[AquaticLife] Intestinal Disease Cure?
What area of the world are you located in? I know some areas do not have as many available meds. Are you familiar with any of the meds that are available in your area?
First, you should move the ill fish to a quarantine tank so that you can treat it separately. This also allows the fish to be less stressed which will allow it to heal quicker. When a fish gets stressed, it’s immune system falters. Basic Darwinism takes over in wild species where “survival of the fittest” is part of nature which is why the sick fish is hiding during the day… so the other fish do not see it is sick. Often times, a sick fish will be bullied to death so their first instinct is to hide from the rest of the community.
If you don’t have something to use as a quarantine tank, then you will be forced to treat the entire community tank. If you don’t have live plants, you should probably leave the lights off as much as possible so the sick fish will feel less stressed out.
If I was in your position and I didn’t have a quarantine tank, my first line of defense would be using Melafix (which seems to be available everywhere) in the water column to see if that mild antibacterial treatment would give the sick fish enough of a kick start to start eating since the fish isn’t eating. If it does start eating, you could try feeding it an antibacterial food… Jungle makes one. Melafix is also mild enough that it will not harm your biological filtration (the good bacteria in your filters) or your plants (if you have live plants).
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