ilovefish

Hi everybody,

My fish seem to have fin rot + fungus. I am treating them with a product called LIFEGUARD made by Jungle. It is supposed to take care of everything. I want to know how to tell that the fish are getting better. I noticed the disease early and so they are just as active and hungry as before. How can I know if the medicine worked? Also does anyone have any opinions on LIFEGUARD??

I have a 20g with 4 platies, 4 danios and 3 serpae tetras. Ammo/ nitrite is -ve. nitrate in the safe level.

I have never had any disease outbreak so I don't know much. Any suggestion will be much appreciated. Thanks.

ilovefish

Day four of the five days of treatment and I can still see the white edges on their fins. AArrgh!! please help

sirdarksol

The first response to any illness should be a step-up in partial water changes. Better water quality helps the fish's bodies fight off infection.
How many PPM are the nitrates?

I would also suggest getting vita-chem, if you can find it. The stuff helps keep nutrients in sick fish's bodies.

Allie

It took me 3 months to get rid of the fin rot my betta, Jasper came home from the store with. Another betta was fine in a week. It depends how bad the infection was that he had that brought on the fin rot.

ilovefish

Thanks for your replies. I don't know the ppm of nitrates cos i have the strips. I will look for the vitachem. How much water should I change and how often?

angelfish220

I would do a 50% daily. This is what i do for a hospital tank and works well.

ilovefish

Thanks everybody..i'm on top of the water changes

COBettaCouple

I'd recommend the API master FW kit for testing, you'll get WAY more accurate results.

For finrot/fungus I'd recommend triple sulfa + rid-fungus. I've found that to be effective with our Betta. I've never used the Lifeguard product.