anti-bacteria fish food

[Therese]

Does anyone have experience using Jungle's anti-bacteria fish food for treating fin rot. I have been giving it to my golden dojos exclusively for 4 days now. They are eating it. Says to treat for 5-10 days as required, and that is all it says. There may be some progress, one still has signficant split tail fin. Wondering if it is safe with this species to do for 10 days...does not mention filtration or water changes on instructions.

[Diana]

I have used it.
Long time ago, I do not remember species or disease.
They ate it better when I added garlic to it. (mash the garlic, soak the pellets in the garlic juice)

Other ways to help with fin rot:
Clean water. Lots of water changes. Get rid of as much organic matter as possible. Thorough gravel vacs. Get the NO3 as low as possible. Under 10 ppm if at all possible.
Yes, it is good to do water changes while using this food.

[Therese]

I have been doing good vacuuming and water changes. Is it possible that could be enough? One dojo is healed, but other still has split tail and notch missing from top fin. How long does split fin take to heal...or should I see an effect within a few days? They first had a round of Maracyn plus, now 1 week on food. Thinking I should do it for the full 10 days then give it time before I do something else.

[Diana]

The actual split does not rejoin, the fin needs to grow out. This can take a few weeks, but you should start seeing improvement in a few days.

If the water changes you are doing are keeping the NO3 under 10 ppm, then that is beneficial to the fish.
If the NO3 is over 20 ppm, then the bacteria seem able to grow better. I do not know if the fish are weaker or the bacteria are stronger, I just know to get that NO3 as low as possible.

[bellabrownn]

Generally fish is very sensitive and very choosy for the food. Bacteria is generally effect to the fish and most bacteria we will deal with are gram negative and thought to be better treated with anti-bacterial meds that are protein inhibitors. Most of the medical ingredients in the bacterial food referred to contain protein inhibitors (Kanacyn and Oxolinic Acid are exceptions).