Comments on: 10.3.11. Treating Bacteria

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 19:36:34 +0000

In reply to Mike.

In reply to Mike …….. Some antibiotics damage the human liver if used for too long (like months). Preventing this damage in a fish is speculative at best. Nothing I’ve read supports stopping antibiotics in the food after a certain length of time.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 11:11:27 +0000

In many articles i read that the antibiotics needs to be fed a minimum of 10 days, if one sees improvement, is there a maximum days to continue with antibiotics?
Seachem kanaplex instructions for example says to use a maximum of 7 days and then give the fish a rest.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 02:50:33 +0000

In reply to Rodrigo Fernández.

Rodrigo ……….. Cloudy eyes are typically a gram positive bacterial infection. Feeding erythromycin in the food (gelatin made with jello and frozen shrimp) can stop its progression. Note the cloudiness is generally very slow to go away (think months)

By: Rodrigo Fernández

Rodrigo Fernández — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 08:39:43 +0000

Hola Dave.
Tengo un acuario de casi 200 litros, en el cual viven dos peces oscares y un pejelagarto, los tres crecieron juntos, tienen una buena filtración, plantas, siempre han convidó sin problemas.
El pejelagarto ya alcanzó un tamaño considerable para el acuario. A lo cual, estoy construyendo un estanque. Solo se alimenta de alimento vivo (siempre despacito) y camarón pacotilla congelado. Tiene un problema con uno de sus ojos, al parecer es como un tipo de nubosidad, al principio solo era muy poco, pero ahora todo el ojo está en esta condición. ¿Podría ser un golpe o alguna infección bacteriana? Si es así. ¿Que tratamiento me recomiendas?

I have a nearly 200-liter aquarium, which houses two oscars and a garfish. The three grew up together, have good filtration, plants, and have always entertained without problems. The garfish has reached a considerable size for the aquarium. I’m building a pond. It only eats live food (always slowly) and frozen shrimp. It has a problem with one of its eyes; it seems to be a kind of cloudiness. At first, it was only very slight, but now the entire eye is in this condition. Could it be a blow or a bacterial infection? If so, what treatment do you recommend?

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 02:13:36 +0000

In reply to Marcus Kincaid.

In reply to Marcus ……. No, salt will not be effective against mouth rot even in strong concentrations

By: Marcus Kincaid

Marcus Kincaid — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 20:16:21 +0000

Hello would salt be effective against mouth rot in strong concentrations

By: Leo M

Leo M — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 14:14:24 +0000

I should add that I did have a filtration issue that could have contributed to a build up of bacteria in the water. There was never any huge conspicuous bacterial bloom but the flow of the filter was almost entirely stopped for a few days.

By: Leo M

Leo M — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 14:12:12 +0000

Hello!

I have a 55g community tank with a very diverse species list. Some of these fish are typically not recommended together because of the risk of one outcompeting the other, and my workaround has been largely feeding brine. This has allowed all of the inhabitants to get a healthy portion of food, since brine quickly evenly disperses in the aquarium.

I suspect a bacterial infection has started from my rummynose tetras (notoriously very healthy and hardy fish… jk), and seems to be impacting at least one of my zebra danios. My HOPE is that they just have a weakened immune system after a bout of ich that stayed mostly contained to them, but I’d like to try and make sure everyone gets a share of the antibiotics to be safe. Do you have any recommendations for getting medicated food to my shier tiny fish that are currently only used to taking live? Scarlet badis, peacock gudgeons, sparkling gouramis, etc. I wish I could just feed the meds to the brine shrimp but I have a feeling it definitely does not work that way lol.

By: Stacey

Stacey — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 12:18:16 +0000

Thanks, Dave. We did end up purchasing a small 3 gallon tank setup and isolating her. I did everything to recreate the main tank’s parameters. I added the antibiotics to her tank water, plus fed her a miniscule piece of the medicated food. She has perked up a bit. I fed the main tank the medicated food, and I’m hopeful it won’t spread.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 10:25:00 +0000

In reply to Stacey. In reply to Stacey ..... Just feed everybody the medicated food.