switching medication????

[sltwtrfan]

I just recently put my sick clownfish in a QT tank and have been dosing it with pimafix/melafix but that ---- doesn't. Have been dosing that for 3 days.
Can I switch medications to Lifegaurd without doing a water change?
Opinions please?

 

[sltwtrfan]

doesn't work***

 

[sepulatian]

Originally Posted by Sltwtrfan
http:///forum/post/2631885
I just recently put my sick clownfish in a QT tank and have been dosing it with pimafix/melafix but that ---- doesn't. Have been dosing that for 3 days.
Can I switch medications to Lifegaurd without doing a water change?
Opinions please?
What is wrong with you clown?

 

[sltwtrfan]

I'm the one with the clown that had the pop eye and the weird patches of worn scales on him... Now it looks like he is starting to slime and she has other spots on her.... I think she may have infected the male too so I have them both in the QT tank.

 

[sepulatian]

Originally Posted by Sltwtrfan
http:///forum/post/2631896
I'm the one with the clown that had the pop eye and the weird patches of worn scales on him... Now it looks like he is starting to slime and she has other spots on her.... I think she may have infected the male too so I have them both in the QT tank.
What do the other spots look like? I am asking so that we can tell you which medication would be best to use.

 

[sltwtrfan]

it is looking like he is about to start sloughing them off... although i'm not really sure. They are like faded and its making her look old. I'm not really sure how to describe them.

 

[sepulatian]

Originally Posted by Sltwtrfan
http:///forum/post/2631908
it is looking like he is about to start sloughing them off... although i'm not really sure. They are like faded and its making her look old. I'm not really sure how to describe them.
They are faded spots like discoloration or scale loss?

 

[sltwtrfan]

both.... she has had patches of worn away scales for a while... but they have gotten a lot worse since she got this pop eye... her pectoral fins also have the spots of fading.

 

[sltwtrfan]

hey Sepulatian, you still around???

 

[sepulatian]

Originally Posted by Sltwtrfan
http:///forum/post/2631917
both.... she has had patches of worn away scales for a while... but they have gotten a lot worse since she got this pop eye... her pectoral fins also have the spots of fading.
Alright, do a good sized water change and then start treating with Maracyn 2 for SW fish. Be sure to have plenty of water movement during treatment. Is she still eating well?
Sorry, I will be on and off. I am getting ready to go away for a few days.

 

[beth]

How long have you had this fish? Could it have brooklynella? Check the picture on this in the Diseased Fish Thread (top of this forum) to see if it looks like brooklynella. Notice heavy breathing?
Is that QT a new set up? Or established?