What do you use for fungus?

dogofwar

dogofwar

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What do you use to treat fungus?

Cichlids fight...and sometimes fungus grows on the wounds. I've had OK luck with Melafix/Pimafix...not so good luck with MarOxy...OK luck with Maracyn II...

I'm generally a clean water, salt and Melafix kinda guy...

What works for you? Is it safe for bio filters and fry?

Thanks,
Matt
 
Hawkman2000

Hawkman2000

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Melfix (Extra Strength Cichlid Formula) and Pimafix are my first choice.

I would treat it like most types of infections. If you are going to treat an infection, make sure you eliminate it completely or the fungus/bacteria can develop an immunity.

Also, from what I have read, some fungi are more prominent in bacterial infections. Meaning that the fungus grows on top of a bacterial infection. I discovered this when looking for a treatment for my JDs that were tearing each other up, resulting in fungus on the wounds. I bombed the tank with Tetracycline for 3 weeks and never had a problem again. Of course, this was probably a bit aggressive.

Furan 2 sounds like a good idea as well. I have had good luck with all of APIs' products.

BTW, I had a friend a few years back who had a fungus problem. It kept coming back after trying everything. Turned out the their was a small patch of fungus growing in a small crevasse in the hood. He sterilized everything (hood, light...), treated the tank one last time: problem solved.
 
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leisure_man

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I have great success using Pimafix on acute fungal infections. Without going into too much details, I had repeated fungus infection in a tank for over 2 months. Polaris was able to stop the spreading of the infection every time.
 
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