"Starfish"  wrote in message 
news:P3Zqd.53652$K7.29461{at}news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>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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