What medication for Internal parasites and bacteria?

[discusmatt20]

Hi,

I comfirmed that i have internal parasites and bacteria in one of my discus tanks. So i need some help, what medication???? And i need it fast. Please help.

-Matt

[bogia99]

Hi,

I comfirmed that i have internal parasites and bacteria in one of my discus tanks. So i need some help, what medication???? And i need it fast. Please help.

-Matt

Perhaps a short description of how/what you were able to identify these things. There are dozens of meds to treat bacteria alone. Here is a good reference on bacteria

http://www.nationalfishpharm.com/fish_diseases/bacteria.html

[Skip]

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what you need to do.. is do some DAILY WATER CHANGES>. for about a week.. and see what happens.. FIRST> before you start throwing meds at them..
water quality is usually the problem.. and the solution for just about all discus problems..


ps..

how did you confirm you have BACTERIA and PARASITES.. ??

[Joe]

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[discusmatt20]

http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showthread.php?101608-Discus-with-internal-prob.-What-medication&highlight=

what you need to do.. is do some DAILY WATER CHANGES>. for about a week.. and see what happens.. FIRST> before you start throwing meds at them..
water quality is usually the problem.. and the solution for just about all discus problems..


ps..

how did you confirm you have BACTERIA and PARASITES.. ??

Ok thanks. And im not probably 100% sure, but i got this internal parasite guard med's and it says simptoms on the back and it says exactly what my discus are doing and looking like.

-Matt

[Skip]

Ok thanks. And im not probably 100% sure, but i got this internal parasite guard med's and it says simptoms on the back and it says exactly what my discus are doing and looking like.

-Matt

well.. from reading your questionnaire.. the symptoms to me.. look like lack of water changes.

so do what you want..

[discusmatt20]

well.. from reading your questionnaire.. the symptoms to me.. look like lack of water changes.

so do what you want..
Ok, ill pick up on the wc's and use some medication just to be safe. Thanks for the help

-Matt

[discusmatt20]

Got another question. Can the internal/bacterial infection spread? Because i just saw another one of my discus (that has not shown any problems until just now) have like a swimming spasm, like he started just going crazy swimming all over running into things and making splashing noices

[kimbo]

The last time that happened to me was when I discovered we have cloramides in my water. We were using RO water and no prime because the ro takes it out. But it didn't the ammonia that was left. Large water changes like we were supposed to. It was making out worse. We lost a ton of our fish discus and tetras. Even some of our bn plecos. It was sad. We now religiously use prime. Our aged water even has .50 ammonia.

[discusmatt20]

The last time that happened to me was when I discovered we have cloramides in my water. We were using RO water and no prime because the ro takes it out. But it didn't the ammonia that was left. Large water changes like we were supposed to. It was making out worse. We lost a ton of our fish discus and tetras. Even some of our bn plecos. It was sad. We now religiously use prime. Our aged water even has .50 ammonia.

Dang, that must of sucked really bad lol. I think Warlock is right. I think its because the lack of wc's. I have been slacking the past month or 2. But im getting worried now because there are 2 in the tank that every once and a while have like a spasm where they go up towards the surface and have like a spasm by slashing water and then they start swimming really fast around the tank

[Teshi]

DO you age your water? If not try that also.