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one of my female peacock i think has a bacterial infection
im sorry but dont have water parameters at the moment but will get them!

i have quarantined her and have added multi cure (it was all i had ) some melafix and some salt to the water.

symptons are faded colour, ragged fins her tails is shredded and almost gone, clamped fins, a red colour spreading all over her body especially was noticeable on tail, loss of balance however this may be due to tail being so badly shredded.

what can i do to save her??

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Thanks for that link Keith!
It sounds alot like this:

Red Pest

Symptoms: Bloody streaks on fins or body.

Red Pest is called such because of bloody streaks that appear on the body, fins and/or tail. These streaks could proceed to ulcerations and possibly lead to fin and tail rot with, in severe cases, the tail and/or fins falling off. As the disease is internal, external treatments are usually not effective, except in very slight cases. In slight cases, treat the aquarium with a disinfectant and clean the aquarium as best as possible. Do not feed a lot while the aquarium is being treated. To disinfect, use acriflavine (trypaflavine) or monacrin (monoaminoacridine) using a 0.2% solution at the rate of 1 ml per liter. Both disinfectants will color the water, but the color disappears as the disinfectants dissipates. If the fish do not appear to respond favorably, discontinue disinfections.
Then add an antibiotic to the food. With flake food, use about 1% of antibiotic and carefully mix it in. If you keep the fish hungry they should eagerly eat the mixture before the antibiotic dissipates. Antibiotics usually come in 250 mg capsules. If added to 25 grams of flake food, one capsule should be enough to treat dozens of fish. A good antibiotic is chloromycetin (chloramphenicol). Or use tetracycline. If you feed your fish frozen foods or chopped foods, try to use the same ratio with mixing. As a last resort add at most 10 mg per liter of water.


sorry that was so long.. ive never heard of those antibiotics in australia.. does any one know what i can get instead??
she is still alive it appears her tail has stopped shredding i think the melafix is helping to save it.

thanks!

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Tetracycline should be available at your lfs. I'm sorry but I am not familiar with other antibiotics and we dont have access to much here anyway.

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Thanks Lindy.. i will have a look for it. We have limited meds here which makes helping sick fish a bit more difficult!


She is holding up better than i though which is a plus.. fingers are crossed she pulls through.

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I'm pretty sure I have some tetracycline in the cupboard. Let me know if you have trouble finding any and I will send you some.

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Linda Have checked the date on your box some med's have expiry date's may be not that but thought I should mention this

edith

Thanks for the offer Lindy!

I looked at her last nite and she seems to have recovered! the red marks have all disappeared the only problem left now is her short stub of a tail which pretty much all shredded off. i still have her in quarantine as i dont want her to get picked on. i added some more melafix will that help her tail grow back properly?

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