Treat scratch eye

[prostreet69camaro]

Melafix and aquarium salt. But I use Epsom salt with the blue lable.

[Austy16414]

Try to stick with aquarium salt as Barrett said. Epsom is more for digestive/constipation issues and raising gH/TDS. I've had great success with Melafix, aquarium salt, and clean water


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[barrettsline]

Try to stick with aquarium salt as Barrett said. Epsom is more for digestive/constipation issues and raising gH/TDS. I've had great success with Melafix, aquarium salt, and clean water


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+1. After all my reading last night I couldn't agree more


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[prostreet69camaro]

Yes I see what you are saying about Epsom Salt as being a laxative.

[ptran]

Just bought a bottle of 475ml Melafix and aquarium salt. The bottle will be enough to treat 150 gallon for 1 week. I think I will leave her in the tank and treat the whole tank. This would be less stress on her than trying to put her in a smaller tank.

What is the recommended dosage for aquarium salt?

[ptran]

Added 1 cup of aquarium salt. Second day of Melafix. She looks okay but the eye looks pretty bad. Hope she can recover from this.

[barrettsline]

Patience bro, give it time. I generally use the same formula for aquarium salt that I do for Epsom salt. 1 cup per 100 gallons.


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[ptran]

Thank you Barrett. I don't know what happened to her. Could be aggression, or maybe just accident she scraped herself to the sharp edge. As a precaution, I will remove all the lace rock and replace with round river rocks.

[ptran]

The girl looks better today. Her eye starts to clear up. I think she is 75% recover. Came out and eat at feeding tonight.

[Austy16414]

Glad to hear! What did you end up treating with?


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[barrettsline]

Thats great news Ptran. My one troph that scrapped it's head is looking better now. Used the same stuff to treat with, aquarium salt and Melafix.

[ptran]

Glad to hear! What did you end up treating with?


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I used 1 cup of aquarium salt and Melafix dosed as recommended on the bottle for my tank size.

[ptran]

Thats great news Ptran. My one troph that scrapped it's head is looking better now. Used the same stuff to treat with, aquarium salt and Melafix.

Yes, Melafix is good stuff. I would keep it handy for future use.

[morpheus]

Agree with what everyone has been saying to this point. water changes are key. salt and melafix is a good treatment.

i have a silver dollar that one eye goes cloudy often. no other fish have same symptom. as long as i keep up on water changes it clears up, but if i go too long it creeps back in for some reason. melafix didnt help my silver dollar, but if clean water works, i stick with it.

[ptran]

Yes, clean water is the best medicine. Can't argue with that.