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open red sores

Postby caboose on Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:39 am

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......its back. ok my o's had cloudy eye, got rid of it, then it came back. clean the tank and it's been gone, well now Ernie has got this white body slime on his chine and in the middle of one of them is a red sore. help, used melafix and cleaned the tank yesterday, added somemore last night and going to do water change tomm.
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open red sores

Postby Fuzzy on Mon Jan 30, 2006 6:04 pm

Hi caboose
Instead of me trying to guess, and you reply, I think this link might be the easist way to give you the solution to what I think you have. It pretty informative, and if its not what you have, then post back.
http://www.flippersandfins.net/flexibacter.htm
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Postby caboose on Tue Jan 31, 2006 12:33 pm

yeah i am pretty sure that that is what it is, i just hope i have the right type of medicane. when i added the melafix and did the water change it seemed to help, the sore looks like it is going away and the white fuzzy stuff is disapating as well. thanks fuzzy.......again. i am sure i will need your help again soon:D i am just glad it isn't HITH.
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