treating w/maracyn

p7seas · 03/11/2010, 08:10 PM

Hello, I think my flame angel has a bacterial infection(pop-eye,and fin rot).Has anyone ever treated with this medication?Will it harm my corals and inverts if I add it directly to the tank? Thanks for any advise you can give.

wooden_reefer · 03/11/2010, 08:15 PM

It is erythromycin.

I never use antibiotics in a reef tank so I can't say its impact on inverts. It is expensive to use in a large DT for one thing.

This antibiotics is mild on nitrification and usually give some nitrite but not much ammonia. I often use it in QT with nitrification.

03/11/2010, 08:10 PM	#1
p7seas Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 45	treating w/maracyn Hello, I think my flame angel has a bacterial infection(pop-eye,and fin rot).Has anyone ever treated with this medication?Will it harm my corals and inverts if I add it directly to the tank? Thanks for any advise you can give.

03/11/2010, 08:15 PM	#2
wooden_reefer Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,670	It is erythromycin. I never use antibiotics in a reef tank so I can't say its impact on inverts. It is expensive to use in a large DT for one thing. This antibiotics is mild on nitrification and usually give some nitrite but not much ammonia. I often use it in QT with nitrification.