Should I go fishless?

[sorinwilcox]

So not a great start to the year either. Lost a pyramid butterfly to a bacterial infection on the mouth. Was removed and treated but his mouth wouldn't recover. My potters angel is now showing signs of bacteria. I have been feeding garlic and another natural antibiotic, but they didn't work, but I hoped.

So should I take them all out and go fishless? Or can I just catch my angel and treat him?

My thought is to catch them all and go fishless. Then run a uv for a week. How long would it take for a bacteria to die off in a tank? Especially since I can't isolate the type of bacteria.

Any help is appreciated. As I don't want to lose my other fish.

Happy Reefing

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[drexel]

You need to treat accordingly. Garlic and natural antibiotics are not going to work here (they seldom do). Check out humblefish's website for treatment. Here

 

[mattyzang]

is the potters still eating? i actually lost my potters to a bacterial infection, along with several others. it was post copper treatment and i was fallow and just had to cram a bunch of fish into smaller tanks and i think i got lazy on the water changes, water went poor, some vibrio probably snuck in. but what sucks is my potters stopped eating for a couple weeks before it died. i was at a loss for what to do not really suspecting bacteria, sucks to look back on

if u have cipro i find that to be the easiest abx to administer, you just give them a cipro bath for 90 min daily for 7 days iirc, i did it in a little jar that held about 1 gallon of water with a small heater and airstone. other than being caught the fish didn't seem to mind it

 

[sorinwilcox]

Hey everyone thanks for the advice. I got some pictures. Sorry they aren't the best as he is being shy. He is still eating also. Currently making water so I can set up the QT. I am hoping to have them all in QT tomorrow morning. As for Cipro do you just suggest chewy to get it? How do you measure it out?

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[jrrob98]

good luck!!!

 

[mattyzang]

yikes yeah that looks kinda bad, looks like a lot going on there. maybe flukes in the eye? and either bacterial or lymph or something

i'd definitely post that on the humblefish site, those are some quality pics they can ID with

 

[drexel]

This is where I bought mine from.
Here