Thankyou!
The vets wont have anything to do with fish (which is a real shame)
I suppose thats what you get when you live in a town with 10000 people 
(including the surrounding districts) in it in Regional Queensland......\
grrrr
"Limnophile"  wrote in message 
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> "Starfish"  wrote in message 
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>>I have no antibiotics available and no vets in my  region know anything 
>>about fish.
>> What else can help?
>> Salt?
>
> Salt can help, but use it carefully. Too much salt will stress your fish 
> and make things worse. Keep up the daily water changes too. For a goldfish 
> I would use 0.5 grams of salt per liter for about a week, then stop using 
> salt and keep the water changes going.
>
> If your vetrinarian is willing to help but doesn't know which medications 
> to use, 10 mg per liter of erythromycin or tetracycline should do the 
> trick.
>
> Other antibiotic pills / tablets can be used, but at different doses. Fish 
> should be treated with antibiotics as if the aquarium was a large animal, 
> horse / cow / pig etc. For example, if you have a 400 liter tank, it 
> should get the same amount of antibiotic as a 400 kg horse.
>
> Or if you can't find a vetrinarian willing to prescibe antibiotics, salt 
> is less effective but should help.
>
> Limnophile
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