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Erythromycin Safe for Snails?
DIR By: NBettas833
Date: April 29, 2020, 2:41 pm
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Hi, I was just wondering if Erythromycin is invert safe, as I
might need to use it to treat Fin Rot. Thanks.
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Re: Erythromycin Safe for Snails?
DIR By: LeopoldFins
Date: April 29, 2020, 2:43 pm
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Ecym is snail safe from what I know, its used to treat gram
positive bacteria.
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Re: Erythromycin Safe for Snails?
DIR By: PheonixKingZ
Date: April 29, 2020, 2:46 pm
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Medication is usually not recommended to treat fin rot...
Do a 75% water change and gravel clean the substrate every day
for 1-2 weeks.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before
it's added to the tank.
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Add some salt.
You can add rock salt (often sold as aquarium salt), sea salt or
swimming pool salt to the aquarium at the dose rate of 2 heaped
tablespoon per 20 litres of water.
If you only have livebearers (guppies, platies, swordtails,
mollies), goldfish or rainbowfish in the tank you can double
that dose rate, so you would add 4 heaped tablespoons per 20
litres.
Keep the salt level like this for at least 2 weeks but no longer
than 4 weeks otherwise kidney damage can occur. Kidney damage is
more likely to occur in fish from soft water (tetras, Corydoras,
angelfish, gouramis, loaches) that are exposed to high levels of
salt for an extended period of time, and is not an issue with
livebearers, rainbowfish or other salt tolerant species.
The salt will not affect the beneficial filter bacteria but the
higher dose rate will affect some plants. The lower dose rate
will not affect plants.
After you use salt and the fish have recovered, you do a 10%
water change each day for a week using only fresh water that has
been dechlorinated. Then do a 20% water change each day for a
week. Then you can do bigger water changes after that. This
dilutes the salt out of the tank slowly so it doesn't harm the
fish.
If you do water changes while using salt, you need to treat the
new water with salt before adding it to the tank. This will keep
the salt level stable in the tank and minimise stress on the
fish.
If it worsens, post pictures of your fish.
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Re: Erythromycin Safe for Snails?
DIR By: NBettas833
Date: April 29, 2020, 2:52 pm
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Oh, I forgot to mention, I did already try multiple things to
treat it, I am still doing daily water changes, I tried a
Methylene Blue dip, but nothing worked! I had a thread on FL and
we settled on Aquarium Salt or Erythromycin. I ordered both but
they were delayed 7-10 days. :(
Thanks for the replies!
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Re: Erythromycin Safe for Snails?
DIR By: PheonixKingZ
Date: April 29, 2020, 2:53 pm
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You should try to do what I recommend...
Does your betta have fin rot?
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Re: Erythromycin Safe for Snails?
DIR By: NBettas833
Date: April 29, 2020, 2:56 pm
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> You should try to do what I recommend...
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> Does your betta have fin rot?
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Yes, he has Fin Rot.
Picture from a few days ago:
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