canerod Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 hi all i,ve got a male bn about 8 - 10 cm who seems to have scraped the leading edge of one fin on something. What concerns me is that there appears to be a fungal infection starting on the wound, like a light grey fluffy growth which is now about 5-7mm in diameter and about the same in hight above the original wound which was only about 3-4mm. How do i treat the problem as it seems that in one thread on this forum Alan stated that melafix is not good for bn, has anyone done any testing with "alternafix" as described by yew. Would it be safe and effective for use on bn. To make Alternafix add 1ml shaken tea tree oil (buy from a chemist/woolies) to 100ml of water Add 5ml of your Alternafix stock solution to every 40 litres of tank water. Alternafix (like Melafix) is an antifungal/antibacterial medication and can be used on wounded fish etc to speed healing please help as i'd like to save him before he karks it thanks Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmy2422 Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 you can buy stuff to get rid of the fungus stuff, try www.eqauriums.com.au Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett4Perth Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 If you can catch him with out too much fuss, I would paint it with acriflavine on a daily basis till it is cured. Cheers Brett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mianos Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 I have had this problem in the past and I found if you increase your water changes (the number not the volume). I changed 20% of the water every 3 days it seems to go away in a few weeks. YMMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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