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Medicines, Hospital Tank Kits
The medicines on this page are intended for aquarium use only. Keep out of reach of children. Caution: Not for human consumption. For aquarium/ornamental fish only. Not for fish used for human consumption.

Disease descriptions, help choosing treatments
Bacterial fungus, external Antibiotic treatments	Fungus, Anti-fungal	Cichlid Disease, Hexamita	Ich, Velvet, Flukes, treatments.	Septicemia, dropsy, internal infections
Generally beneficial treatments		Hospital / Quarantine Tank Supply List
Fish Anatomy by Mardel. * Environmental Factors Checklist

True Fungus, Anti-fungal and Antibiotic treatments

Because parasite 'bites' can get infected, fungal infections can add to a bacterial infection, and you have to treat both components, I have lumped fungus and bacterial fungus together. One product may not treat all the fishes' problems, but all of the Mardel products (Maroxy, Maracyn and Coppersafe) can be used together without negative interactions. The following category information comes from **Mardel's** package insert/product guide:

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	Ich, Velvet, Flukes, treatments. The most effective product may not be the safest. See individual item info on what fish it isn't safe for. I use a saltwater dip followed by a parasitic treatment that is safe for that species of fish. I have dipped Clown loaches and otocinclus, who can't tolerate salt, but it's a 30 second dip at 2 percent to weaken the ich. I use free-running table salt (no iodine). Keeping tank temp around 83 degrees F helps a lot too. I never put salt in my tanks and I have a lot of healthy fish. (Texas water has sufficient natural salts, I'm not exactly running DI or RO here.)

	Super Ich Plus by Aquatronics is no longer available, nor is my preferred treatment, Formalite. The following items are not EF tested.(salt water dips and the last few drops of formalite are still in use here.) But I have to have some medicines available. Please email good or bad comments on the following meds. Feedback is appreciated.
	Qty 1423 Rid Ich Disease Treatment 4 oz, Kordon More Info Our Price: $5.00
	Qty 1308 Cupramine 50 ml, Seachem More Info Our Price: $7.50
	Qty 1416 ParaGuard 250ml/8.5oz Seachem More Info Our Price: $11.00
	True Fungus Whitish tufts of cotton-like material on the fin, tail, and body at sites of injury. Diagnosis: The fish has true body, mouth and eye fungus, a fungus infection -- treat with MarOxy, Methylene Blue, Melafix or Pimafix. Use an antibiotic if needed to prevent secondary infections.
	A simple saltwater dip will often clear up minor fungal infections. See Saltwater dip on the FishNote page. Good water quality and temperature appropriate to the species also help. See the checklist for water quality and temp guidelines.
	Methylene Blue from all manufacturers appears to be discontinued.
	Qty 1422 Pimafix Antifungal for true fungus, 4 oz More Info Our Price: $6.00
	External Antibiotics. Visible infection of wounds, fin rot, external bacterial infections. Body Fungus: Greyish-white stringy material covering much of the body; white or grey patches. (Not furry.) This not a true fungus but a bacterial infection known as Columnaris or Body Fungus. Eye fungus or popeye are usually bacterial. Treat with Maracyn, MelaFix or NeoPlex.
	Qty 1421 NeoPlex 10gm, powdered, Seachem. More Info Our Price: $9.50
	Qty 1320 KanaPlex, 5gm, powdered, Seachem. More Info Our Price: $9.00
	Qty 1427 Gel-Tek Neomycin Gel 2oz Aq Prod More Info Our Price: $5.00
	Qty 1426 Gel-Tek Penicillin Gel 2oz Aq Prod More Info Our Price: $5.00
	Qty 43 Maracyn (200 mg erthromycin) 8 pk, powdered More Info Our Price: $6.00
	Qty 44 Maracyn (200 mg erthromycin) 24 pk, powdered More Info Our Price: $14.00
	Qty 454 Melafix antibacterial remedy, 4 oz. EF tested If a wound will not heal with this, the cause may be an internal infection such as ES. More Info Our Price: $6.00
	Qty 1172 Melafix antibacterial remedy, 16 oz. EF tested If a wound will not heal with this, the cause may be an internal infection such as ES. More Info Our Price: $12.00

Invisible Infections: Hexamita, septicemia, enteric septicemia.

I usually use Metronidazole or Tetracycline to treat invisible diseases that cause death, since the 2 I see most often are hexamita and enteric septicemia. The other most frequent winners are not invisible...ich and fin rot.. These can be very hard to diagnose. See the Medical Info page Knowing your species, and what species is prone to what disease, takes time, and I still make mistakes. Email if you aren't sure which product is better. Include fish species in tank (all of them), tank size, water change frequency, when you last bought new fish or who got sick first, temperature, pH, ammonia and nitrite test results, and any chemicals or medicines you may have added. (salt is a chemical.)
	Cichlid Disease, Hexamita - and Binders for mixing medicines with foods Metronidazole treats hexamita. I've yet to see anything else work. More information
	Qty 1319 Metronidazole, 5gm, powdered, Seachem. Can be mixed with food. More Info Our Price: $9.00
	Qty 1470 Focus, 5gm, powdered, Seachem. Can be mixed with food. More Info Our Price: $9.00
	Ordinary Septicemia, dropsy, internal infections Internal infections, septicemia and dropsy are considered 'gram-negative' infections. These have few external symptoms, but can be contagious and fatal. More information KanaPlex is mfgr labeled for septicemia but failed to treat tetracycline-resistant ES.. Tetracycline used first, (not following minocycline) for 7 days, absolutely works, but makes a tank look terrible, brown and bubbly during treatment. Please email if you have used minocycline prior to tetracycline and let us know whether the fish responded to tetracycline treatment. Thanks. The Gel-Tek seems to do well, since the fish eat it. It is not as 'tasty' as the medicated flake and other food must be withheld to get them to take it. It does work most effectively INSIDE them. On dosage run, I'd go with 7 days and get as much in them as possible, offering it more than once daily if they seem hungry.
	Qty 1424 Gel-Tek Tetracycline 2oz Aq Prod Edible, best if soak food w product. will treat ES, but more effective if combined with tetracycline water treatment (powder or tablet) as well. More Info Our Price: $5.00
	Qty 1508 API TC Tetracycline Powder, 10 pkt, 500 mg each will treat ES, will make aquarium water brownish during use. Recommend 6-7 day treatment. More Info Our Price: $15.00
	Qty 1471 Tetracycline 250mg/Mardel 24 Tablet Pack will treat ES, will make aquarium water brownish during use. Recommend 6-7 day treatment with 2 - 20 percent water changes during run. Use FritzZyme 7 to support biological filter if nitrite or ammonia appear. Feed normally or use Gel-Tek tetracycline to soak food in. More Info Our Price: $12.00
	Qty 1484 GelTek Ultra Cure BX, 4oz Customer recommended but not EF Tested More Info Our Price: $6.00
	Enteric Septicemia Dec 19, 2006 note: Why is Enteric Septicemia stressed on this page, and antibiotics sorted by their effectiveness against ES? Because we keep finding it in aquariums we start servicing that are already stocked with sick fish. Recurrent dropsy, sores and ulcers may indicate ES but it often takes a 'signature' species to identify the problem. The red-eye tetra below has no mouth, most of its face is gone. It was alive at the time of photo. This is a signature case of ES. I haven't seen an honest case of dropsy in 6 years, every one had another fish in the tank with ES symptoms. Enteric Septicemia is normally found in aquariums kept between 72 and 82 degrees, and seems to enter community aquariums most often on barbs, mollies, neon rainbowfish and donated plecos that have dined on the first group. Treatment is tetracycline for 6 to 7 days so far, although either due to pleco pellets or an initial 5 day dose of minocycline and misfortune I have at least one group of fish with tetracycline resistant ES to experiment on. KanaPlex was my last experimental drug - it failed totally. Holding tank temp outside range is a temporary survival tactic that is tough to do, but we have done so, holding temp near 90 degrees, for over 200 days. On about December 29 the tank temp will be allowed to return to normal. If the fish sicken and die, we will run the aquarium empty for a couple of days, and restock with quarantined fish. If they live for a couple of weeks between 72 and 82 degrees, we'll add more fish. The losses in this tank were horrendous over the last year and a half. But so far, the giant pleco is alive. Enteric Septicemia symptom list by type of fish can be found on the Medical Info Page, as of June 2000, with a 2006 update. Any fish exhibiting symptoms should be removed from the community aquarium. We have tetracycline in gel form, capsules and tablets. The capsules make the biggest mess, but may be the MOST effective. See products above this article.

Generally beneficial treatments	Fungus, Anti-fungal and Antibiotic treatments	Cichlid Disease, Hexamita	Ich, Velvet, Flukes, treatments.	Septicemia, dropsy, internal infections
Hospital / Quarantine Tank Supply List
Fish Anatomy by Mardel. * Environmental Factors Checklist

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Hospital Tank Supplies

Hospital Tank Recommended Supply List

Small tank or container of known volume. Recommend 5.5 gal or 10 gal tank for easy dosing.

Sponge filter with air pump or corner filter with air pump, or external filter. I favor the sponge filters for hospital, quarantine tanks and especially breeding tanks. No openings to tray baby or wounded fish. Media must not include new carbon if tank will be medicated. Media must not include ammo-chips if tank will have salt in it.

FritzZyme 7 to start the biological filter.

Heater (50 watt for 10, 25 watt for 5.5, lamp or light for smaller tank.)

Inexpensive Option: Hagen's Small Pal Pens, on the Misc. page. The 3.3 gallon would take 1/3 of a tablet or capsule intended for 10 gals of water. Would require the light and bulb, for warmth, and a sponge or corner filter with air pump for filtration. FritzZyme 7 will start the filter with the right bacteria.

Fritz-Zyme #7
Copper, anti-fungal, antibiotic, and anti-parasitic treatments all cause at least some harm to your biological filter. A single product in an established tank does less harm, than using multiple products at one time, or using medicines in a new tank. I've tested Fritz-Zyme during multiple antibiotic treatments: Erthromycin + Minocycline + Copper will cause some filter damage on about day 3 of treatment. A single dose (4 oz.)Fritz-Zyme corrected the situation and relieved the fish's stress while I continued medicating their illness. No additional doses of Fritz Zyme were required once the medicine run was complete. The tank's filter was held in a healthy condition, not replaced by chemicals and enzymes.

Freshwater 8 oz, treats 20 gals. Bacteria in a bottle. This study and my research agree. Fritz-Zyme naturally processes ammonia and nitrites with real nitrosomonas and nitrobacter bacteria that multiply in your tank. Other products recommend that you add them once a week, so the enzymes that DON'T multiply can process the ammonia and nitrites, and starve your bio-filter. Use on new tanks, cycling tanks, and when medication damages your biological filter. 6 month maximum shelf life. Large sizes, saltwater, available.
Compare to $9.00 for 16 oz of products containing enzymes and millions of heterotrophic bacteria, that do not form a healthy biological filter. There is NO comparable product. (and major university studies agree.)

Qty 692 Fritz Zyme-7 32oz Definitely EF Tested - for 7 years More Info Our Price: $12.00

Medicine Chest Specials

Because different fish get different diseases and are sensitive to different medicines, and because 10:00 p.m. runs to a pet store are often impossible, I've put these 'kits' together. If you have a large tank, and do not have a quarantine tank, you might consider adding a 24 pack of Maracyn, or a couple of packs of Hex-A-Mit to your basic medicine chest. Each of these contains the tools to begin handling a major outbreak. With a 10 gallon quarantine tank, you have enough to complete treatment without driving to a store.

1-5-2004 The Medicine Chests will be back at some point in time.
Due to new strains of old enemies, such as a truly fierce strain of ich that didn't respond to the treatments I've always used, I feel that the Medicine Chests need redesigned. ES was not a disease I had encountered when these product lists were assembled, and Melafix wasn't yet available. I suspect that new Medicine Chest lists will coincide with the completion of the revised edition of Murphy. But in the mean time, the old product lists are being removed. Please email disease questions to Fish Help at Everything Fishy. Thank you.

Generally beneficial treatments

This is a free item. IF you have a fish that looks sluggish (and the light's been on awhile), sick, red at the gills, gasping, gasping at the water's surface, having difficulty swimming, etc., test your water, for pH, ammonia and nitrites if you have tests. Even if you don't have tests, you may be able to help your fish by using small partial water changes to correct pH, begin to lower ammonia and nitrites.

A 10% water change every 4 hours will not hurt your fish, provided you dechlorinate the water. It may cause great improvement as long as you don't remove the biological filter. (See the Murphy page, maintenance section for tips.) Do not change the cartridge on your external filter or vacuum your gravel on your u/g. If you are already medicating, water changes remove the medicine, but the greatest cure is often good water quality. Avoiding chemicals, except a simple dechlorinator, usually helps your fish. Salt is a chemical, and is best used in a dip rather than dumped in the tank. Yes, this online store is here to make a profit, but the best medicine doesn't always have a price. We are very fond of fish.

Generally beneficial treatments	Fungus, Anti-fungal and Antibiotic treatments	Cichlid Disease, Hexamita	Ich, Velvet, Flukes, treatments.	Septicemia, dropsy, internal infections
Hospital / Quarantine Tank Supply List
Fish Anatomy by Mardel. * Environmental Factors Checklist

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