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BlueMac92
12/21/2015, 08:20 PM
I recently purchased a fowleri tang from an online vendor. Acted very skittish for about a week. Only came out to eat 3 times a day then back to his pvc. Well after a week went by, he developed a long purple mark along his stomach. The next day it broke into an open wound. I immediately took pictures and sent them to the company. They said it looked like a sting, which it obviously was not.

Well, I dosed melafix for a week. The wound seemed to be getting better, and he was eating more aggressively and coming out more. Really thought he'd make a turn around. Came home from work today and found him looking like the pictures below. None of the marks were there the night before other than the open wound on his stomach.

I've never seen anything like it before. I was thinking maybe hemorrhaging due to poor collection practices? The dark areas are more purple in person. Thoughts?

My water params are as regular, he was by himself etc. etc.

http://s17.postimg.org/n89nsl2y3/IMG_0958.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/n89nsl2y3/)

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Deinonych
12/21/2015, 08:24 PM
Looks like a bacterial infection to me. For what it's worth, Melafix is really not an effective medication in my experience. Kanamycin and/or nitrofurazone are much better antibiotic treatments.

BlueMac92
12/21/2015, 08:31 PM
Looks like a bacterial infection to me. For what it's worth, Melafix is really not an effective medication in my experience. Kanamycin and/or nitrofurazone are much better antibiotic treatments.

Yeah not a huge fan of melafix, but it was between that and prazi. Given that he was already extremely stressed, I wanted to go with something a little easier on him.

Didn't think of Kanamycin.... Will have to pick some up.

mattcoug
12/22/2015, 06:03 AM
Pratzi is not an antibiotic... maybe I am missing some sarcasm.

Kanaplex(seachem)and furan-2(api) are common brand names for the antibiotics. Good lfs will have these or other brands.

BlueMac92
12/22/2015, 11:03 AM
Pratzi is not an antibiotic... maybe I am missing some sarcasm.

Kanaplex(seachem)and furan-2(api) are common brand names for the antibiotics. Good lfs will have these or other brands.


Lol just poor humor at my lack of antibacterial meds. Although, I did not know what it was at the time and still don't fully. I ordered 2 bottles of Kanaplex. Going to sterilize my QT, re-cycle, and try again.

I will say kudos to Blue Zoo though. This was my first order with them and although it ended in a loss, they handled the situation very well. They will have a return order....