 1.  do the peroxide dip
>>
>http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/puregold/disease/treatment/treatment2.htm#peroxide_dip
>> 2.  treat the area topically with antibiotic creme
>>
>http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/puregold/disease/treatment/trtmnt.htm#topical%20treatment
>> 3.  feed antibiotic food .. get kanamycin caps, mix with a teaspoon of
>water, soak
>> dry food in it.  use the same day. feed the fish one or two pellets per
>feeding, 3x
>> per day.
>



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