[AquaticLife] Brown on my fish?
Hi Anndrea,
This site http://web.archive.org/web/20051217230513/http://www.fishpalace.org/disease.. html has lots of pictures and descriptions of most tropical fish diseases. I have to send you to the WayBack web archived page since the original site is no longer working. It’s a shame since it was a really good site but at least it’s preserved on the WayBack site.
I’ve seen algae growing on crustaceans before.. snails, crabs, etc., but never on fish so I’m not so sure about it being algae but I’m sure anything is possible. Considering the tank size and condition of the water, it’s likely a combination of things. Put them all in a Q-tank and start off treatment with a broad spectrum antibiotic.
You will have to do daily testing and PWC’s as needed to keep the ammonia levels below 1.0 ppm and preferably below 0.5pppm since the antibiotics will kill off any nitrifying bacteria.
If you don’t have access to “real” drugs, you could also try a MelaFix/PimaFix cocktail which works against most common external and some internal issues. I’ve used that cocktail for things like Popeye and digestive tract bacterial infections in a pair of Blue Gouramis that I saved/adopted a few years back and they came through OK. Melafix is also good for external issues, fin rot, etc.
Lenny Vasbinder Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny.blogspot.com
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